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You have been waiting...now you know BowCast At The Bird 2010 will be held at Snowbrid, Utah on July 10th and 11th.  To register and get more info, visit http://www.bowcastatthebird.com/.

You heard Josh and I on BowCast Episode #109 talk about the benefits of using a shooting machine like the Spot Hogg Hooter Shooter.  Well, South pitched in to film his own "super tune" show.  Check out the process South goes through with tuning the nocks on his arrows using he Hooter Shooter.  I like it when arrows hit the same hole!

Many of you have followed our recent Eastern Colorado Mule Deer hunt.  For those of you who watched the video footage of Day 5, you'll know I had a buck we had not seen up until that point walk 130 yards in front of me in search of a doe.  He needed to turn right, but instead trotted off left. 

If you are looking to pick up a bowfishing reel, there are a number of different styles that you can choose from.  I have mentioned in my previous blog entries that I finally settled on the AMS  Retriever Pro reel for a number of reasons that I will get into in this entry. 

My education on arrows and what to tip them with for bowfishing started back on Episode #67 when we had Mark Land on from Muzzy Bowfishing.  As many of us who bow hunt and haven't yet jumped into Bow Fishing, I incorrectly labeled the tips on the end of a bowfishing arrow a "broadhead".  Mark corrected me indicating that in the world of Bowfishing, we call them "fish points".....and so my curiosity and education began and I'll share a few things I learned this year in this blog entry.

So, I have been getting a lot of questions related to - "Do I need to go out and buy a special bowfishing bow to bowfish?".  And the quick and easy answer is no.

Last day of Aneal and Matt's hunt with Outdoor Expeditions. Tune in to see the last day big buck action, as well as a review of spot and stalk packs from Aneal and Matt.  

Day 4 with the BowCast Boys and Outdoor Expeditions in SE Colorado.  Find out why it is better to have a lifestyle versus a job.

Once we got our "feet wet" Matt, myself and John North got hooked up with the Colorado Bowfishing Association and entered several of their tournaments.  If you are looking to get into bowfishing, I highly encourage you all to look up your local bowfishing chapter, and go out to one of their tournaments.  They are a ton of fun, and the guys and gals who compete in them are usually extremely helpful by sharing their knowledge about equipment and tactics......when they are not competing of course!

For those of you who have never tried bowfishing, you may have conjured up in your heads an image of a huge boat with a big ass fan on the back buzzing a bunch of rednecks around in some swamp somewhere.  While that may be the way many of those who enjoy bowfishing do it, Matt and I started out a bit simpler - with our own two feet.

As a reminder, 2009 was the first year I ever picked up a bow and aimed it at a fish.  Being as resourceful and inquisitive as many of you know I am, I reached out to several individuals to understand what went into getting setup for bowfishing.   I talked to a couple of the individuals from the Colorado Bowfishing Association (COBF), I spoke with Mark Land from Muzzy Bowfishing who runs the largest Bowfishing tournament in the country, I spoke with Jeff Braun from AMS bowfishing, I spoke with reps from Cajun Archery, and I chewed the fat with many different guys who have been doing this for a long time. 

So why would guys go out all day on a boat and create a bloody mess killing carp (or other species) using archery equipment?  I wondered the same freakin thing several months ago.  From experience, I now have my answer.

My first introduction to Bowfishing was talking with Mark Land from Muzzy when he was on the show (Episode #67 - Bowfishing with Mark Land).  After a conversation over a beer last year, Matt Hogue and I decided that we were going to dive into the sport of bowfishing and learn everything we could absorb about this sport.

- My Family

As mentioned on our last podcast from the field, a monster was taken just North of where Matt and I were hunting.  This is the caliber of deer we had a legitimate opportunity to shoot with Outdoor/Atkinson Expeditions.

Well, the trip is done and we are heading back home.  We are still working out some video kinks, so stay tuned for video from Day 4 and 5 from the SE Colorado Mule Deer hunt with Outdoor Expeditions.

BowCasters,

We are having some issues getting our video uploaded, but that goes with the territory on a "live" update from the field.

The day was consummed by Double Drop Tine and Fence Post buck which led to an 8 hour stalk.  Enjoy the video from the day!

A long day.  We caught up with a few bucks we left last night.  Unfortunately we were c-blocked by a fork horn that had us backing out by mid-day to ensure we didn't mess up the big bucks we had spotted in the area we were hunting.

Excitement, humility, humor, and an all around great time.  Our first hunt day was a ton of fun!  We saw some great bucks, yet gained more of an understanding on why big Mule Deer are some of the hardest big game animals to hunt.  We are having some technical difficulties with uploading pictures, but hopefully we'll get that worked out in the next day or two.