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    2005 Grand Slam 6-Pack
    We're all ready. Bowhunting.net is going for a six pack! That's 6 Grand Slams for 3 Wild Turkey Bowhunters (2 each of every species) ... in one Spring season ... with the bow and arrow. Online!
    Home Page Of Grand Slam 6-Pack

    To Hunt In: Florida Hunt #1 Florida Hunt #2

    Osceola Bowhunt

    Action In The Orange Grove
    Across the adjacent cow pasture, 300 yards away, several black, turkey objects walked into view. I cut excitedly on the Woodhaven Aluminum call and went into a volley of yelps. 
    The birds stopped.
    I cut again. Louder. They switched directions -- the right way too -- toward me. To Hunt...

    Fred gets 'er done
    Fred still had the Woodhaven slate in his hands when he saw 3 gobblers crossing the cow pasture. He closed up 3 sides of the Matrix blind, leaving a shooting hole where his hen decoy was. As the gobblers got close he lost sight of them behind a palmetto patch. The first bird appeared 60 yards away and trotted into the orange grove. To Hunt...

    Oranges Anyone?
    David Mills takes us back to the orange grove where we saw the turkeys. And our luck changes for the better. Go...

    Swamp Cabbage
    A pivotal day in our hunt. Hurricanes. And I learn about swamp cabbage. GO...

    Mike Bailey & Mike Leonard In The Swamp

    Mike Leonard and Mike Bailey

    David Mills takes both hunters to hunt the swamp and he calls longbeards in for them both.
    Mike Bailey's Hunt and Mike Leonard's Hunt

    Day 4 (March 24)

    We hunted in an orange grove today. Florida turkeys eat bugs and plants in them. I got pictures of a variety of game but we neither saw nor heard any turkeys. Day 4 Hunt...
    Day 3 (March 23) 

    Morning Hunt: Doug Crabtree broke the silence of the pre dawn woods with an owl hoot. RaaaaaOuuuuuu, an owl answered. Suddenly Doug and an owl barely missed him. To hunt.

    Day 2 (March 22) 
    Morning Hunt: We were there. The turkeys weren't. We are moving to a new area this afternoon.
    Afternoon Hunt: We duplicated the morning hunt. But we are pumped for tomorrow. To the hunt so far.

    Day 1 (March 21)

    Morning Hunt: Fred gets into a longbeard right away. Go...

    Afternoon Hunt: We are in side by side blinds and I have a cell signal internet connection and will update as things happen. Here is what is happened...

    South Florida Osceola Bowhunt

    DAY 1 - Doug Crabtree's South Florida Opener

    Doug Crabtree and 3 other hunters squeezed into the Double Bull Matrix blind and waited for daylight to break. An owl hooted in the hammock and several gobblers sounded off 100 yards behind the blind.
    Ten minutes later Doug made soft tree yelps. Gobblers came from all sides. "We were surrounded," Doug told me., "just like the indians circling the wagons of the cowboys." To Hunt...
    DAY 2 - Grand Slam Quest
    At first light a gobbler sounded off in the distance. Doug Crabtree called aggressively for several minutes and the tom gobbled constantly. GO...
    DAY 3 - First Osceola & More

    Turkeys! In the palmettos. Doug popped up the Double Bull on the edge, set the decoys, and called. Without a peep the birds entered the field and then ran to the blind -- 14 Toms. To Hunt...

     Fall's Field Test Results

    Here is the low down on the INNERLOC EXP Broadhead, BOWTECH Patriot, Double Bull Matrix Blind, PLOTSPIKE Seeds and the Power Wick & Special Golden Estrus. To Results...

    Bowhunting Wild Hogs 2005
    Bowhunting Wild Hogs 2005 Home Page

    When You Least Expect It ... Hogs!

    (Mar 17) - Yesterday I noticed a 10 yard pool of water in the windmill area. This morning I drove there and put a TrailTimer EZ Cam there to see if wild turkeys (turkey season is only days away) are drinking from it. On the way I got a surprise. One heck of a wild hog hunt...

    March 16 - The Hogs Are Back...
    Black objects on a side trail caught my attention on the way to the Hammer Hole. Wild hogs. To The Hunt ..

    NWTF Convention & Sport Show
    To HOME PAGE For NWTF Coverage

    Every year we cover the National Wild Turkey Federation Convention & Sport Show. Here's what happened in 2005 in Nashville.

    The Winners Are...

    Doug Crabtree & Billy Yargus (R) Walter Parrot, Chris Parrish 
    Team Challenge Winners: 1. Chris Parrish & Walter Parrot, 2. Doug Crabtree & Billy Yargus, 3. Mark Prudhomme & Kerry Terrell, 4. Shawn Hays & Matthew Van Cise, 5. Jeff Murphy & Preston Pittman, 6. Sadler McGraw & Jim Pollard. 
    Champion Of Champions: 1. Chris Parrish, 2. Walter Parrot, 3. Dick Kirby




    TurkeyCall Making Competition...
    Taxidermy Competition...
    Photos From The Show...
    Kids Art Competition...

