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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

Many of you know that I live in a pretty remote area of Southwestern New Mexico, this is great for hunting but not so great when it comes to hitting the 3-D circuit. We used to have 3 maybe 4, 2-day shoots in the area, basically, all the people from the desert would come play in the Gila National Forest for the weekend. It was alot of fun because these shoots brought in archers

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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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T minus 3 days.  I got out to the range a few times this weekend.  Friday I never even took my bow out of the case because when I got to the range and got out of my truck, the wind picked up and it was miserable.  Turned right around and headed back to take some shots in my basement range.

 

Satruday proved to be some decent weather, so I got out and did rounds with

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As many of you have heard me say on the show "Tactical Practice" is the best kind to get you ready for in the field encounters.  I have seen folks on the BowCast blog talk about different methods of "practice" and how to mix it up.  I believe in anyone's ala carte menu of

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Flexibility is not the most exciting topic for us sportsmen.  We often grow more concerned with our strength and endurance needs and the flexibility piece of the puzzle gets overlooked.  If you read the last fitness post on Bowcast concerning proper warm-up, you should recall we introduced the concept of dynamic stretching taking

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The BowCast team will be posting a number of videos on BowCast.com dedicated to Turkey hunting - setups and equipment.  These are bonus videos and won't necessarily go to iTunes, so check the video section of BowCast.com frequently over the next several weeks to review these informational videos.  The first one is up there, and we cover ground blinds:

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Besides providing a more comfortable nights' sleep, sleeping pads provide another important function; insulation. I vividly recall one bivouac trip I made. In an effort to shave a couple of pounds or so off of my packs weight I decided to leave my pad at home. Several hours into the night, with chattering teeth I realized what that second function was. Since that time, technology and innovation

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As I am getting ready to slip into a new bow, I have been contemplating the change I am going to be making to my brace height - which is currently 7 inches on my Hoyt VTec.  I am moving into a 6 inch brace height - so, it has me thinking...is the speed really worth it?

 

As I thought through this, I realized it might be worth sharing a few considerations and a definition

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The video below is an addendum to my last post.  I described in text some of the dynamic movements for warm-up.  On the video below, you can view what these dynamic movements actually look like when being performed.

 

One of the most abused or overlooked components of working out is taking the time to incorporate a proper warm-up.  Instead of jumping right into a gut busting workout or half heartedly performing a few static stretches, try integrating a proper dynamic warm-up.  This is the only way to prepare your body for the demands that a workout may have on you and decrease your chance of

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One of the bulkiest items on your gear list for a bivy hunt is probably your sleeping bag. If it has not been replaced in the last couple of years, chances are you can not only shave off some weight, but also significantly reduce the bulk. Almost all of the major sleeping bag manufacturers are offering sub 2 pound 3 season down bags now. Some have reduced the weight down to as little as a single pound

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BowCast brothers and sisters,

Please don't take this as a solicitation, but I thought I would share with you the emergency feeding operation that is going on in SW Colorado.  They have had many feet of snow down there this winter, and the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW)  is rallying with some emergency feed operations to take care of the wildlife in that corner of the state

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Gobble, Gobble, Gibble...I wish Turkey only cost a nickel!

Winter still has it's hold on us here in Colorado, but, that doesn't prevent me from thinking ahead to the spring Turkey seasons here in the west. Who is with me? I can't wait to pack up my blind, my bow, some new and cool broadheads for birds, and get out on the river bottom and chase those wiley

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2007 was a great year for the Full Moon Productions team. The following deer that Anthony harvested will be show cased in a feature article in "Western Hunting Magazine" in the summer of 2008. In addition, you all will be able to catch the footage of this hunt on the next DVD from FMP in summer of 2008. As always, Anthony wanted to give our BowCast community a sneak

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I was dusting off some old video, and found this gem. I took this jake out of my double bull in Nebraska back in 2005. If you have never seen a flock of turkeys fighting to establish pecking order, this is a great view.

 

 

My sun sets to rise again. - Robert Browning

 

 

Read below and see more pics of the deer mentioned in this entry.

 

Frustrating Start to the Rut

 

For those of you who listened to episode #26 of BowCast, you heard how both Anthony and I missed (separate hunts) bucks a couple of weeks ago.

 

Anthony described his miss as being in the wrong setup (and the shot was well over 100 yards).

I described my miss on the episode - I was surprised by the biggest whitetail

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