Fat Guy + 100 Degrees = Long Day Saturday was the day before the last day of archery in unit D15. I wanted to get out and try to hunt, but there were plenty of factors that rose against me. First, the moon wasn’t quite a full moon, but it…
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Team DIYbowhunter Scouting For Bear With the black bear archery opener just two days away, I had to share our latest scouting adventure. Eric Welsh, DIYbowhunter.com owner, and I went scouting for a black bear here in Southern California this past Sunday. The video is almost 9 minutes long, but…
Black Bear Encounters On The Rise As we get into camping season, summer vacation and day trips, we will start to see more and more encounters with black bears. For me, I hope to encounter a few when I have my bow in hand during early September. I just read…
Hunting With New Friends Many of you know that I am a frequent contributor over at DIYbowhunter.com. I have met some wonderful people from the forums and look forward to meeting more. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Mike McNamara. He’s a local hunter, archer, a…
Archery Outpost Grand Opening Yesterday was the Grand Opening of Archery Outpost in Los Alamitos, CA. This is a new archery shop in SoCal and it’s great because it’s close by, the people are fantastic and the place is just rockin. A group of us DIY guys showed up to…
New Pro-Shop: Archery Outpost in Los Alamitos, CA Two weeks ago I happened upon a brand-new archery pro-shop here in Southern California. Being in the market for some new Easton arrows, I did a search for local dealers. Was I ever surprised to see Archery Outpost appear in my results.…
SCB TECH TIP: Look over your gear regularly One of the common things I hear from other archers is, ‘I wish I had spent some time to go over my gear before the hunt.’ It’s a common occurrence to practice over and over and get complacent. I have been guilty…
SCB TECH TIP: Inexpensive Wind Gauge Hailing from western NY, I have hunted whitetails all of my life. Wind is a factor in hunting any big game. I have judged the wind by my breath on a cold day, a powder mix and just watching the trees. I have switched…
Hog Hunt in Parkfield, CA December 19-20, 2009: I was up in Parkfield, CA for a day and a half archery hog hunt. It was a DIY hunt on private land. I have been very fortunate to have hooked up with a guy who owns some property and has been…
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