Bowhunting Blog

Top 25 Bowhunting Items for Under $50

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Recently I asked our pro-staff here at Bowhunting.com to give me a list of their “must have”, “can’t leave home without them” items for $50 or less. In no particular order, here are the top 25 products that were suggested. Oh yeah, and by the way, if one
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015

Gearing Up For Late Season Bowhunting

6 Min Read
I will admit that I'm no fan of late season hunting by any stretch of the imagination. But for those with the determination to stick out these frigid winter sits there is still some great hunting to be had. So if you don't want to eat tag soup come Janu
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015

Shots To Avoid

12 Min Read
I can still remember the first time I loosed an arrow at an actual living, breathing whitetail. The smallish doe looked larger than life as I nervously drew back my multi-laminated riser, solid-glass limbed, Browning bow. Yeah, it’s been awhile. Howeve
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015

Real World Rut Tactics

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In today’s over-commercialized world of hunting TV, we typically see success portrayed by a particular product used. Countless hunters get duped into believing that hunting the rut simply involves blowing a grunt call, bangin’ the antlers together, tippi
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015

All-Day Hunt

12 Min Read
Seven hours. That is what stood between me and sundown; seven lingering, solitary hours in a cold, lifeless treestand. Could I do it? Could I handle the physical as well as the mental strain? Could I stay for the long haul? I hoped so. After all, I
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015

Bow or Gun....Should We Share The Woods?

7 Min Read
Thinking back over some of my proudest moments in the deer woods, I often stumble across those cold, mid-November moments in the treestand when I’ve stuck it out with archery tackle and found success. I remember one year in particular, when I had been so
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015

Decoy Do's and Dont's

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Scenario Number One It's November 5th. You are perched in your favorite stand on the edge of a field as daylight begins to wash over the landscape. A light fog hangs in the low lying areas all around you. Just as it is getting light enough to see, you
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015

Filming Your Own Hunts - A First Experience

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Filming your own bowhunting adventures can be a lot of work, but also a very rewarding experience. Contributor Dayne Shuda offers some insight into his first experience of self-filming his hunts.
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015

How to Field Dress a Deer

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Three more steps. Should I draw back now while he’s looking the other way, or wait until he’s behind the tree? Is he old enough, wait, yes, he’s definitely a 4 year old buck. Look at those G2s! Focus. Better. This is the buck of a lifetime. I’m unbe
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015

Essential Treestand Gear

12 Min Read
For me, there is nothing quite like the days leading up to bow season. Tags are purchased, shooting form is polished and polished again, hunting clothes are washed and put away, plans are formulated, vacation days are submitted, and field points are enth
5/1/2015May 1st, 2015