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Outdoors

  • STRAIGHT ARROW: Should you buy a bow off the Internet?

    If you are an experienced archer and know what your draw length is and what pound pull bow you can shoot, then you could get a bow online that would fit you. 

    However, until you shoot that particular bow you won’t know how it will feel to you.

    By this I mean the balance of the bow — the mass weight — and to me the most important thing is the draw cycle of the bow. Does the bow draw nice and smooth, or is it hard to draw most of the way back, then in a bit of a rough jerky motion rolls over to full draw?

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  • OUTDOOR TALES: Thank those who let you hunt and fish

    As hunting seasons come to a close and a new year is underway, now is a good time to thank the landowner where you hunt, fish, or hike and enjoy the outdoors.

    Nearly all of the land in Kentucky and Indiana is privately owned, so a significant amount of the state’s outdoor recreation takes place on land owned by an individual or business.

    Recently, I came across a story about the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department’s Landowner Relations Program.

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  • STRAIGHT ARROW: Tuning your bow

    Last week I had a couple customers come in wanting to paper tune their bows, but one fellow said he didn’t want to move his arrow rest.

    He shot the bow and had about an inch and a half low left tear. I checked the height of the rest on the riser and that looked OK. I moved the string loop and he shot again.

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  • OUTDOOR TALES: Hit the sports shows

    Winter has already been colder, snowier and nastier than all of last year, yet there probably is nearly two months of disagreeable weather ahead.

    Sure, you can work on organizing your tackle boxes (doesn’t everyone have more than one?}, or read a good book while the snow and wind blow outdoors. Football season is over, so what’s an outdoorsman to do? Outdoor sports shows can provide an escape for a few of those days, and be a nice winter break.

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  • STRAIGHT ARROW: The end is near

    With Christmas and New Year’s fading past it seems like 2013 is off to an incredibly fast start for us.

    Bonnie and I have been to two archery trade shows trying to stay up on what’s new, what’s hot and tons of information about all this equipment that we can pass on to our customers. To say it has been mind-boggling would be an understatement!

    On top of all this I started feeling bad right after leaving the trade show last Wednesday and wound up with the flu.

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  • OUTDOOR TALES: A pro's perspective on winter fishing

    Former Bassmaster Classic champion Alton Jones has some surprising thoughts when it comes to winter bass fishing.

    Surprisingly, Jones ranks winter as one of his favorite seasons of the year to catch bass, because he can literally fish top to bottom with two of his favorite lures, surface plugs and deep-diving crankbaits. These lures aren’t normally associated with cold weather fishing, but the Yamaha Pro has been catching winter bass with them for years. 

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  • OUTDOOR TALES: Cure winter blahs with antler hunt

    Hunting seasons are winding down, and the cold keeps the fishing gear of most anglers in the closet, so what’s a person to do on these midwinter days?

    Some weekends there are sports and travel shows. Then you can attempt to organize your tackle boxes, or you can head to the woods to look for shed deer antlers.

    Yes, hunting shed antlers is becoming a popular pastime among both deer hunters and non-hunters.

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  • OUTDOOR TALES: Forget the shovel, snow’s fun

    Blame it on global warming. Blame it on global cooling. Blame it the Mayans. Whatever, we have had snow this early winter. Depending on your perspective, it can be good or bad.

    There’s an old saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” I’d suggest, when life gives you snow, make snow ice cream.

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  • STRAIGHT ARROW: 2012 LBL Hunt Diary

    Thursday, Nov. 1 — Eric and I had our LBL deer permits and were on the road at 3 a.m. This would give us just enough time for the drive and half-mile hike with all our gear and portable tree stands to get into the treetops before daylight.

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  • Outdoor Tales: Christmas bike ticket to adventures

    It was a shiny red bike. It stood parked by the Christmas tree. Wow, a bike.

    I couldn’t have been happier on Christmas morning. A beautiful, full-size bike. It wasn’t new, but I didn’t care. It was new to me, and I couldn’t have been more excited.

    Money was scarce when I was growing up. We always had plenty to eat and a warm house, but not a lot more. I didn’t know we were poor.

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