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Josh Fletcher

Josh Fletcher
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Lyme Disease and Tick Prevention

Ticks carry a life threatening disease called Lyme Disease. Learn how to stay safe in the woods this spring. Also read about recent studies that reveal the most effective tick repellant available. This article contains important information that may just save your life this spring.

Calling all Turkeys; Turkey Calling and Calls to Use

This is an indepth article on the must have turkey calls for this springs hunt.

Mapping Your Way To Hunting Success

This is an indepth article that explains the importance of scouting and utilizing modern technology to make a detailed portfolio of the property you hunt.

Review: GoPro HD 960 Hero

Bowhunting.com Prostaff member Josh Fletcher reviews the new action camera for hunters looking to film their own hunts.

Bowhunting Tradition: The Little Brown Cabin

If you travel to the far northern reaches of Wisconsin, less than a mile from the Michigan border, you will find a Little Brown Cabin nestled into the heart of the Nicolet National Forest.  At first glance there is nothing special about this leaning cabin.  In fact, most people would not even give this little […]

Insight on Eyesight

  I feel that to be successful at consistently taking an animal each year, you need to know about that animal. Most articles that you read are about scents or hunting tactics, but often overlooked are articles about the particular animal. How does an animal actually use their sense of smell? How does odor work? […]

Spring Turkey Preparations

As the night’s darkness slowly fades to a dawn of a new day. The whipperwhill sings its last songs before daybreak, and the “who cooks for you, who cooks for you all” call of the barred owl breaks the morning stillness. You sit next to the tree breathing in the cool crisp air. It isn’t […]

The Crab Claw Buck From Wisconsin

The story starts on October 25th 2009. Camera man Bryce Kish and myself were hunting central Wisconsin. We were in our stands waiting by 2:30pm. By 6:00pm Bryce calls out, “shooter buck!” As I turn around I notice a beautiful buck heading our way. As many big bucks do, he quickly changed course and walked […]

The Crab Claw Buck From Wisconsin

The story starts on October 25th 2009. Camera man Bryce Kish and myself were hunting central Wisconsin. We were in our stands waiting by 2:30pm. By 6:00pm Bryce calls out, “shooter buck!” As I turn around I notice a beautiful buck heading our way. As many big bucks do, he quickly changed course and walked […]

The Truth Behind the Hunt

On a recent hunting trip out west I was reminded as to why I love deer hunting. Myself along with four close friends found ourselves on a high mountaintop with two wall tents and a mouth-watering supper on the grill. As supper was heating up on the grill beneath the soft subtle light of a […]

Ground Blinds, Thinking Outside of the Box

The hunting industry has innovated many products to give hunters that extra edge in the woods. Hunters, me included, are men and women of many gadgets. We throw in our packs gadgets to help us, gadgets to fix gadgets and gadgets to work with more gadgets! But an often over looked gadget is the ground […]

Opening Day Bowhunting Whitetails, Recharging of the Batteries

With a slight southeast wind blowing at our face, and the gentle humming of Wisconsin’s unofficial state bird, the mosquito, in my ear and temperatures in the eighties could only mean one thing…the opening day of the Wisconsin archery season was upon us. Chad and I were set up in our stands hours before sunset. […]

Make Sense of Scent

Understanding how human scent is created and dispersed is an important part of reducing your overall human odors and becoming a more successful bowhunter.

Final Bowhunting Deer Preparations in Wisconsin!

With opening day of the Wisconsin archery season just around the corner could only mean one thing. Getting stands in place and gear in tip top shape for the upcoming season. Every day closer to opening season means one more night of sleeplessness. Here in central Wisconsin, last week brought us cooler weather and sunshine. […]

Hunting & Kids – Investing in Our Future

With our lives becoming more and more hectic we fail to take the time and invest it where it is needed most. That is in our future, our children. As we get busier we find ways to take short cuts in life, and far too often that over flows into our children’s lives. How many […]

First Deer of the Season

It was several weeks into the opener of the Wisconsin archery season and I haven’t seen a buck yet. I’m hunting in central Wisconsin, and I’ve seen and passed up several opportunities at good does. This year handed us a warm season with temperatures in the eighties and rain almost every day I sat in […]

Hunter Saftey System Product Review

The Hunter Safety System is the real deal folks. Because safety is no accident. This is the first year that I used the Hunter Safety System, and I will tell you that it is the best full body harness I have ever used. I have had the opportunity to use several different harnesses, and I […]