By Gary Sefton “You’re not going to believe this,” the excited deer hunter exclaimed. “I hadn’t seen anything all morning, so I let my bow down and started to unfasten my safety belt. I remembered my brand-new, never-used deer call and thought, ‘What the heck.’ I let go with a couple of parting shots on the …
By Gary Sefton Henry E. Davis, in his landmark book “The American Wild Turkey,” said he believed anyone could kill a lovesick gobbler in the spring; the real challenge in turkey hunting was to hunt them in the fall. His opinion was voiced in 1949, when his book was published. A lot has changed since
By Byron Ferguson Using wrong approach route to stand: The most direct route is not always best. Placing stand too high: The higher the stand, the tougher the shot. There are more obstructions and tougher angles, less chance of double-lung hits. Rule of thumb – climb in cover or climb high, but only as high as conditions
By Byron Ferguson When you become the arrow you extend your mental approach to accurate shooting. Coaches often advise “become the bow”, but the bow is only a launching device. The arrow is the ultimate, final part, whether hitting a target bullseye or cleaning striking game in a vital region. Therefore, extend your mental framework
By John Sloan It was all wrong. It was opening day, 95 degrees, with a full moon. All the articles by famous writers said it should be terrible daytime hunting. To make it worse, I had never seen the tree in which I was sitting until 14 hours previously. So, when the seventh buck walked
The trick to calling anything is in knowing what to say, when to say it and what it should sound like.
For starters, the most accurate method of measuring true draw length is to draw the bow of a friend who is about the same arm length as you.
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