Otter Trail Archery

Friday, January 3, 2014

Winter Updates

Cabin fever has set in rather hard this year.

It seems like record low temps & ample

snow have most hunters complaining

of how they were "robbed"

of the late season hunting.

Sign up for the winter archery league

at Northridge next week. It'll get you

away from the Outdoor Channel reruns.

You'll improve your shooting

and visit with others about the crappy weather.

I just wanted to remind folks that the

MN DNR is advising us to NOT feed the deer.

Please read this article about the topic:

Brainerd Dispatch

I never knew "grain overload" was an issue!

Other News:

Bowtech will be announcing the new product line

on Monday at the ATA show in Tennessee.

Watch their website or Youtube for updates!

They have really cool apparel online,

so check that out too. I'm loving the hat clips!
Plus they carry Carbon Knight shirts & have
a sketched bow shirt on clearance!
Isn't the youth jack-a-lope shirt adorable???

BowTech Youth Jack-A-Lope TeeB80236-Youth

Friday, December 13, 2013

Busted

Here is what NOT to do with your hunting blind:

Stupid. I know.

But after some digging & dusting off...

she came back to life.

Not without defect however!

3 broken poles & 2 rips

shucks.

So instead of taking it down,

I figured we might as well leave it

for one or two last late season hunts.

We don't have much to lose at this point!

I also took a walk to our closest stand.

I shoveled it off, hoping it would melt

off clean if the temps ever rise.

Then we'd have another hunting option.

There seemed to be no tracks in a typical

crossing area here, but there were tracks in

closer to the stand. So now that I made a path to it,

maybe they'll start using the trail again!

Good luck in your late season hunting ventures.

They are often brief, but beautiful!

I never would have noticed the lovely flakes if

it weren't for my walk in the woods!

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Wild Goose Chase

This isn't archery related,

but any outdoors man will get a kick out of it!

There was a evil scheme to ruin my peaceful morning view.

The plan was: one guy shoot from the dock landing to

get the flock airborne & nail them as they fly over the

ambush location (beaver dam).

The geese took off in the exact opposite direction than expected.

One goose was frozen to the ice or something. He was caught in the

shot intended to flush them & accidently hit!

Then began the WILD GOOSE CHASE.

Our partially frozen lake was not safe for the overweight

hunting dog or anyone for that matter!

Idea #1~ snag the goose with a fishing lure.

Epic Fail.

Idea #2~risk lives by breaking ice with canoe.

special note~ make brother-in-law do all the work,

after all he did shoot the goose!

Here is a 4 second video of the process..

my camera card was almost full.

Success!

And a heartfelt photo of Jason's concern for Steve's frostbite.

He's sharing his gloves.

Only in Minnesota.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Jason conjured up a unique little event for a few of us the other evening. We shot our bows from on the lake! A few rounds on our little Mud lake took us by the 3D targets & gave us some challenging shots.

This was a great way to practice yardage. Other obstacles were the slight boat rocking & the coasting movement. We lost a few arrows, but it was worth it! I hope you get creative in YOUR shooting & think of some ways to keep it interesting. In the end, it pays to challenge yourself.