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Online Hunts: Follow the day to day hunt logs and pictures as the October season develops. And the very successful First Bowhunting.net Online Deer Hunt. Food Plot feature & pics.

Doug Crabtree: online Moose and Elk hunt.

Iraq Archery Event - Doug Besherse further reports on his visit to Iraq.

October News & Articles

Oct Online Hunts & Events

Hunting At Home
Oct 31 - The Eight Returns

On the last day of the bow only season I am the only hunter and the hunt heats up big time. And some of the details I always attend to before I leave for the stand pay off. To The Hunt & Pics

Online Food Plot Photos & Progress
We have our first visitors to our new food plot
Wild Turkeys. It's several flocks too. Here are pictures taken during the late morning a couple of days ago.
In the pictures we follow 3 flocks of wild turkeys that just discovered our food plot. To Latest Food Plot Report & Pics.

Oct 30 - Setting Up Secret Spot #4

The TrailTimer pictures of Secret Spot #4 helped me find a hidden corridor deer are using. This is a half mile long, thick, narrow strip of woods bordered by a river on one side and a field on the other. To set this area up I picked out a tree and got to work. To Secret Spot #4

Oct 29: Hanging In
I spent most of the entire afternoon in the Double Bull and saw a bunch of does and a new 8-point. I dumbed up and left the compact flash card for my camera at home so I couldn't get pictures. But it was a cool day in the deer woods.

Oct 28: The Right Move

I moved the Double Bull closer to yesterday's deer activity and returned at 4:45. In 15 minutes the hunt was on. To Pics & Hunt...

Oct 27: Changing Places
I want to move further into the woods from the Hammer Hole hoping to intercept deer that I am not seeing. The Double Bull blind is ideal for this cedar area so I set one up on the afternoon hunt. The deer I saw were not on trails close to me. Tomorrow I will move again.

Oct 26: Hunting A Core Rut Area
I check the core rut area I call December Tree. There were problems and here is how I fixed em', complete with pictures. Then I hunted my new set up and got into some rut action. To Hunt...

Oct 24: Look At That Butt!
For my morning hunt I went to the Hammer Hole. This is a thick area and there are no trees large enough for a treestand, but this is a good spot, so I have three tripod stands set up here. To The Hunt...

CATCHING UP: After the very successful Bowhunting.net Deerhunt with Billy Don Van Cleave I returned home and had a lot of web work to do but still resumed the hunt.

OCT 20-23:
John Askew came down with his son Bryant and daughter Emily. Bryant, who graduated from high school last year, has hunted on our lease before and has taken a few does as well as wild hogs with his bow. To Bryant's Hunt...

Online Food Plot Pics & First Growth

The food plot project is a go. Plants are coming up and we are following it online and in pictures. Food Plot - first Growth...

Online Food Plot - Plans & Planting

At the ATA Archery Trade Show I discussed making and covering a food plot online with Mike Massey of PlotSpike wildlife food plot products. Mike had me send him soil samples. I did and he promptly sent the right seeds for my area. We are going to follow it online. Plans & Planting...

Bowhunting With Billy Don
the 1st Bowhunting.Net Deerhunt
To: Days 1-5 and Days 6-10

Roy Keefer
Roy had videoed several big bucks on the first 3 days of his hunt.
But on the morning of his last hunt he was definitely in the shooting mode when a long tined 10-point came in bow range. To Roy's Hunt...

Brooks Johnson
Brooks returned to his Double Bull blind on the Pipeline an hour before daylight. Keith Beam was on video. At good enough light to video Brooks rattled briefly. Brooks sat the horns down and immediately Keith saw a buck 150 yards away. It came slowly and stopped 20 yards away. So far there was no chance for a shot. To Brook's Hunt...

Chef Klaus & The Black Hawaiian
When a group of rams walked under my treestand at #16 I told Chef Klaus (Mike Ditchler) about it. After lunch we went looking for them. When we located the rams the Chef said, "I want the black one."
There was only one black ram in this group and things looked pretty easy until ... well, Here Is The Hunt...

