Product Review- Hurricane Bag Target

I think that the Hurricane Bag Targets are awesome.  Sure, you can't put broadheads into them, but they provide great target practice.

Durable
The bag target sustained 100's of shots from my bow, over a few seasons.  Eventually I was careless and left it outside most of the time, and if I kept it in a dryer place, it would have lasted even longer.

Nice Aiming Points
I have a target that has a deer vital area shown on one side, and "hurricane" looking aiming points on the other side.  I used the deer vital side much more than the other side, because it gave me a realistic thing to shoot at.

I Could Move It Around
All I needed to do was to pick up the strap and go!  Now, I wouldn't say that anyone could do it, depending on strength and age.

I like Hurricane Bag Targets.  I would recommend them.

Select A Bow

For those who want to get a bow, you must ask, "What type of bow do I want?"  You can boil it down into two main categories: traditional and modern bows.
  I would suggest that you look at if you want a modern compound or a traditional recurve bow, for example. Compounds give you let-off at full draw, while traditional bows do not.  Check out these two articles that I have written in the past to help you narrow down your choices:

Longbow vs. Recurve

Compound vs. Crossbow

  Another thing to consider is to see if you are right or left handed.  You need to find a bow to fit that need, obviously.  Some bows can be right or left handed, but not many.  Here is an interesting fact I found from "Archery Bows and Arrows Online," "However, reality is if you are right handed you will be holding your right handed bow with your left hand so be sure, if you are shopping on your own, to pick the one that you hold in the opposite hand of your dominant hand.1"  Great tip.

  An archery pro shop would really be of use in helping you find your draw length and weight.  They can measure how far you need to draw back the bow to get it to full draw, and how much weight you can pull back, because it won't work if you cannot.

  I have read that you can measure your arm length to figure out what draw length you need, but, as I said, archery pro shops really help.

Happy hunting!

1. Compound Fitting Guide

Squirrel Tip

If you happen to be hunting squirrels, and it seems to be that nothing is moving, just wait.  Today, I went squirrel hunting and it looked like absolutely nothing was going on, with the occasional birds singing.  But when I got into the woods, they were much more alive than I thought!  Squirrels were moving like crazy.  I got, with an air rifle, about 5 shots at them, all in one small area.  I didn't hit them, probably because my rifle is not in prime condition, but I am sure I also had something to do with it.
Squirrels do move, even when you think not, so just keep your eyes and ears open.

Happy hunting!

Food Plot Setup

I got this idea after reading about food plot shapes and native warm season grasses (NWSG). Here is a picture of this idea:

Here is the explanation of the illustration:

• The big green "S" is a food plot, it can be clover, chicory, peas, sugar beets,  whatever you want.  
• The brown stripes, on the inside bends of the "S," are NWSG, they are put there for cover for deer when they enter the food plot, cover for bedding, and cover for quail.
• The large green area with brown dots is, as you might have guessed, a forest.  If they are oaks, the deer have a great area for them.  Where else do they get, cover, lots of great food, and socialization all at once? 
• And lastly, the big black dots are treestands, which might have been obvious.  You can put them in different locations than shown, but this way you can hunt with almost any direction of wind blowing without it carrying your scent to the deer.

This is just a picture, okay?  Realize that there are no dimensions, it's that way so you have the freedom to do however big or small you need.  You might have done that even if I did dimensions.  

  But I want to do a note on the NWSG, if you want tall grasses (this would help with calling, because the deer can't see the "buck" or "doe" or even "fawn" that's calling to them, so they must come to investigate, putting them in your sights. 1 ), it is recommended by the University of Tennessee, that tall grass blends are usually made up of: big bluestem, indiangrass, little bluestem and switchgrass 2 .  You might also could add a little broomsedge in there.  But, the tall grass may not stay up in the winter, but they're still a good choice.

Short grass blend include: little bluestem, broomsedge and or sideoats gama, and other legumes and forbs. These types give cover for wildlife also, but maybe not quite as much for a deer.

  Another idea to make this even better would be to put a water source close by the area of this setup.

That's all for now!

1.QDMA How to Hunt Native Warm Season Grasses

2. Native Warm Season Grasses, University of Tennessee, pdf, pg.92

Beat Summer Heat and Other Summer Fun

Here are some tips for beating the heat:

• Play in the pool!  Great for cooling off.  Play Marco Polo, have jump contests (biggest cannonball splash).
• If you don't have access to a pool, have a water balloon fight.  It's fun!  Make it more fun by playing games, like Capture the Flag, but instead of tagging throw balloons!
• Smaller kids can play in a sprinkler.  That's always a good thing to do if they can't swim.
• When its cooler in the evening, play some volleyball, badminton, and other fun games.