en-us http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/ 10 Journals http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=930 Barnett has been making crossbows for hunters for over four decades and has also been responsible for some very unique inventions and clever innovations within the industry. And like most of the other leading crossbow manufacturers, their products are evolving and getting better with each passing ye... 5/16/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=929 As a crossbow advocate for the past decade, I am fully aware of the type of mentality that we pit ourselves against as we strive to make freedom of choice a reality for all hunters by promoting the crossbow as another option for the bowhunter. Yet there are many people in the hunting world that have... 5/14/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=928 Since so much time and prep work, about 2 years worth, went into making my first African safari a reality, I thought I would share the experience with my readers in case anyone was as clueless as I was when I first started putting this trip together. First of all, it has always been a dream hunt ... 5/13/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=927 According to Wikipedia the Spanish definition of El Guapo is “The handsome one.” Roughly six weeks ago, my sons, Jess and Ty and I started scouting regularly for turkeys. The opener (April 15th) was just a couple weeks away and the effects of a very long winter had us boys anxious to get out in sear... 5/12/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=925 My obsession for pursuing long beards through hardwoods and crop fields stretches for miles, literally. Last week I took on a journey that would not only ware the rubber off my tires, but also my insanity. I road-tripped over 14-hours, zooming more than 850-miles to southwestern Nebraska, where I me... 5/7/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=924 After one of the longest winters in Northern Illinois history it appears that spring is finally here. With the warm temperatures and green grass also comes the end of the 2007/2008 upland hunting season here at Coon Creek Hunt Club. We want to personally thank all of our members and we hope you all ... 5/6/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=916 As I set my sights on this young tom way back on opening morning, I knew he wasn't the one I was looking for.  I never pulled the trigger. I did, in fact, find what I was after the following weekend when I spotted a big ol' gobbler on his way to roost one evening. And over the course of t... 5/2/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=915 On Friday afternoon, the 11th of April, accompanied by my wife Jan, I headed 133 miles south to Laredo, Texas where we met up with Mexican wildlife biologist Israel Tamez, who transported us across the International Bridge spanning the Rio Grande in order to attend the 20th ANGADI Convention in Nuev... 5/1/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=914 There’s no worse instance then feeling as soggy as Cornflakes saturated in milk for ten minutes. Toss in bitter sweeping gusts, tight-beaked turkeys and you’ve got yourself a clammy situation. I welcome you to my Wisconsin gobbler hunt. I met up with my good friend Dick Gunther, who specializes i... 5/1/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=913 Two giant whitetails from our properties in Zone 9. We find the date of May 3rd fast approaching once again and it’s now time to start preparing for the first deer license lottery. For the seasoned out of state deer hunter you know how important this time of year is and for the others you’ll soo... 4/30/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=912 "It was a blizzard of equipment!" That's how Don Kisky described one of his, and wife Kandi's, preliminary encounters with a big Iowa gobbler. SHE Safari president, Pam Zaitz, myself and Kandi Kisky were at the Kisky farm filming turkey hunts for SHE Safari's new TV show, but we weren't having much ... 4/28/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=911 I find myself sitting at my desk writing a field journal for the first time since January 25 th . Trade show season has come and gone, shed season has come and gone, and I’m now in business mode. I apologize for not writing sooner – but the fact of the matter is that I’ve been busy and have to pr... 4/23/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=910 Yelp, yelp, yelp, bang, that’s all it took. The 30 minute turkey hunter became one of our hunters new name tag. It took 20 minutes to walk in and set up, 9 minutes to sit quietly and yelp just 3 times, and 1 minute for the bird to see the decoys, come in and be put to rest by a blanket of lead. “Man... 4/23/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=909 Turning towards the north, I caught movement in the dense tree line where it gave way to the tawny grass of the clearing I guarded. It was a whitetail buck carefully inspecting the area surrounding the fresh grain that lay in a neat line from the feeder to the old logging road in the middle of the l... 4/22/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=908 A camera has always been scribbled on my top-ten hunting gear list, just underneath weapon and tag! There’s truly no telling when you may need it, which is why I carry one in my backpack everywhere I go. A photograph is complex, yet so simple. It’s a shear millisecond in time that’s captured and ... 4/22/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=907 My Grandfather, Gene Gabert was born in Aberdeen, Idaho in 1929, one of nine children to German/Russian immigrants David and Emilie Gabert. “Papa Gene” as I call him today, was the youngest sibling in a long line of German Lutheran sod busters that had settled in the river valleys of southern Idaho.... 4/21/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=906 The next time I could get out, mainly because I'm at the mercy of finding someone to go with me, was last Saturday afternoon.  I met John and his young daughter at the gate around 5:30pm and we set up on the wooded edge on the top part of the field where we saw most of the birds that one e... 4/15/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=905 Hello everyone, First I want to thank everyone who enjoyed a week of bow hunting here in Montana with us this year. These river bottom whitetail hunts are always a great experience and one of the best bow hunting opportunities in the United States. Here is a quick recap of what happened through ... 4/14/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=904 The hunting season has been over for several months, your equipment has been cleaned and put away and you currently have a bad case of the "winter doldrums". What is a person to do? Well, I strongly suggest that you pack up the entire family and head for the nearest hunting trade show to get back in... 4/13/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=903 The most enchanting experience in the outdoors other than deer hunting is through the means of a camera. Pre-visualizing a perfect moment and capturing it with the touch of a finger is by far one of the most gratifying moments an outdoor photographer can have. Hunting can be contrasted with phot... 4/9/2008