Corey JacobsenIdaho Archery Company, Boise’s exclusive archery shop, has announced their grand opening on March 20th, 2010 from 10Am – 6PM. Located across from Hawk’s Stadium on Glenwood St., Idaho Archery Company features Idaho’s largest Archery Pro Shop indoor shooting range, en extensive line of archery products, and a knowledgable staff prepared to educate and offer superior service to archer’s of all skill levels.
The 4,400 square foot facility is the largest Pro Shop archery center in the state and will accomodate leagues, tournaments, and seminars in addition to their regular Pro Shop services and products. They will be offering bows from top companies such as Hoyt, Matthews, Mission, Diamond, Bowtech, Elite, and Alpine, as well as archery gear for women and children.
Stop in on Saturday March 20th for a chance to win free door prizes from Rinehart, Prois, Diamond, as well as talk to factory reps from Hoyt, Alpine, Bowtech, Elite and more! Visit them online at www.idahoarchery.net!
Corey JacobsenBugling Bull Game Calls, the designers of the original palate plate elk diaphragm, have released their 2010 product catalog, complete with an exciting new line-up of elk calls! I had a chance to get my hands on the new products in late December and can’t wait for September to put them to good use! Perhaps the biggest, new product for 2010 is the “Select A Bull” elk calling system (shown below).
"Select-A-Bull" Elk Calling System
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Brand New DVD Release in the Extreme Bulls Series! Elk rut hunts from Arizona, Colorado & New Mexico! Archery, Rifle, & Muzzleloader action. Many bulls are called up bugling to within feet of the camera! Features a NEW Excited Cow Sound that brings the bulls in screaming! See it in action! As always the hunts are videod “Over the Shoulder” with no phony cut aways or recreates. See the hunts unfold as they really happened- through the eyes of the hunter!
2 Hours of Intense, Up Close, EXTREME Screamin’ Bull Action! On DVD only. Approximate ship date of Feb. 15th 2010. Order today and save $$$’s!!! Limited time only! Special Introductory Pre-Release Price of $10.95!
To pre-order, click here.
Corey JacobsenSitka Announces Launch of New Forest Gear
Hunting Brand to Offer Performance Products for Wooded Environments
Corey JacobsenThe 2010 line-up of Sitka Gear will be available in the new Optifade Forest pattern in June!
Big Game/Forest Pattern Based on Animal Vision Is Optimized for Tree Stands, Wooded Environment
Elkton, MD (December 1, 2009)–W. L. Gore & Associates today announced that it has developed a new GORE™ OPTIFADE™ Concealment pattern specifically designed for tree stand hunting in wooded environments. Like the Big Game/Open Country pattern, the new Big Game/Forest pattern is based on how deer see, both spatially and colorimetrically. A new line of Sitka Gear featuring the new pattern will be available at retail by summer of 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Corey JacobsenDave Claycomb wrote an excellent article illustrating the contents of his elk hunting day pack below (“Lose the Boat Anchor You Call a Day Pack”). For those who attended the Extreme Elk Hunting Class at Cabela’s in Boise last week, we spent a few minutes going through our day pack during the gear portion of the class. I’ve had a few people e-mail since and ask if we could post a picture of the contents of our pack, so here you go.
Corey's Daypack
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David ClaycombLet me start by saying this….my current hunting partner is truly as good a guy as you will ever meet. I would take a beating for him in a hot minute for all the times and ways he has been there for me during the last 10 years of hunting together. Now that I’ve publicly stated my man-love for him, I’ll recount the first time I picked up his pack, slipped a disc in my back, and realized what a TOTAL moron he was. Read the rest of this entry »
Corey JacobsenI just got in from a 4 mile run and need to wind down before hitting the sack. My good buddy and Sitka Pro Staff member Matt Palmquist drew an awesome elk tag in New Mexico for this September and asked me my thoughts on using decoys. Here they are:
They work…sometimes. 
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Corey JacobsenWith Donnie set up 60 yards below me, my responsibility was to bring the bull across the hillside in front of him for an open, broadside shot. We had drawn an imaginary straight line from the bull to the caller (me). Knowing that a rutting bull will still be firing on all his sensing cylinders, Donnie had set up on the imaginary, down-wind “arc”, anticipating the bull swinging down the hill to get the wind in his favor rather than walking straight in to the calls. Read the rest of this entry »
