Just wanted you folks to meet a local icon here in west central Georgia. His name is Gorman Riley and he has done many things in his life: college basketball, success in real estate, gym owner, inventor, country rapper,racing a swamp thang (mud vehicle ) but his most noted accomplishment is he is the only guy in Georgia to have a P&Y and B&C recorded kills in the state of Georgia (impressive ) and now he is attempting climbing the ranks on the 3-D archery circuit.
So put your hands together for Gorman Riley.
Travis
Hey guys, wanted to give you some inspiration to go out and shoot ol' gobblero. I took this bird with my good buddy Marc Womack.
And if I can do it, you sure can.
Travis
We're taking a quick break from our bowhunting tips to talk a little bit about turkeys and turkey hunters. It seems that more and more turkey hunters are traveling to multiple states each year to hunt.
So I wanted to see just how important killing a Grand Slam is to you?
Post a comment so we can see just how everyone feels about this topic and if you are traveling more for turkeys (even though gas is $4.00 a gallon!).
Travis
So I wanted to see just how important killing a Grand Slam is to you?
Post a comment so we can see just how everyone feels about this topic and if you are traveling more for turkeys (even though gas is $4.00 a gallon!).
Travis
Continuing some hardcore details for you serious bowhunters, we're going to be discussing drop-away rests. Drop away rests have become very popular in the past few years. The advantages to shooting a drop away rest are as follows:
Shooting a drop away enables you to have total fletching clearance. With the popularity of small diameter carbon shafts increasing, it is becoming harder to get fletching clearance. With a drop away you are still able to put a lot of helical and/or off-set when fletching your arrows. This, in turn, gives the arrow more spin and steers a broadhead more effectively, thus increasing accuracy. They also provide total capture of the arrow at rest making it very hard to knock off while drawing or sitting in the stand (helps a lot with buck fever).
So, what kind of rest are you shooting?
Yours in archery,
Travis
Shooting a drop away enables you to have total fletching clearance. With the popularity of small diameter carbon shafts increasing, it is becoming harder to get fletching clearance. With a drop away you are still able to put a lot of helical and/or off-set when fletching your arrows. This, in turn, gives the arrow more spin and steers a broadhead more effectively, thus increasing accuracy. They also provide total capture of the arrow at rest making it very hard to knock off while drawing or sitting in the stand (helps a lot with buck fever).
So, what kind of rest are you shooting?
Yours in archery,
Travis
As everyone knows, I love bowhunting and the art of making a bow shoot to its potential. Over the next few weeks I'm going to dive into some details of bowhunting and talk about specific parts of the bow and how they operate. Hopefully I'll be interupted with a few turkey pics you send, but looks like the season is not going real well for this group. LOL!
We'll be talking about cams in this blog.
The pros and cons to different types of eccentrics are as follows:
1. Single cams are very popular today. The advantages are: They are quiet with good speed and low vibration. The number one advantage to a one cam is not having to worry about cam synchronization (timing). The disadvantages are when the string stretches, the nocking point moves drastically. Although you don’t have to worry about cam synchronization, if the bus cable stretches, it does change the efficiency of the cam. Finally, with one cam, the bus cable’s serving wears very quickly. It’s just the nature of the beast.
2. When two cam bows are tuned and timed correctly, they are very accurate. However, it is a constant battle to keep them in time and they seem to be noisier than one cams.
3. Cam and a half systems have been extremely popular the last two years. They offer the best of both worlds: Straight nock travel; no timing issues; very quiet; and a very maintenance free set up.
Yours in archery,
Travis
PS-Please comment on the bow you shoot and how you tune your bow. The goal of this blog is to have fun, but to learn something while we're at it.
We'll be talking about cams in this blog.
The pros and cons to different types of eccentrics are as follows:
1. Single cams are very popular today. The advantages are: They are quiet with good speed and low vibration. The number one advantage to a one cam is not having to worry about cam synchronization (timing). The disadvantages are when the string stretches, the nocking point moves drastically. Although you don’t have to worry about cam synchronization, if the bus cable stretches, it does change the efficiency of the cam. Finally, with one cam, the bus cable’s serving wears very quickly. It’s just the nature of the beast.
2. When two cam bows are tuned and timed correctly, they are very accurate. However, it is a constant battle to keep them in time and they seem to be noisier than one cams.
3. Cam and a half systems have been extremely popular the last two years. They offer the best of both worlds: Straight nock travel; no timing issues; very quiet; and a very maintenance free set up.
Yours in archery,
Travis
PS-Please comment on the bow you shoot and how you tune your bow. The goal of this blog is to have fun, but to learn something while we're at it.
I like the blogs where we interact. Love for ya’ll to respond and tell us what is on your mind. The little contest last week worked well, I think, and we will do more of those in the future.
