| 10 Days on the Road...Hunting |
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| Written by Dan Staton | |
| Tuesday, 02 September 2008 | |
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Wow, fitness is seriously the backbone to true bowhunting prowess. Listen to Launch and Cox on this week's podcast as they relive their hunt in Nevada...everything was up or down with all their gear on their backs. I can relate as I just went to northen Nevada where you never step below 10,000 ft and you're constantly being tested. I was hauling my gear plus an XL2 and tripod (67 lbs alll together). My buddy had a archery mule deer tag and I filmed him on a DIY hunt. We both were in tremendou shape and it enabled us to glass numerous canyons, drop in on numerous stalks, and hunt our hardest on day one through day 10. I could not imagine stepping foot into those mountains without some prior conditioning. We lived off Wilderness Athlete supplements and bars, and Mtn House freeze dried food. I didn't realize how hard it was going to be to stay hydrated and how finding water was pretty much impossible...BUT, I had so much fun just trailing my buddy KC with a camera. We filmed a cougar from about 10 yards, a 350 bull bugling on the 26th of August with his 150+ cows, and we also got a 170 inch buck from 60 yards where my buddy pulls back his Bowtech...you'll have to watch our footage on a upcoming Sportsman's Warehouse News DVD.  From there we drove all the way to Eastern MT where we swtiched roles, and I had a speed goat tag as we took to the hills . We were trying some spot and stalk as well as some water hole sitting on a private Ranch with MT Professional Hunters LTD. I met up with my buddies from MT Decoy (Drew, Ashley, and Jerry) before we hit the field, these guys know all about pronghorn hunting. They gave us some last minute advice before we headed out. I don't think there was a day we didnt hike 10 miles as stalks were EXTREMELY long and daunting. We got the job done on camera the last day and it was one of those hunts where you really had to be persistent...zero to hero in 2 seconds is the best way to sum up bowhunting out West. Also, I bumped into Craig Heuter of Trophies West and I got to say, whoever wins that hunt is in for a real treat as they have some of the best hunting spots in one of the aboslute best hunting states!
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  written by aroney, September 02, 2008
Oh yeah, and when are we going to see that cougar footage on BowCast?
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 written by jamaro, September 03, 2008
Great Job...
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Awesome Job! Great to see some (MORE) BowCast success! I am looking forward to visiting with our friends at Montana Decoy when Matt Hogue and I hunt the Mule Deer Rut in Eastern Montana in late November.
Craig Heuter!!! - the man that is giving everyone here on BowCast a chance to win an amazing once in a lifetime hunt - I hope to catch up with him soon - Thank you Craig for rewarding BowCasters with the chance at a free hunt!
Nevada sounds intense, and I hope to check it off some day. Great blog entry and congratulations once again!
Aneal