    Scouting For Deer 2005
    Home Page Scouting For Deer 2005
    Feb 4 - Freak Pics

    Good News - This morning the Freak buck finally hung out until there was enough daylight for  some decent pictures. To Feb 4 Freak Pics...

    ATA Archery Trade Show 2005
    To 2005 ATA Show Home Page


    ATA is the archery & bowhunting industry's biggest show and is the only national trade show produced exclusively for our industry.
    Follow our coverage and pics of the show and check out over 200 new products for 2005. GO...

    2004 Deer Hunt
    Daily Logs & Pictures
    2004 Deerhunt HOME PAGE
    December's Hunt Was All Good 
    LIVE FROM THE FOOD PLOT BLIND
    The pieces of the puzzle all come together

    In December I ran electric cords and a phone line out to my Double Bull blind and made live updates during the day -- with pics. Dec Hunt...
    Follow the sightings and pics of the Freak buck, Big Boy 9, & Broken Tine, day by day. GO...

    Deerhunt - October & November
    Daily Pictures & Hunt Logs put online day by day: To October... and  To November...

    Hunting The Ohio Rut
    Bowhunting With Crabby
    Home Page of Ohio Bowhunt

    The Duck and I bowhunt the big buck country of Ohio during the rut with Dennis Crabtree (Crabby), Pip and others. Here are the daily Hunt Logs & Pics.

    Bowhunting With Billy Don
    the 1st Bowhunting.Net Deerhunt
    To: Days 1-5 and Days 6-10
    The first every Bowhunting.net Deer Hunt was the 2nd week of season and it was a fun, buck getting event with exceptional hunt success for bucks and wild hogs for all 16 bowhunters. Pictures galore of bucks, hunters and more.

    BowFit's Dave Cole & Billy Don Van Cleave

    Wayne Dobson and George Tague

    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)

    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.

    March 2005 News
    You heard it here first!

    Woodhaven's Young Guns "Sting" the Competition - by Fred Lutger

    The Woodhaven "Sting Team" ran away with the championship calling titles at NWTF. Fred Lutger interviews Mike Pentecost about his team. GO...
    EVALUATION: Rocky Mountain Turbo, by Dave Conrad - A small compact broadhead with offset blades to match fletching. But does it perform? Dave Conrad finds out.
    Understanding the Turkey Rut, by T.R. Michels - One of the best ways to hunt turkeys is to use the right tactics at the right time. 
    Multiple Uses Of The Rope Ratchet
    The indespensible Tie Down that really works. See for yourself how Rope Ratchets make tieing down a breeze.
    Lick 'Em, by Zan D. Christensen
    Zano awnsers the questions: "Do the deer minerals hook the deer. Do they really work?" And, "Is it a good spot to hunt over?" 
    Dragging The Old Buck Home, by Tom Fassbinder - From The Pages Of Whitetail Fanatic - A Grandfather's love of the hunt, impending death and an old buck brings father and son together. 
    Hunt OnLine With Roy Goodwin 
    Join the Online hunt team for the "Alberta Spring Bear Rematch Hunt" in an unhunted area of Northwest Alberta with a top bear guides.
    NEWS: Tony Dukes Rubbin
    Tony runs with some big names in archery, of the musical kind. 
    Turkey - Keep Em Guessing
    Double Bull Tip of the Month: OK, you've just arrowed your bird in a group. Do you charge the downed bird or sit still? Find Out...
    Straight Shot - Ted Nugent, by Frank Addington - Frank goes to Louisville to see Ted Nugent  bring his patriotic road show to Kentucky.
    Youth Bear Hunt, an Innerloc Testimonial by Jonathan Gabrio - Stalking a mule deer turns into a surprise bear hunt in close quarters.
    Wild Turkey Basics 101, by Joe Nawrot
    To hunt wild turkey, you should know turkey. Joe gives valuable insight into this bird.

    Join Our Deerhunt In 2005 ...
    We're Gonna Do It Again!
    Wanna hunt with us on the 2nd Annual Bowhunting.net Online deerhunt with Billy Don this October?
    Steve's draw draws a big buck.
    Bowhunting Iowa Bucks - Day 3, by Steve Bartylla  "A yearling buck lip curling the scent time and time again. As he walked away I saw his big brother. Points were everywhere." 
    EVALUATION: Double Bull ‘MATRIX’ Blind, by Tony Dukes - The new Matrix ground blind from Double Bull Archery gets a through test from Tony Dukes. And to say it passed his test is an understatement.
    Bowhunting Iowa Bucks - Day 2, by Steve Bartylla - Another, even bigger racked, brute of a buck gets in Steve's game.

