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Just when I was about to get totally discourage, I had a pretty decent scouting trip. As many of you know my deer season doesn't start until Janurary so alot of the work I am doing now is trying to learn new country and hopefully find a new honey hole. As always, my goals are to find sheds and hopefully find animals. Unfortunately, this year I hadn't really found anything noteable until my recent trip. I headed into some country that I suspected held a pocket of Coues and Mule Deer but I need to get in there and really take a look.  The funny thing about this area is that a lot of people that draw this tag often drive right past this little section of huntable land.

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As promissed here is the update... 

Well, I got the new cam and mod in the mail in a very timely manner.  They also sent a new string and cable.    So I went down to my local bowshop called the Backwoodsman just to shoot the breeze and to replace everything.  I must admit it wasn't too bad but it did take some work.  I was not able to use the mod that they sent me because it just didn't fit.   So

I hope everybody had a safe 4th of July.

This is the 2nd installment of my Paker Blackhawk Bow review. Well, I have some good news and some not so good news. Don't worry the "not so good news" has a good resolution.

The Not so Good

I had been shooting the bow for about three months, when I started noticing some strange marks on the lower cam serving. At first it wasn't that big of a deal and I

Taking the next step is what Bowcast is all about. Taking the next step, from the average archer to the complete archer is what we are trying to facilitate. For many archers the next step involves becoming your own bow mechanic. If you really want to understand how a bow works you need to start maintaining and fiddling with your own bow.

Someone can tell you a

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Last week I was getting big time cabin fever, so Stella and I went out to hang a trail camera. I found a tank on one map that wasn't listed on the more recent maps so I loaded the coordinates on my GPS and we went for a little hike. At the time I was just hoping that the tank would still be around and it might be a little honey hole. I was hoping to find a pocket of Coues

It is often said that 10% of the people take 90% of the game. While I don't know if that statistic is correct, I do know that some hunters are consistently successful. So it leads us to the question, what are they doing differently than the rest of us? Do they go to church more often? Did they sell there soul to the devil? What do they have in common that leads them to be more successful

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Hey Everybody... All this talk about Antelope hunting really has me ready to get chasing some speed goats. Below is the story of my 2007 NM Antelope hunt. I wish I would have taken better pictures but when I dropped him it was AFRICA hot and I wanted to get him cooled down ASAP.

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As many of you know I have been in the process of setting up my Blackhawk Bow from Parker.  Rather than stumbling thru the process I decided I would tune first then shoot.  Always looking for the latest and greatest I setout to find some tools that would help me in thru the process.  Other than the usual tools,  I found a neat little product

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In NM we have had two cases in the last week where a wild animal has either attacked and dragged a child away or has eaten someones little FOO-FOO. Could it have been one of these? What is the name of this little animal? The person who comments first with the proper answer will get the other Nocked and Loaded DVD and window sticker. See Aneal's blog for details... This

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This year I will be reviewing the Blackhawk bow from Parker, but before I get too much into the bow I want to give you some of my background. Traditionally, I have always shot some of the longer ATA Hoyts. Not because I have been sponsored or any of that stuff but because I know they make solid bows. I also think

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Last year I drew a really good tag and I knew I had to the opportunity to take a really nice Coues deer. Knowing this I really pulled out all the stops on my yearly scouting.

Hello Little Lady

The unit that I drew is pretty big; the big problem is that everybody pretty much hunts the area that I call the BIG THREE. It is a series of three

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As many of you might remember we ran a poll a few weeks ago regarding what type of content they would like to see in the podcast and in the blogs. I don't remember the exact numbers but it was pretty obvious that everybody wanted honest product reviews.

Well, you asked for it and we are bringing it to you. Aneal is going to be blogging on the G5

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I have always said , "If you kill one turkey you found a dumb bird, if you kill two birds you are lucky but if you kill more than three birds you know what you are doing," Jason Z from Fargo, ND has turkey hunting down to a science. Below is his story, Great Job! - Jason

After setting up blind in the morning-I found the turkeys to be about a half mile

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Recently, in the fourms we had some discussion about Bare Shaft Tuning and I was asked to explain it a little more.... So here it goes.

The idea behind Bare Shaft Tuning is that you are trying to see if you arrows are correctly spined for your setup.

Before we get started there are a few things that I want to get out there:

• Never shoot an arrow that has a broadhead without fletching, the results are just too unpredictable.
• Tuning takes time; days if not weeks.
• Bare Shaft tuning is one of several

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As many of you know I am always looking to highlight our listeners hunts. Well, 12 point droptine sent me this picture and a story of his recent hunt. WOW, now that is a Mulie. Great Job and thanks for sending me the story - Jason

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The term "Stump Shooting" is a little misleading, DON'T SHOOT STUMPS you will destroy your arrows. The first time I went stump shooting I quickly learned that you really needed to pick your targets carefully. I went thru 4 arrows in about 30 minutes, it wasn't pretty.

Before you go out and start shooting things, you need to replace your fields points

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Stefen's Dad, Chris Gomes sent me this story. I it great to hear about a kid take his first animal. The best part is that Stefen really worked at it; he practiced, he put the time in and he made the shot. Stefen great job and thank your dad for taking you hunting. - Take Care Jason

Stefen started helping his dad hunt turkeys when he was seven years old. On his father’s first turkey hunt, he used a push button call to bring three toms in the

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Hello Everybody...

I have had a few people contact me on getting more information about the Pink Arrow Project for Breast Cancer Research from Victory Archery.

Below is some more information.

The price of the V-Force Pink Arrows are $135.00 per dozen

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For me Turkey Hunting never happens like the on the TV shows. I have been fortunate to take a number of birds but I have never had the classic setup and call'em in kill. I have had to put the "spot-n-stalk" on turkey, the roll-over and shoot them out of my sleeping bag bird, and then there was don't bug me I am eating lunch bird. When you are hunting big country killing a

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Folks,

The BowCast development team has been hard at work this weekend. I want to thank each and everyone on the team for pushing forward with the site technology and the content to truly make this the #1 archery resource out there!

New stuff everyone needs to check out:

1) Jason Amaro's Everyday BowCast Blog - We have a new expert

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