New Friend

BowcamTreecam is proud to announce that we have a new friend in the Bowhunting business. Bowhuntersplanet.com and BowcamTreecam.com have teamed up for some joint marketing. Bowhuntersplanet.com is run by four guys from Michigan. They are located very close to where I hunt each fall. The fella that I have dealt with Dave Thomas is a great guy with lots of enthusiasm and an experienced bowhunter. I hope to continue growing a working realtionship with Bowhuntersplanet.

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Well we went, we hunted hard, we had a blast, but we struck out. The hogs won, fair and square. Where does that leave us...I'll tell you. This experience was a learning curve, one that has left us more than eager to learn about new gear and techniques to get some revenge on those wild hogs. They were alomst exclusivly nocturnal, with only a few hogs out during daylight hours. We did have some night time gear, but not a real solid action plan to put it to good use. Next year...look out. We'll have both the right gear, and the right plan. The ranch we went to was fine, nothing fancy, with nice people who own it. I think the high level of activity on this day lease hunting ranch has the animals feeding only at night. Next year we will likely hunt a new ranch, and plan to hunt all night and sleep during the day. One lesson I learned was not to set up 100 yards from a feeder. Unlike deer, the hogs didn't seem to walk the trails, they came from anywhere. So setting up 100 yards from a feeder in hopes to catch them walking by towards the feeder was not effective. We should have set up 15 yards from the feeder in a well camoflaged brushed in blind. You live and learn. All this trip did was get me addicted to hog hunting, big time. This is now an annual event, and next year can't come soon enough!

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Well...we're back...and we're hungry, but happy. All things considered I'd go back again in a second to bowhunt for hogs in south Texas. The people at the ranch we went to were very hospitable and welcoming. The facilities were basic, but the weather nor the pigs wanted to co-operate. Cloudy, misty, breezy, for most of our stay, left us tired, but we were still just thankful and happy to get away for a few days. We ate like rock stars, and spent some quality time with a great group of guys, each who did their fair share of work for each other to make the trip fun for all. We did see some hogs, and got some great footage of two of them. Prostaffer Steve P made good on a 43 yard shot, drew blood, but unfortunately we could not find the hog after searching thoroughly. The hogs were primarily nocturnal as the ranch is hunted often, and the game is very accustom to seeing hunters daily. Don and George (dad) cooked us some great meals. We got to meet and spend some pure redneck moments with our latest edition of the BowcamTreecam Prostaff, Byron Sartor. Byron is a wealth of bowhunting information and our Southern sales rep, and a great man. The footage of the boars that we did get will be posted on the BowcamTreecam website soon. We had the mounts in Treecam position, so the footage was nice and steady, without vibration. I can hardly wait until next year for our second BowcamTreecam hog hunt. Turkey season is just around the corner, so expect to hear from me in a few weeks!