Day 8
Afternoon Hunt
"Beamer" Mock Scrapes Up A Buck
Keith Beam
Keith and the Duck were at it again. They moved the Double Bull blind to a new location and brushed it in. Then Keith made a mock scrape under a limb 20 yards away, using the MOON FIRE deer lure (from Wild Life Research). Keith hooked a Super Wick on a limb above the scrape. Two hours later it brought them a buck. To Keith's Hunt...

Morning Hunt
Keith Beam - The Duck and Keith set up a Double Bull blind at the Lookout. The first deer were there before the Duck had the video camera going. Plus, here are the hunts of Brooks Johnson and Chef Klaus. To Day 8...

Day 7
Rick Philippi does his wild hog thing. And there is plenty more happening as the bowhunters in Group 2; Roy Keefer, Brooks Johnson, Keith Beam, John Askew, Mike Ditchler, Chris and the Duck and I hit the woods. To Day 7...
Day 6
Rick Philippi and John Askew join the Bowhunting.net deer hunt.
Rick went to my favorite stand, #16. John gets a turn at bat with a big 10 point.
And I get to meet the buck in this picture. To The Hunt...

The Duck's Wild Hog Buck
There's more on the blood trail than the Duck!

From his treestand the Duck saw "a whole slew pot of hogs." A large boar stopped at the blood trail, dropped its nose and sniffed his way along the blood trail -- toward the deer. Other hogs noticed him and followed. The Duck climbed down and went after his buck. To The Hunt...

DAY 5: Wayne's Day
A Buck A Day Keeps Billy Don Happy
Wayne Dobson: Wayne hunted View Point and was "covered up with bucks." To Wayne's Hunt.
Tony Dukes returned to #23. But, today, the deer didn't. George Tague continued his quest for wild turkey. Robert Hoague: I set up a Double Bull blind at a place on the Pipe LIne and saw some deer and a huge wild boar gave me the last minute slip. To Day 5 Hunt...

DAY 4: George's Day ... All Day

Pennsylvania bowhunter George Tague does it right on his second day of the hunt. To Hunt...
Plus, Wayne Dobson gets in the middle of big action too. Tony Dukes sees more big bucks. And George Tague gets with it again. Day 4 ...

Day 3 - Dave's Day
AFTERNOON - Wild Hogs

Wayne Dobson, Tyge Floyd and Dave Cole got into the wild hogs. Another big buck visits Tony Dukes. More...

Dave Cole & Billy Don Van Cleave
Dave Cole was ready to shoot one of the 8-points by his stand. He heard deer hooves clicking in the rocks of the near by creek bottom. Dave looked and saw the horns of an even bigger buck. He changed his plans. To Dave's Hunt
Meanwhile, there was no lack of action by the other 4 bowhunters. To Day 2 Hunt...

Day 2 - The Bucks Start Moving
To the hunt logs for Day #2 as the bucks get moving and the hunting action picks up for everyone. To The Day 3 Hunts...

First Day - Never Give Up

Daylight was coming on at #16. A nice buck was 80 yards away. A second buck joined him.
Crash!!!
They locked horns and a heated fight was on. There was no way to know but I was minutes away from a magic day in Billy Don's woods. To my hunt...

Day #1 - Dave Cole (owner of BowFit archery exerciser) hunted #17 and saw 2 does and a fawn and lots of wild hogs.
The Duck had activity also, he saw 2 does, 2 fawns, several wild hogs and 3 bucks. This is a picture of one.
Boyd Burbank is hunting for a black buck and hunted # 21, an area that black bucks frequent. He saw 2 forkys, a spike, lots of wild hogs and an aoudad. To The Day 1 Hunt...

Making Cool Arrows Fast

I like to make arrows up 4 or 6 at a time so yesterday I fixed up the arrows I want to use at the hunt at Wild Horse Prairie Ranch. It was easy and only took 15 minutes, here's how I did it so fast. Making Cool Arrows Fast...

