Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:06:37 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/images/forum-image.jpg http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/ info@strictlybowhunting.com http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article241.phtml While bowhunting whitetail deer one year I experienced a visual phenomenon, that for the moment was almost uncompressible and almost like a dream, but it was real! Article by: Synthia Wilson girloves2bowhunt@comcast.net Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:06:37 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article240.phtml SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW NOTHING FLOWERED BUY LOTS OF CAMO FOR YOU! by Marlene Odahlen-Hinz In January I had the chance to attend the ATA Show (Archery Trade Association) in Indianapolis , Indiana and it was like being loose in a candy shop. The Archery Trade Association is located in Salt Lake City , UT and each year it puts together a fabulous exhibition where companies can showcase new products at one location allowing archery and bowhunting retailers to order directly from the manufacturer. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:29:27 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article239.phtml The Kiwanis Scout Camp took a courageous step this summer when it offered its first girls only deer camp. What an experience is was for the girls and for the instructors. Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:26:50 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article238.phtml Bowhunting is hard work. Any way you look at it the bowhunting method is about the hardest hunting there is. Whether it’s the act of shooting the bow, walking to and from stand or ground blind, setting up the stand and getting an animal out of the woods once successful, just about every act requires physical effort. Those acts are a lot easier to perform if you are physically (and often times mentally) fit. In order to shoot well you must have good form which is directly related to physical fitness. To become physically fit requires some planning and preparation, remaining fit requires continued effort. To win the mental game of archery you must have clear mind and stay focused. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:09:38 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article237.phtml Ontario offers hunters a chance to kick off their season a month early and it can be as close as a 12-hour drive. From St. Paul take MN 35 to Duluth and then follow Highway 61 along the scenic north shore of Lake Superior to the Canadian border. Once customs are cleared you are only about 45 minutes from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Thunder Bay boast of 100,000 inhabitants and it is as metropolitan as any stateside city of the same size. Have the urge for a Big Mac or a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut? There is no problem satisfying those hunger pangs with something familiar or with something ethnic at one of the local Finnish restaurants. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:45:23 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article236.phtml It is October 10th, 2007. The sun hasn't come up yet. Everything is dark. Signs of sunrise are all around me. I am sitting perched in a ladder treestand in Northern Wisconsin with a $160 license in my pocket. That entitles me to a buck and two does because of the zone I am hunting in. As the trees leaves, this autumn morning, start to rustle and the squirrels scurry to get the first acorn I begin to wonder how I ended up here. Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:55:18 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article235.phtml Deb Luzinski-Copyright 2006 It was Friday, the 27th of October, my husband Mark and I were the coordinators of a "permit only" archery deer removal at a 1000 acre Regional Park in a Northern suburb of the Twin Cities Metro area. We had 15 other hunters in the woods, all had set up stands in a pre selected area of their choice. I set up my stand around noon on that day, getting in and out of the woods as quickly and quietly as I could, leaving as little scent as possible. I was back and in my stand by 3:50pm with my 5pt safety harness securely attached. It was a beautiful late fall afternoon. The temps were cool, with the wind blowing lightly but steadily out of the southeast. I let the woods settle around me, and with my bow in one hand began making a series of doe bleats with my Primos Original can call in my right hand. Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:09:23 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article234.phtml "The Eastern Assassin Way " By ROBERT DIPALMA, SR. My hunting enthusiasm begins to over flow a month before the season however, one cool morning while I stood on my deck drinking a cup of coffee and watching the sunrise. I suddenly and by surprise, heard a gobble echoing through the woods by my north field. It was great to hear gobbling after the long months of winter. I finally had felt that spring was on its way. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:50:35 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article233.phtml I arrived at my sister's 200 acre farm in Southeastern Minnesota grinning ear to ear. Even though I was hunting the late season (over the counter), I was excited about my possibilities of finally bagging a turkey with a bow. Who would have thought that of all the animals on my short list to harvest including moose, elk, whitetail, wild boar and turkey that the turkey would wind up being my nemesis. I certainly have had my opportunities but I just have not been able to close the deal. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:21:06 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article232.phtml An archer typically has a lot of time to think while perched in a tree. Perhaps that is what draws us to those long hours of solitude. I found myself perched in a tree in Northern Wisconsin hunting bear with Bill Schutte as my guide. I have hunted with Bill before and know that there isn't a better guide anywhere. It is best that I be on my toes while on one of his stands. My hope is that while describing my hunt I will be able to point out some of Bill's perfected hunting techniques and some of my own vanity about bear hunting. Along the way I will share with you my hunt and its successes and failures. Sun, 06 May 2007 10:19:57 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article231.phtml Bowhunting is proven again to be an effective, safe, and low-cost tool for curtailing deer overpopulation in urban settings. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:58:19 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article230.phtml As I sit near the fireplace listening to the snap, crackle, and pop of the roaring fire, I look over the frontage of my snow-covered fields, as my imagination run wild of turkey hunting. