Turkeys, Muleys and 3D Shoots

Well, turkey season is winding down in Georgia and I've yet to take a bird. Acorns 1, Blind Pig 0. I still have a couple of days before the 15th that I will hopefully have an opportunity to hunt. I've almost closed the coffin a few times but for different reasons I never could quite get it done. Although it hasn't been the successful season I was hoping for, I've really learned a lot. The guys I normally hunt turkeys with weren't able to hunt with me this year, so I've been hunting on my own every time. I enjoy hunting solo, but I've only been hunting turkey a few years, and the learning curve is steep. But each time afield, I've come back knowing something I didn't know when I went into the woods. So in its own way, that in itself is success. It just depends on your definition.

J.J. Salinas with a New Mexico Mule Deer

I was fortunate enough to draw a New Mexico mule deer tag and I am stoked! I've taken a few muleys with a rifle but this will be my first time hunting them with a bow. I also applied for a pronghorn antelope tag there but didn't draw out. I'll be hunting with my pastor Rev. Daniel Gissendaner and our friend J.J. Salinas who lives there in New Mexico. We are planning on being there for the opening of the season on September 1st. The bucks should still be in velvet and in bachelor groups. I've always wanted a velvet-buck mount, so this will be my chance. Almost as much as the hunting and camaraderie, I'm looking forward to some authentic Mexican food...that will be a real treat!

I'll be shooting a Christian Bowhunters of Georgia 3D Tourney this weekend, and I'm planning to redeem myself from the last shoot. I've been shooting some new Easton Fatboys through my Alphamax and I've got it dialed in pretty good. I've also gone back to shooting a Scott Little Bitty Goose for 3D as well. After experimenting with a thumb trigger/back tension style release for a while, I never could get really consistent with it. I'm much more comfortable and accurate with a regular trigger release. I know that's in direct contradiction to what most top level archers would say. For me, shooting 3D is about becoming a better bowhunter, and using the same type of rig that I hunt with will help accomplish that, in my opinion. I know that back tension helps to cure target panic and makes many archers better shots, and with more time and perhaps some coaching perhaps I would become one of those who benefit from it. But for now, I'm going to stick with what works for me.

Wyoming officials have sat down to develop a wolf management plan, and this is great news for big game and big game hunters in the Cowboy State. I'll be reviewing their plans when I can and adding my 2 cents.

Isn't Uncle Ted Nugent awesome? He's been stirring up the Liberals lately with his speech at the NRA event and other interviews and I love it. He's in-your-face, and the Left likes to call him a radical, but that's just because he calls them out and isn't afraid of the consequences. He is one of the Second Amendment's best friends. God bless him for it.