OCT 6 - Wednesday - Bowhunting.net Hunt
The first every Bowhunting.net Deer Hunt begins Friday. The Duck met the landowner Billy Don Van Cleave and they are at Sam's buying the food for the 10 day hunt. I've got a million things to do to be ready, so we didn't hunt today. However, Rick Philippi came down to hunt and he is at the Slew Hole this afternoon.

OCT 5 - Tuesday
It's raining. It's not raining. All day long.

OCT 4
Monday Afternoon
At 3:30 the cloudy sky opened up and it rained big time. The Duck and I waited an hour for it to let up. It didn't. So we drove to town and ate hot fudge sundaes at Dairy Queen. On the way back, half an hour before dark, the rain stopped and deer were all over as we drove back to camp.
Monday Morning - I saw the same two bucks. No does were around so they were buddys again. The Duck zipped at the Dry Tank. We are the only two hunting now.

OCT 3 - Sunday
Afternoon Hunt - Buddy Group Break Down
John saw hogs, Robbie saw wild turkeys, the Duck saw 2 does. I had all the luck watching my food plot area. To The Hunt & Pics...

Morning Hunt - First deer of the season
Robbie B hunted the the entrance of the Canyon. and zipped. John A was at his Pond stand and saw 1 doe and more wild turkeys. Mosquitoes were bad there and they ate him up. I zipped.

The Duck hunted the Mudslide stand, again. Don saw the longhead doe that had run the deer off yesterday, (as well as in year's past). But today it came closer. MORE Today's Hunt & Pics..

OCT 2 - A little wild turkey and deer action on the opener. To The Opening Day's Hunt.

Scouting For Deer 2004
Scouting For Deer 2004 Home Page

Scouting all year long, from the first buck in velvet, the first fawn sighting, and bucks with thheir antlers growing ... all this year.

2004 Bear Bowhunt In Ontario

2004 Bear Hunt Home Page
Who Has Their Bear So Far?
Watching the Bears 24 Hours A Day
Bears From A Ground Blind

4x4 Grand Slammer of 2004
TO HOME PAGE of 4x4 Grand Slammer...

Four bowhunters go for their online wild turkey Grand Slam, in the 2004 Spring season.
Follow, day by day, with lots of pics, Doug Crabtree, Fred Lutger, Tony Dukes and Robert Hoague on this Spring's adventure as we hunt wild turkey in Florida, South Dakota, Texas, Illinois and Ohio.
TO the hunts for the: Osceola, Rio #1, Rio #2, Merriam's, Eastern, and Who Got The Grand Slam? (the pictures)

October 2004 News
You heard it here first!

Elk Calling Tips

The Elk Whisperer, by Bob Robb
(from the pages of Bowhunting World)
Raspy, growly calls that win contest2as can be counter-productive when hunting, actually scaring bulls away. Here's how to do it right.

Randy Oitker Winning Friends
Our next generation is important for the future of bowhunting. With young archers like Randy Oitker our sport is in safe hands.

EVALUATION: Cube, Foamlite & Compound King Target, by Jon Silks - Put a Stop On Arrows: want something portable, easy to set up, rugged, easy to extract arrows? See what Jon Silks has to say about these targets from American Whitetail Targets.

Synthetic Deer Lures - Better than the Real Stuff?, by Tom Fassbinder (from the pages of Whitetail Fanatic)- Synthetic lures & attractants are more readily available and are having an impact in the whitetail woods.

WildTech’s Linda Burch Runs For ATA Board - Linda K. Burch, President of WildTech Corp. announced her application to run for the Board of Directors of the Archery Trade Association (ATA).

NEW: Tree Master Climbing Treestand
Treestand Hunters can now hunt easier and have a stronger, quieter climbing treestand -- from North Starr Treestands.

Climb On Up With The TreeSuit Climber

TreeSuit Introduces New Climber
The lightest Tree Climber ever and the perfect fit with the popular TreeSuit Treestand. Comfort & convenience for any tree you hunt.