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:54:50 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article229.phtml There are a number of things that can occur during the bowhunting season that will result in an un-successful outing. More often than not these barriers or roadblocks to success consist of a combination of mental and physical limitations. These barriers can include: Lack of properties to hunt (private and public) Conflicts on time available to hunt (business or personal) Physical limitations (ability to shoot well) Mental limitation (ability to shoot well) Self-imposed limitations on techniques (choosing bowhunting itself may be a good example) Bad Weather Bad Luck Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:21:12 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article228.phtml Minnesota Firearms Opener November 2006 By Linda Kistler Burch, copyright December 2006 "You did WHAT, mom?" My son leaned forward incredulously with a big grin on his face. I responded back, "Matt, I was young and stupid back then, and I was not a Christian then either." We had all been sharing various anecdotes and secrets, and I'm not sure why deer camp brings these things out, but I thought I would share a couple of my own. To let my 23 year old kid think I was Mother Theresa would be a lie. "What happens at deer camp, STAYS at deer camp", Matt noted. We all laughed. Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:42:16 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article227.phtml With our local archery club's wild game dinner on the horizon, Jerry and I decided to head for Texas to see if we could get some menu items. We were the successful bidders on this 2-day hunt with North Texas Outfitters at a fundraiser in March banquet. After our traditional Thanksgiving dinner had settled we pointed the truck south and were off on our 1,000 mile grocery shopping trip. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:14:37 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article226.phtml Every one has a learning curve and it seemed That my curve was steeper than most bowhunters. It takes time to pull it all together to take advantage of the magic opportunity. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:05:18 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article225.phtml Recently, one cold day this past deer season I was sitting in my blind and hoping my bad luck would change. Reminiscent about how my hunting experience and its excitement began. It started in the historic timberlands of New York State with my brother-in-law Bill. Bill introduced upland hunting. I would not call it upland hunting we were shooting birds over his dog Nike while he was training. Nevertheless, I had a great time that day; however, I was impatient waiting for the next weekend to come. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:04:36 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article223.phtml Recently my brother in-law called and wanted some information about food plots. The's and where's. It got me thinking about my dream land and how I would set up food plots. There are multiple reasons why people would want to plant food plots. Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:10:26 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article222.phtml Well sports fans, I would like to tell you about the quickest turkey hunt I ever had in my bowhunting career. My deer and turkey hunting had me frustrated early this season. However, I believed, I knew their movements well. I had forgotten that animals could be unpredictable. This lesson I will never forget. Therefore, I am "a day late and a dollar short" early in the season with two large heavily antlered Bucks. I wish my black cloud would blow away! Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:47:28 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article221.phtml Planning a guided hunt. Before you do there are many things to consider. Here is a list of just a few things that just might make your life easier. Decide what you want to hunt (one species or a combination); what weapon, travel costs (travel scenery, collateral travel, etc.); then how (are location and amenities more important than roughing it for a better hunting chance? Be ready to pay accordingly, anywhere from a few thousand dollars to five figures). Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:20:28 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article220.phtml North America’s greatest outdoor adventure also was its greatest hunting trip. But 200 years ago, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery hunted out of necessity, not sport. And, as with most hunters, there were good times and bad. Today’s outdoorsmen and women count themselves lucky to shoot one animal a year. But after settling into Fort Clatsop in what geologists agree was a dreary, bleak and wet winter, the corps led by Lewis and Clark, tired of a daily meal of boiled elk, deer and water. Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:17:55 -0800 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article219.phtml By Linda Kistler Burch, copyright October 2006 A couple of years ago I wrote an article entitled "The Wild Eye" concerning eye dominance and hunting, and the enormously grave consequences of not paying the "Wild Eye" its proper heed. The Wild Eye is your dominant eye, and that is the side you should shoot on. It is the side where your predator instinct takes over. The primary reason you have a dominant eye is, when your heart rate goes over 120 beats per minute, which is nearly always the case when you are about to take a kill shot, your dominant eye takes over. Like it or not, if you are shooting with your non-dominant eye, you will not be as accurate. The dominant eye is involuntary. You cannot control it. You are in bondage to it and you need to accept that. As a Firearm Safety Instructor and Bowhunter Ed instructor, I tell your these statements are not just my opinions. They are accepted and proven facts, scientific facts even. Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:53:33 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article218.phtml Written by Norb Mullaney I have always held that the best measure of the force-draw characteristics of any bow involves the plotting of its force-draw curve. The force-draw curve tells you everything you might want to know about the bow except for one important thing. It doesn’t reveal anything about the dynamic efficiency. Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:02:33 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article217.phtml 2006 Minnesota Bear Hunt Copyright Linda Kistler Burch, September 2006 There is no amount of preparation, education, or anticipation that can completely ready a person for a moment like this. We hunters dream about it, we study it, and we fantasize about it until we think we know how we will handle it. But really? We don't. In the end we are a shuddering weak-kneed mass of adrenaline filled jello saying a prayer that our steel will and resolve will overcome our quaking flesh. This was my 7th season bear hunting my land. And here I was, at full draw, the moment of truth, on the largest black bear I had ever seen up close and personal in my life. Earlier that day I had gone to a place on my land I call the Secret Meadow to pray that I would get a bear, and here it was happening. Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:43:53 -0700 http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Article216.phtml I was informed that I had to make a business road trip to Texas. Being from Minnesota I immediately started to form a plan in my head on how I could fit in a hog hunt. It especially worked out that I had to stay a weekend. I scoured the internet and came across a guy who new a guy that had some land to hunt on. After a few phone calls I was set up. I had hunted hogs before but it was with dogs. I was looking forward to doing a spot and stalk on a hog. Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:27:20 -0700