I want to discuss ways folks bowhunt for turkeys. Bowhunting for turkeys is becoming much more popular these days. And in my opinion taking a turkey with a bow is one of the hardest tasks in bowhunting in the states. It has been said that if the turkey could smell good we would never kill one. The use and popularity of the pop up blind in the last few years have put quite a few more turkeys in the freezer for a lot of folks.
Where to and with what to shoot a turkey? I have my opinions on this but before I give my 2 cents I would like to hear everyone’s views on what type of broadheads you use on turkeys and where do you aim to kill one (the head or the vitals?). Also, what, if any, other tactics work well for you. I look forward to the responses.
Gobble Gobble
Travis
I want to discuss ways folks bowhunt for turkeys. Bowhunting for turkeys is becoming much more popular these days. And in my opinion taking a turkey with a bow is one of the hardest tasks in bowhunting in the states. It has been said that if the turkey could smell good we would never kill one. The use and popularity of the pop up blind in the last few years have put quite a few more turkeys in the freezer for a lot of folks.
Where to and with what to shoot a turkey? I have my opinions on this but before I give my 2 cents I would like to hear everyone’s views on what type of broadheads you use on turkeys and where do you aim to kill one (the head or the vitals?). Also, what, if any, other tactics work well for you. I look forward to the responses.
Gobble Gobble
Travis
I wanted to share this email with everyone because I get asked a lot about what it takes to make a living in the hunting industry. So read Jordan's question and I'll shed some light on the fact after:
Hi my name is Jordan, I am 18 and a senior in high school, and I love bow hunting whitetail and turkey. I been hunting all my life and have a big dream of becoming a pro hunter on tv. When hunting season comes in im out almost every day in the woods. I love calling bucks in with any calls, snort wezz, true talker, and rattol, I like to make them mad during rut. And see big bucks chasing does.
Do you have any tips on helping me achieve my dream when I get out of school. It will help me out a lot,.
Thank you for taking this time to read this,
Ps… I got my first HOYT last week (hoyt avenger) best bow I ever got .. cant wate till I get to turkey hunt with it this year.
Well, making a living as a professional hunter is not easy. Many people have the misconception that because you appear on TV, then that means you hunt all the time; that is just not true. I have a full time job and so do the majority of faces you see on the tube. So Jordan, to try and answer your question, you have to be able to entertain and kill big bucks. Once you prove that, then you have to round up enough money to buy airtime, which usually comes in the form of sponsors. Then you'll have to prove you can turn out 13 episodes a year.
Hunting on camera is so much more than people realize. It's tough and takes a lot of practice. And we all know how difficult it is to kill big bucks.
I hope this helps.
Travis
Hi my name is Jordan, I am 18 and a senior in high school, and I love bow hunting whitetail and turkey. I been hunting all my life and have a big dream of becoming a pro hunter on tv. When hunting season comes in im out almost every day in the woods. I love calling bucks in with any calls, snort wezz, true talker, and rattol, I like to make them mad during rut. And see big bucks chasing does.
Do you have any tips on helping me achieve my dream when I get out of school. It will help me out a lot,.
Thank you for taking this time to read this,
Ps… I got my first HOYT last week (hoyt avenger) best bow I ever got .. cant wate till I get to turkey hunt with it this year.
Well, making a living as a professional hunter is not easy. Many people have the misconception that because you appear on TV, then that means you hunt all the time; that is just not true. I have a full time job and so do the majority of faces you see on the tube. So Jordan, to try and answer your question, you have to be able to entertain and kill big bucks. Once you prove that, then you have to round up enough money to buy airtime, which usually comes in the form of sponsors. Then you'll have to prove you can turn out 13 episodes a year.
Hunting on camera is so much more than people realize. It's tough and takes a lot of practice. And we all know how difficult it is to kill big bucks.
I hope this helps.
Travis
I almost forgot to tell you that the Bowcast interview I did last week is now up. Check it out here.
Let me know what you think about it.
Thanks,
Travis
Let me know what you think about it.
Thanks,
Travis
I received this email from Ronny Hulsey yesterday. Check out this Thunder Chicken!
Hey T Bone this is Ronny, 17, Dwaine's friend from the turkey convention. I killed two birds on Saturday March 29th in Hall County Georgia on my grandfathers farm. The biggest turkey had seven beards and scored 131.375 A typical and will be the 13th biggest turkey shot in Georgia in the NWTF record book and 107th in the Nation. The beards total 46 3/8ths inches, spurs were an 1 1/8th inch and an 1 inch. The other beard had a 10 1/2inch beard and inch spurs.
Thanks for sharing Ronny. What a bird to kick off the year. And if anyone else has a bird on the ground, make sure you email to prostaff@realtree.com.
Travis
