Arrow Archery

I recently picked up a Wildgame Innovations W6X infrared digital game camera. It is also frequently called the Wildgame Innovations Micro 6 Red. This is another one of those small digital trail cameras that will come close to fitting in the palm of your hand. So far so good with this scouting cam...
I've been really impressed with the quality of the images and videos that I have gotten off the W6X. I have experienced a few issues with some of the images and videos being a little washed out during the dusk and dawn times. It seems like this game camera has a slight issue with kicking off the infrared flash during the transition period between light and dark and vice verse. Once that transition period passes, everything is fine. I have talked with some others that have not experienced this issue, and some who have. So I don't think this is an issue with all of the W6X's.
With as little as I paid for the Micro 6 Red, this is an issue that I can live with. Most of the daytime pictures and videos and vivid color and detail. Most of the night time pictures are very crisp and have great detail as well. The night time images are obviously black and white, since there is no strobe flash on this game cam. It uses a series of infrared LEDs that light up the target with no visible flash. A few of my night time images has a little blur in them for moving game. You don't get any blur on video mode though, and that is the primary mode that I shoot in. I like video much better than images. Video will allow you to see the deer moving and give you many frames that allow you to study the details of that "big bucks rack" (hopefully nice bucks anyway).
So it looks like Wildgame Innovations has done it again... They have turned out yet another under $100 game camera that does a pretty good job considering the price. There is a pretty good review that shows some sample images (both day and night) and some videos from this game camera: Wildgame Innovations Micro 6 Red .

I encourage anyone that is in the market for a trail camera to search for sample pictures and videos before they buy so they can see what the game camera is capable of. Wildgame Innovations has been turning out new trail cameras on a very frequent basis. They seem to really be pushing their technology innovations forward, and I suspect they are grabbing a sizable slice of the trail camera market with their low price points.

If you haven't stocked up your deer feeders with corn yet this year, you are in for a shock.  I stopped in to a local pet and feed store (one of the large retail chains whose name I won't mention here) and found that corn prices were up big time.  I was looking at $12.00 for a 50 pound bag of shell corn.  So I headed straight back out of that store, with plans to visit another feed store that deals strictly in feed for live stock.

When I visited the other feed store the following day, I was in for another shocker.  Read the Rest of This Post

I've recently went on the search for a bow mounted range finder.  This has been on my mind every since I missed a shot on a quality buck last season.  I thought he was about 32 yards out, where in reality he was closer to 39.  I honestly think that the large body size of this buck threw me off and had me thinking he was closer in than he was.  Either way, I should have ranged the deer with my hand held range finder before taking the shot, but was afraid the movement would get me busted.  As I watched my arrow fall short, grazing his chest, I realized the importance of knowing the exact distance to your target.

So I recently picked up a Leupold Vendetta, and have been very impressed with how easy it is to use once you get used to it.  Read the rest of this entry »

I struggle with it from time to time, and I'm sure that a lot of other bow hunters have as well.  Something happens that affects the consistency of your arrow placement.  You find your arrows landing 5 inches high, or 5 inches to the right or left.  Any you don't feel like you are doing anything different.  Are your bow sights off?  Did your rest move?  Is something else going on with your bow?

Well, it may not be your bow.  It may be YOU!!!  Did you know that if your anchor point shifts 1/4" high that your shot can be off by 5" at 20 yard and over 10" at 40 yards.  The distance will amplify the error.  And are you also aware that bow torque can throw your shot off?  If your bow is torqued 1/4", you can find your arrows landing the same 5" off at 20 yards and 10" off at 40 yards.

These are the two most common factors caused by the shooter that can impact shot placement and leave a hunter frustrated.  Being off 5 inches on a 20 yard shot can make the difference between venison in the freezer, a clear miss, or spending hours in the woods tracking an injured deer due to a poor shot.

Well there is hope, and an excellent solution to solve issues with torque and anchoring.  That solution is the Retina Lock bow sight by IQ Bow Sight.

This sight has some revolutionary new features that will assist you in confirming that you are consistently in proper form.  The top of the bow sight has an illuminated green circle, with a black dot in the center of it.  If that black dot is in the center of the green circle, then you are in perfect form and ready for that kill shot.  If the black dot is to the right of the green circle, then you can count on missing to the left.  If the black dot is near the bottom of the green circle, then you can count on your shot being high.  It takes a little getting used to in practice, but you will quickly get used to falling into perfect form as you watch your shot groups consistently start to tighten up.

This 4 pin sight does not require batteries.  It uses a light storing technology that will store light and then release it through the pins and to the retina lock.  As it turns dark, you are guaranteed of having bright pins for that shot of a lifetime at dusk.  And the Retina Lock is still Pope & Young legal, so get ready to hit the record books!

If you are shooting a really fast bow, then you are in luck.  Because the pin design allows you to set your fiber-optic pins very close together.  So you can be guaranteed of having your pins sighted in at exact yardage amounts.  This is easy to mount and easy to sight in with the 4-axis adjustments.

I fell in love with the IQ Bow Sight from the moment I saw it.  Don't take a chance on missing that shooter buck.

After reading an article tonight about the record Indiana deer harvest, I decided to find out how Kentucky fared this year.  Indiana has been up in numbers the past three years straight, so surely Kentucky had a bang up year, right? Read the rest of this entry »