    BJ Outdoors TV Schedule
    For hunting excitment in USA, Canada, Alaska & Africa tune into BJ Outdoors on Fox Sports Net.
    Charlie Kroll Tribute On TV
    Author of numerous archery books and articles, curator of the Fred Bear Museum, and friend of Fred Bear to be remembered on TV.
    Bowhunting Iowa Bucks, by Steve Bartylla- Day 1 of Steve's Iowa bowhunt. The deer are large, the hunting fun. Come along with Steve and Tyler on this 3 Day hunt.
    March TV Schedule for Double Bull Outdoors - Times and days for the new Double Bull TV Show on the Men's Channel.
    NEW: COMBO Bowquiver from Kwikee Kwiver - Looking for a versatile bowquiver? In a camo pattern of your choice? Check the new COMBO quiver from Kwikee Kwiver.
    D.A.R.E. Hunt Coming to TV - Tony Dukes recently produced Ted Nugent's Spirit of the wild TV show that featured hunts for D.A.R.E. participants.
    EVALUATION: .44 Caliper Release from Jim Fletcher Archery, by Jon E. Silks
    "Crisp and consistent trigger movement. Leather wrist strap is rugged and comfortable. I would not hesitate to rely on this release in the woods.
    What's The Difference?
    Proper Care Of Turkey Calls
    Here's how to make you calls work better in the turkey woods and keep them lasting longer.
    Wild Turkeys Vs Domestic
    What is the difference between the ones we hunt and the shrink wrapped kind?
    Caws and Dawgs, by Tom Fassbinder
    From The Pages Of Whitetail Fanatic
    When whitetail season is over here is how Tom keeps on hunting.
    EVALUATION: Nikon Action EX 7x35 Binocular, by Jon E. Silks 
    "Able to decipher antler tines in tall, like-colored grass at distances that other 7x35 binoculars could not. A great choice for bowhunting."
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    We have A February Sweeps Winner
    The February sweepstakes has been claimed and the winner will receive 36 bowhunting & archery prizes.
    BowTech Takes 2 Bulls By The Horns
    BowTech’s rodeo bulls Toy Tiger and Vertical Force are scheduled to make their debut at the PBR Built Ford Tough rodeo event in St. Louis.
    Scouting for Whitetails: A Year Round Process, by Jason Balazs - Scouting tips & tricks that can help you this next fall, by our newest columnists Jason Balazs.
    EVALUATION: 44 Caliper Release from Jim Fletcher Archery, by Jon Slks -"Trigger movement is crisp and consistent. The leather wrist strap is rugged and comfortable. I would not hesitate to rely on this release in the woods."
    Teach Your Children Well - Part 2, by Linda K. Burch - And the saga continues. Will Linda succeed?
    Over 40,000 Attend NWTF
    Record attendance helps nonprofit NWTF raise more money for wild turkey than ever before.
    Enter The March Sweepstakes Today
    Your chance to win 44 great prizes from top archery and bowhunting companies.
    NEW GUARDIAN Wearable Safety Light
    Be seen at night. Illuminates your surroundings. Clips to your clothing. From Essential Gear.
    Teach Your Children Well. #1, by Linda K. Burch - Can we make our children love the sport? Eat wild game? Linda makes a stab at it.
    Gain Strength & Shoot Better - Want to pull a heavier bow? Hold longer, steadier? Use the portable exerciser with 100 exercises. Perfect for archers & bowhunters
    Secret Decoy Tips From The Pros

    Fred Lutger asks the pros how they decoy wild turkeys. In Part 1 you'll find tips from Mark Drury, Terry Drury, Steve Bailey, Doug Crabtree & Chris Kirby. To Pros Tips, Part 1...
    In Part 2 Fred Lutger gets decoy tips from Eddie Salter, Mike Pentecost, Billy Yargus, Matt Morrett & Cally Morris. Pros Tips, Part 2... 
    Meet Cally Morris

    Fred Lutger interviews the 3 time winner of the NWTF Taxidermy competition. And finds something he has been looking for. Go...
    Michael Wadell Makes Hunting (and Seminars) Fun, by Fred Lutger
    Fred attends seminars on hunting in Mexico, building box calls, collecting turkey calls  and On The Road with Michael Wadell. To Article...
    February 2005 On Bowhunting.net
    The Pic and coverage of the National Wild Turkery Convention. Deer & wild turkey scouting pics. New archery & bowhunting products and Field Evaluations. Daily news.
    January 2005 On Bowhunting.net
    The Archery Trade Show was the big event this month and our coverage was extensive. Lots of pictures too. Plus lots of news, field tests and articles.

    A Bowhunter Making A Difference In Iraq - Daily Reports From Doug Besherse

    Iraq International Archery Competition 2004
    People of all ages came. Of many nationalities: Western, European, Middle Eastern, as well as Male & Female. They all had a good time ... in a not so good place. And bowhunter Doug Besherse reported daily to us from Iraq about this important moral boosting event.
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