Category: Archery

Tree Stand Safety Tips for Hunters

MONTPELIER, Vt. – Tree stands get hunters out of sight and smell of wary deer, but they can also get hunters into trouble. Here are some tips from Vermont Fish & Wildlife to help stay safe and get the most out of your tree stand hunting experience:

  • Choose a live, straight tree.
  • Buy smart. Only use stands certified by the Treestand Manufacturers Association (TMA).
  • Inspect your tree stand each time you use it.
  • Know the rules. On state lands, it is illegal to place nails or other hardware into trees or to build permanent structures. On private lands, you must have landowner permission to erect a tree stand, cut or remove trees or other plants, or to cut limbs. All stands, including ground blinds, must be marked with the owner’s name and address.
  • Always wear a full-body safety harness, even for climbing. Most falls occur going up and down the tree and getting in and out of the stand.
  • Don’t go too high. The higher you go, the smaller the vital zone on a deer becomes, while the likelihood of a serious injury increases.
  • Never carry firearms or bows up and down trees. Always use a haul line to raise and lower all gear. Make sure your firearm is unloaded, crossbow cocked but unloaded, and be sure broadheads are transported in a hard case.
  • Familiarize yourself with your gear before you go. The morning of opening day is a poor time to put your safety belt on for the first time.
  • Be careful with long-term placement. Exposure can damage straps, ropes and attachment cords. Also, the stand’s stability can be compromised over time, as the tree grows. Read more
Archery, Hunting

Realtree EZ Rope


COLUMBUS, Georgia, Sept. 19, 2016 – The Realtree EZ Rope™ allows you to safely and easily hoist your bow and other equipment into your tree stand. Realtree’s secure-twist EZ Rope features 30 feet of flat cord with the EZ tie system to make attaching gear simple. Reflective threads on the flat cord help you locate your stand in the dark. The coated carbineer hook attaches to your tree stand.
The EZ Rope is part of Realtree’s recently expanded, exceptionally popular Realtree EZ Hanger Line, which includes exciting new offerings designed to make time in the stand a bit more convenient.

Visit your local retailer to purchase this handy rope.
www.realtree.com.

Archery, Hunting

Rage Launches #TimeToHunt Photo and Video Contest

SUPERIOR, Wis. (Aug. 24, 2016) — With archery seasons opening nationwide, Rage, the number-one-selling mechanical broadhead on the market, announced the return of the #TimeToHunt consumer social media photo and video contest. This exciting contest encourages hunters nationwide to share how they gear up and prepare for the upcoming hunting season. Three lucky winners will receive a Rage Cage quiver and two packs of the wildly popular Rage Hypodermic broadheads. One grand-prize winner will take home a Rage Cage quiver, two packs of Hypodermic broadheads, a BLOCK target and an IQ Pro Hunter bowsight.

Participating in the #TimeToHunt contest is simple: just take a photo or video of yourself preparing for the upcoming hunting season, and post it to your Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account simply by hashtagging #TimeToHunt. The uploads can be anything associated with preparing for the season from practicing, to hanging treestands to fletching your arrows. Contestants can enter as many times as they want before the closing deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 14. Read more

Archery

Expandable Hurricane™ Bag Targets


SUPERIOR, Wis. (Aug. 23, 2016) — Hurricane Bag Targets now offers a unique line of expandable Storm targets that make it even easier for bowhunters to take their high performance targets anywhere they want. The new Storm targets feature the exclusive C.P.E. (Compressible, Packable, Expandable) technology. Storm targets come from the factory vacuumed sealed, and when you are ready to shoot, simply open the bag, shake it several times until it fully expands, stake it, and begin shooting. Every 50 shots or so, re-shake the bag to ensure consistent stopping power. Read more
Archery

Parker Is Giving Away 10 Crossbows Over 10 Weeks


MINT SPRING, VA. Parker Bows, the leading manufacturer of high quality Compound bows and Crossbows as well as RED HOT Crossbow Accessories, is giving away 10 crossbows over 10 weeks!Just in time for the hunting season, participants can register for a chance to win a Parker ThunderHawk Crossbow by clicking here: http://bit.ly/10crossbows. Once entered, participants will have 10 opportunities to win over the next 10 weeks. A winner will be selected each Monday and notified via email.

Rated as Parker’s #1 Crossbow, the Thunderhawk continues to redefine the crossbow industry in weight, performance, speed and value. The ThunderHawk features Parker’s proprietary Advanced Split Limb Technology with Micro-Lite Limb Pocket System, making it Ultra Compact while hurling arrows downrange at over 325 Feet Per Second (FPS). With the Bull-Pup trigger and ergonomic textured pistol grip, the ThunderHawk is easy to maneuver in a treestand or ground blind. At a mere 6.9 lbs, the ThunderHawk is also Ultra Lightweight and Optimally Balanced for a steadier aim on the target. The factory installed and tuned Anti-Vibration and Shock (AVS) System comes equipped on the ThunderHawk to reduce noise and vibration for ultimate concealment. Read more

Archery

X-Force® Blade™ Crossbow from Carbon Express®


Flushing, MI – Carbon Express, an industry leader in precision archery equipment, introduces the X-Force Blade to its successful line of crossbows.Designed to bring category-leading performance to entry-level crossbow hunters, the X-Force Blade crossbow delivers speed, repeatable accuracy, and more than 86 foot-pounds of kinetic energy in a package that’s lighter than its competition. The X-Force Blade is designed to go anywhere and hunt anything. “We recognized the need for a fully featured product that would deliver a great hunting experience,” says Lou Riley, President of Eastman Outdoors. “The X-Force Blade will appeal not only to new crossbow hunters, but those transitioning from other hunting pursuits as well.”

With high-end features such as an aluminum rail, adjustable butt-stock and customizable fore grip, the X-Force Blade crossbow combines customizability with enduring performance for the accuracy that hunters demand. Read more

Archery

Super-Short Slick Trick Magnum Delivers Out-Sized Advantages

The Slick Trick Magnum proves that when you choose the right super-short broadhead you’ll see all the advantages of big-bladed mechanicals, with qualities mechanicals can’t match: Complete confidence and reliability found only in a premium fixed-blade design.

Matching big-blade mechanicals with its ability to deliver massive hemorrhaging and devastation without the opportunity for mechanical failure, the Slick Trick Magnum offers confidence and reliability that only comes with a fixed-blade design.With its unique four-blade construction and 1 1/8-inch cutting diameter, the low-profile Slick Trick Magnum delivers field-point flight and accuracy from even the fastest of bows. The reason: a four-blade, “1 1/8- by 1 1/8-inch” cutting diameter that actually delivers 2 1Ž4 inches of massive devastation that has proven knock-down deadly—time and time again—on even the biggest and toughest of game animals. Read more

Archery

New Elite Origin Breaks Mold for Traditional Bow Performance


Faster. Smoother. Tunable. This isn’t your daddy’s traditional bow.Henrietta, NY (July 18, 2016) – Archers looking for an exciting new challenge or maybe a chance to expand their archery skills need to experience the new ELITE Origin. This ground- breaking modern traditional bow not only sets new standards for speed, it’s packed with Elite shootability, take-down convenience and deadly, tunable accuracy. Read more
Archery
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