NEW: Scent-Lok® Lightweight Savanna Additions - No one does it better than the leader in Scent Control Clothing so don't miss these new additions to the SAVANNA Scent Control line from Scent Lok.

Last Day - Canada Moose Bowhunt, by Doug Crabtree - Our bowhunters give it all they got to get Coondog his chance at a bull moose.

Save Hearing & Hear Everything!, by Chris Bailey - Chris shares how he protects his hearing and hears deer and turkey long before seeing them.

NEW: EASTON ST Axis® Arrows - New carbon arrow designed specifically for bowhunters. ST Axis arrows fly virtually unaffected by crosswinds, a benefit no other hunting arrow can promise.

Doug Crabtree Gets "The Right 5 Minutes"!

Day 7 - Canada Moose Bowhunt, by Doug Crabtree- One of the things you need when you're calling moose is a moose. Today one heard Doug and came 300 yards ... and stopped a yard away.

Day 6 - Canada Moose Bowhunt, by Doug Crabtree - Coondog and Doug were in the stands before daylight. As the sun crested the the trees Doug made his first set of calls. The response was one he hadn't counted on.

Another moose comes to the call

Day 5 - Canada Moose Bowhunt, by Doug Crabtree - Coondog gets his turn at bat as Owen calls a bull moose in to 10 yards.

Remembering Fred Bear, by Frank Addington Jr. - Dick Lattimer was Fred Bear's sidekick, P.R. and marketing man. Now he has published his own book on Fred

Day 4 - Canada Moose Bowhunt, by Doug Crabtree - Doug and Coon Dog brave the mosquito hords in search of bull moose.

NEW FREE Instructional Video from Double Bull - Get your FREE "Ground Blind Instructional Video" from the maker of the most innovative, hunter friendly Ground Blinds.

NEW LED Clip-0n Light - Three lighting technologies in a single hand held light: bright spot light, florescent light, and super energy efficient ... from Essential Gear.

Day 3 - Canada Moose Bowhunt, by Doug Crabtree - Back at Mons Lake. Wind. The temperature changes. Black flies. Oh well, all you need is 5 good minutes.

"Com'ere Moose," says Doug Crabtree.

Day 2 - Canada Moose Bowhunt, by Doug Crabtree - A beartiful sunrise, calling for moose, a huge bull beating the brush out of his way 15 yards away. This is how to start a hunt.

NEWS: BowTech Acquires Diamond Archery - BowTech expands. Always moving foward, this far sighted leader acquires Diamond Archery for added market punch.

Day 1 of Doug Crabtree's Moose Bowhunt

Canada Moose Bowhunt, by Doug Crabtree - A beartiful sunrise, calling for moose, a huge bull beating the brush out of his way 15 yards away. This is how to start a hunt.

Canada Moose Bowhunt, by Doug Crabtree - Get ready, get set, go. Doug Crabtree, his dad and Coon Dog put the pedal to the metal and go to Moose camp in Canada.

NEW: Crossfire 100 from New Archery Products - Ultra-short, stronger, better penetrating broadhead. Replaceable, one-piece blade-cartridge The most accurate, non-expandable broadhead available..

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Are You The Winner Of The September Sweepstakes? - A September entry has been computer selected and is eligible to claim and win the sweeps 45 archery & bowhunting prizes.

A Bear Hunt Success - Sort Of!, by Jon E. Silks - Field Evaluator Jon Silks certainly knows his stuff. He also knows hunting, the good and the not so good. His first successful bear hunt was good ... and not so good.

Team Fitzgerald Seminars - See Dan & Guy Fitzgerald up close and personal in one their rousing, entertaining, educational Seminars. Click above for a complete Seminar Schedule.

2004 IBO World Champion, by Royce Armstrong - (from the pages of 3-D & Bowhunting Times) - Owen, Brooks, Huffman and Jones Win IBO World Championship Titles. Here is the story of Linda Owen's win.

