EQUIPMENT COMMENTS  - From The Grand Slam Bowhunt
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Turkey Calls From Knight & Hale
We used Knight & Hale turkey calls exclusively on the Grand Slam bowhunt. Doug Crabtree uses a whole handful of different diaphragm calls, plus slates and  a box call. The calls that work best for me are the "Cutters." In particular "Walter's Chapmionship Cutter, a 3.5 reed call that makes very realistic hen vocalizations. One of the things I like about this call is that it is easy to switch from soft to loud as well as go from cutting to yelps to soft clucks and other hen tones. Some calls favor loud or soft tones and don't switch back and forth nearly as well as this call. Hale’s Ultimate Split “V” IV worked great also. The Double-Sided Box Call was useful when a Tom hung up and I needed a change of the sound. When I first called I used the Mini Slate Friction Call because it had a very nice low volume tone. With it I could tell if a gobbler was close to me without blasting him out of the area. If there was no response I used the mouth call to reach out and locate them. To Knight & Hale

Pro Release Silver Bullet
Frankly, I always have trouble whenever I use a new release. I prefer a wrist release, which this is, and there always seems to be an issue over the length of the cord or cable holding the caliper. The release I'd been using had a cord and it was much shorter than the one on the Silver Bullet wrist release I received. I called the company and found out that I could shorten it. Armed with that information I shot it first. Surprise! It shot perfect, out of the box, ahh, actually, out of the shrink wrap package. I was very surprised and totally pleased that I wouldn't have to adjust it at all. The release tension is adjustable also. But it was perfect and I didn't mess with it. If you too shoot with a shooting loop you know that some caliper releases are not hook up friendly. The Silver Bullet hooks up with no glitches. The shape of the caliper ends are just right for hooking on the bowstring or a shooting loop. My groups were tight from the get, and that's always a good thing. Two thumbs up for the Pro Release Silver Bullet. To PRO-RELEASE

FINE-LINE Peep Sights
Doug used the Ultra Glo and I used the FINE-LINE Sta-Brite Peep. I've used the Sta-Brite before and I was already sold on it. The rubber tubing always lines up your peep sight up so you can see through it perfectly. That's definitely a good thing when you are bowhunting. Plus the Sta-Brite has a large hole and you can see through it all the time. Doug prefered the Ultra Glo. It too has a large viewing hole plus the added feature of the fiber optic dots around the peep cause you to automatically hold your bow right vertically and it centers your eye in the middle of the shooting hole. Both are excellent products. To FINE-LINE

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Sponsors For The 2003 Grand Slam
Our double Grand Slam with the bow created excitement with several manufacturers and they stepped up to the plate to sponsor the event. The sponsors are:  Alpine Archery (bows), Barrie Archery (Rocky Mountain broadheads), Double Bull (blinds), Knight & Hale Game Calls, Pro Release (release aids), EASTON Archery (arrows), Spott Hogg (bowsights), Fine-Line Archery (peep sights & bowquivers), Bododle (arrow rests), Timberline Archery (bowsights), Knight & Hale (turkey calls), Florida Wildlife Unlimited, and Freddie Bear Sports.