"The great primitive outer world is still unconquered, and there are impulses within the beast of man not yet measured, curbed and devitalized, which are the essential motives of life. Therefore without, without wantoness, and without cruelty, we shall hunt as long as the arm has strength, the eye glistens, and the heart thobs. Lead On!"
Posted by: Catwoman-on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 03:29 AM
By Linda Kistler BurchPresident
WildTech Corporationcopyright May 2010
Last year I got an email from a customer in Japan, of all places, scolding me for alleged tree damage cause by all tack trail markers. He heard this “through the grapevine” but had no reference or scientific proof. At first I was defensive. But then, I always strive to consider the impassioned views of others, so I listened – seeking to understand, but ready to refute. He was doing nighttime treasure hunt with friends and wanted to use FireTacks trail markers to guide him and his friends through remote areas in the dark. However, he understood that FireTacks are just that… tiny tacks, with pins that affix to trees for forest navigation purposes.
Posted by: jen-on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 03:28 AM
Written By Jon Nystrom
30 yards, 33 yards, 35 yards my hunting companion whispered to me. I can’t see him I whispered back. I came to full draw waiting for the buck to enter my shooting lane. The hot doe walked in first. I strained to see the buck following her. Then he appeared. Now the dilemma should I take him or wait for a bigger one.
Posted by: csmickpaducahah-on Friday, August 14, 2009 - 02:46 AM
Selecting a Quality Taxidermist for Your Next Trophy
Written by Chuck Smick, with Doug Wynn
The hunter was thoroughly disgusted when he finally received his mount from
the taxidermist. The greatest buck that he’d ever taken, looked lifeless
and without any character. The cape was poorly attached to the form, the horns
were somewhat crooked and the eyes looked dead.
Posted by: csmickpaducahah-on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 02:21 AM
Hide from Your Quarry This Season!
Written by Chuck Smick
The big buck cautiously slipped towards the sound of two bucks fighting and the buck grunts coming from the same location. As he eased closer to the familiar sounds, the big buck spotted an unnatural-looking dark blob in the tree near the trail that lead him to the sound that he’d heard a few minutes before. His senses were on full alert as he quietly slipped down wind of the unnatural blob he saw in the tree. The wise old boy caught a whiff of human scent and quickly slipped away into the thick underbrush of the river bottom. The hunter never saw this trophy of a lifetime that came into his rattling and calling that day.
Posted by: Odahlen-Hinz-on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 08:41 PM
Written by Marlene Odahlen-Hinz
In my home state of Minnesota, only about 3,000 of our nearly 62,000 registered bowhunters are members of the Minnesota State Archery Association, the Minnesota Bowhunters or a local bowhunting club. I joined one of our local organizations right after I purchased my first bow, and I can give you SEVEN reasons why I feel it was a sound decision—a decision more bowhunters should consider!