Extreme Mountain Goats, by Tim Burres
From the pages of Bowhunting World
"Let’s glass for awhile from that ridge,” he said. We were there a few minutes when a nice billy strolled out from a glacier-covered cliff."

Lab Test Prove ELIMITRAX Works! - What you wear in and out of your hunting area can alert the game you hunt. But not if you wear Elimitrax. Here is proof from Independent tests results.

Day #5 - Elk Hunt, The Last Day, by Doug Crabtree - At 10:10 am a nice 5x5 bull came from my right of "Coon Dog." It stopped at 23 yards. Was this the chance he was waiting for?

Getting In Shape For The Hunt - Legs & Gluts, by Dan Biehl - Work Those Legs. Hunting takes walking and climbing. Dan Biehl shows you how to improve leg and glut strength.

Day 3 - Colorado Elk Bowhunt 2004, by Doug Crabtree - Some elk days you make the right decisions, some you don't, and some are a little of both. Today was one of those elk days for Doug, Coon Dog and Lonnie.

Arrow Speed - Important?, by Art Champoux - After decades of hunting, selling & servicing archery gear Art tackles the question, "How fast an arrow do you really need?"

Day 3 - Colorado Elk Bowhunt 2004, by Doug Crabtree - Lots of elk action today. And Doug gets some elk pics and "Coon Dog" gets some action when a cow runs in and stop 13 yards away -- with a 5x5 Bull Elk right behind it.

Illinois Bowhunt, by Steve Gruber
Steve bowhunts the legendary farm fields of Illinoi and bags the biggest buck of his life.

Day 2 - Rick & Chris get 'er done!

Day 2 - Colorado Elk Bowhunt 2004, by Doug Crabtree - Rick Sutton sensed something was nearby and slowly turned his head, a 4x3 bull was 20 yards away. But Rick didn't have his bow in his hand. The bull walked away and Rick made two cow chirps.

Rean Steenkamp: Bad Leg and All

When It Works, It Works, Introducing The Dark Continent - When Rean Steenkamp of Africa's Bowhunter Magazine severed two tendons in his leg he thought his hunting was over for a while. Not so.

Colorado Elk Bowhunt 2004 - Day 1, by Doug Crabtree - Doug, Rick Sutton, Lonnie MItchell and Don Nye ("Coon Dog") are elk hunting with Chuck Davies Outfitters in the Gunnison mountains. Doug gets into elk right away and his buds have a more bear-ish start than they wanted.

EVALUATION: Supreme XP Broadhead from Barrie Archery, by Cory Kittle - It's tough looking, but is it a great flying, hard hitting, deep penetrating broadhead? See what Cory Kittle has to say.

Treestand Bowquiver, Alpine Style

EVALUATION: Bear Claw TS Bowquiver from Alpine Archery, by Cory Kittle - For a product to stand out from a multitude of other similar products, it had better have more versatility than the competition. And this treestand bowquiver does.

Dall Sheep Hunt NWT - Last Day, by Roy Goodwin - Difficult decisions had to be made in an instant. The big ram was broadside at 94 yards loking at Roy. A smaler but nice full curl ram was only in range and didn't have a clue.
Doug Besherse - A Bowhunter Making A Difference In Iraq
Doug Besherse In Iraq - Home Page
Archery Touches Everyone

Doug goes bowfishing in the Tigris River with Col. Barbe and Gurkha soldiers (very fierce warriors, contracted to run securityaround check points). Archery has the ability to touch everyone, even in Iraq.
Iraqi International Archery Event

Part 1 - There were people of all ages, from children to older adults. Many different nationalities came. Western, European, Middle Eastern, and Male and Female. It didn't matter about any of that, they all were having a good time....in a not so good place.
So This Is How It Feels

Doug visits the archery range and talks to an Iraqi family. Later, the lights go out and it's a dangerous situation. Afterward he tells us, "For the soldiers and Iraqi civilians, death waits beside them every day, like a crouched lion in the brush. In spite of that they must press on, either that or give up and quit living."

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