Category: <span>Team DIY</span>

Part II: DIY Colorado Elk Hunt As promised, here is the second part of the story from the DIY Pro Staffers recent bowhunting trip. What a hunt! Nathan and I had an awesome trip to CO this year. It was our first time bowhunting elk there. Team DIY member Eddy…

DIYbowhunter.com Pro Staff Successful in AZ and CO Putting the miles on the boots, glassing all day and working hard to get your animal is what I love about DIY hunting. It provides wonderful opportunities, helps you make friends, and you earn what you shoot. The DIY Pro Staff recently…

Time For Some SoCal Mule Deer Hunting Archery bear season is now closed and the general season (for D-14) doesn’t open back up until October 9, so I am headed out to do some spot-and-stalk mule deer hunting this weekend. I have an AO tag that is begging me to…

No Hunting For Me Last Weekend Life was very busy this past week and I didn’t do much in the way of hunting. I did call my dad and discuss my November whitetail archery hunt with him, but that was about it. This weekend I took a break and took…

Back From A Day In The Forest Saturday was a long, but incredibly fun-filled day. Sure, hiking up steep hills, putting up treestands in 90+ degree weather and sitting out in the hot sun glassing for three hours may not be everyone’s cup-of-tea, but I loved it. I left my…

Bear Baiting and Scent Attractants If you have ever hunted in California you should know that baiting is illegal. I am sure Ted Nugent will never make that mistake again. The reason I mention Uncle Ted is that we all have to follow the law. Everyone must adhere to the…

More Scouting… Better Results I can’t believe how fast the time goes between blog posts sometimes. I had planned on writing last week, but got caught up in work, more work and then planning for the weekend hunt. During hunting season it might be difficult to keep up, but I…

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…

Bass Pro Fall Hunt Classic and Bear Scouting We had another successful black bear hunting seminar at Bass Pro Shops on Saturday. We had 20-25 people in the crowd at any given time and it was a great experience being up on the stage sharing about hunting. Eric gave an…

Seminar, Scouting and Target Practice This weekend is looking to be a very busy, yet productive one. I’ll be over at Bass Pro Shops in Rancho Cucamonga tomorrow helping Eric Welsh, Team DIY, with the bear hunting seminar at 4pm. It’s a shorter than normal seminar, so I’ll have to…