Well first off, Happy New Year to all of you, ready or not hello 2013!! At Victory Outdoor we have big plans for 2013, as always we will bring you some of the greatest stories from the whitetail and turkey woods. We have asked many of you and in 2013 we will bring you more […]
Show Season for me is January to March, what it means is for the next three months, I will be traveling to many calling contests, indoor 3D Archery Shoots, as well as hitting up many Outdoor Shows. I love the contests, calling and 3D, not because I’m particularly good at them, I do ok but […]
You had planned on bagging your buck early in the deer hunting season, but that time has come and gone. An unsuccessful early season strategy, a lack of hunting time, or just plain bad luck has left your freezer empty. So now what? Although early season hunting brings its own set of challenges, such as […]
The time has come to get something to eat! No I’m not talking about going to the McDonalds for a value meal, I’m talking about finding a food plot and pulling up a chair for the late season. In my opinion the late season is the best time of the entire year to harvest a […]
Well one weekend down and one to go! This hunting trip is one I look forward to every year; I get to hunt with some of my best friends. I have been hunting with this group of shotgun hunters for the last eight years. The group has always been a small group by Iowa Shotgun […]
The deer camps I stopped by last week, the report was warm weather and fog was making it harder to find the deer. Also many felt that they were seeing about the same to fewer deer then last year. I think the numbers on the Iowa Harvest Reporting page show this as well. The total […]
Well I was pumped to get the invite from Chris Watson, owner of Watson Airlock, to come to the 5th Annual Mathews Retailer Business Show at the Wisconsin Dells Center. I was there to help in his booth but also to take in the sites of the show and see many of the new products […]
Confidence is the biggest part of any shot taken at a big game animal. So far this 2012 season my confidence dropped with each shot I took at my prey. I completely missed a spike buck and a doe to start the season off. Then, during pre-rut I put an arrow in a big buck, […]
Well this weekend kicks off Iowa Shotgun Seasons, while I won’t be hunting this weekend I will partake in a few deer camp activities. Deer camp, what about it makes it a great time is the fact that is it a man’s get away. A weekend with the boys, well in some case it might […]
I was happy to get the call from my good friend and fellow Mossy Oak pro-staffer, and oh yeah founder of Victory Outdoors Curt Goettsch, However, The offer to do a fall turkey hunt in the middle of November in Iowa is more than just a little hard to comprehend. As a matter of fact […]
When I was a young Marine, overseas, I became very ill. I was given medication by the local doctors that had a side effect. I lost my sense of smell. After I got out of the Marines I taught myself how to hunt deer. Over the years, I got good at it, first with a […]
Fall turkey hunting; Well, some would say it’s not as exciting as the spring version, but maybe it’s not all about the thundering gobbles and full strut toms. It’s more about the hens, listening and learning how you can use the fall to hone your skills for the spring; those woodsmenship skills that you can […]
Less than a minute has elapsed since you’ve shot one of the biggest bucks you have ever seen. It happened so fast it’s hard to believe. In this very moment what you do next may determine whether or not you’ll recover your buck. Your first impulse is to bail out of your tree stand and […]
If you want to try something different while also testing your bow hunting skills, consider bow hunting antelope. I have now hunted with my good friend Craig for the past couple of years in Nebraska, a sleeper state when it comes to big antelope. Non-residents can bow hunt and residents get a rifle tag about […]
