Entries for June 2012

The most accurate and powerful rifle/scope/ammo combination in the world counts for nothing if you’re not skilled enough to take advantage of it. And darn few of us are skilled enough—unless we really, really practice.

This week I'm unboxing a Turkey Skinz turkey decoy cover. Remember to always share your comments and spread the word to your friends about "Inside the Box." I'll choose one of my favorite comments each month and award the winner with one of the products that have been featured here.

It's Q&A Day on "My Take." This week's question is from Ron Mitchel: How do you prefer to hunt whitetails: using treestands or ground blinds, and why?

If you think bucks are bypassing your scouting cameras, you’re probably right. In this video, I'll share some of my secrets for capturing more images at your scouting cam sites.

As an avid bowhunter, I've been using a one-pin bowsight for years. I really think they provide a lot of advantages for hunting. On this week's Tip Tuesday, I break down the Optimizer Lite by HHA.

Many political pundits identified the June 5 recall election of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as a bellwether to the November 2012 general election. If that’s the case, hunters and sportsmen better hang on to their camo caps, considering the shenanigans employed by supporters of Walker’s challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, just days before voters went to the polls.

What's the Hot News of the Week? I'll discuss how the state of Texas has turned their nuisance hog problem into a cash business. Hunting hogs from helicopters has become very popular, and now landowners are able to sell the permits and help control the destructive hog populations. 

In the February/March 2012 issue of North American Hunter, we held a "You Call The Shots" contest featuring the photo at left. More than 100 NAHC members participated, but only two were rewarded for winning submissions. Check out Shane Keenan's first-place submission in the June/July issue of NAH. Dean Blanchard took second place and won a Caldwell Matrix Shooting Rest. Check out the text from his winning submission.

In this episode of "Turkey Hunt Public Land," Shane Simpson and fellow Hook's Pro Staff Member Curtis Goettsch take an elusive gobbler that goes by the name "Houdini."

During a press event at the 2012 SHOT Show, country music star Craig Morgan (a military vet and avid hunter) unveiled a song he’d written to benefit Folds of Honor. It was the first time he’d performed “What Matters Most” to anyone, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.