Reality Bowhunting TV Blog

Hey Friends,

This week’s HeartShots devotional “Endangered” is now live at RealityBowhunting.com.
Check it out at http://realitybowhunting.com/heartshots/  

Also, check out the latest RBTV web show, “Off the Roost” at http://realitybowhunting.com/watch-now

Hope you have a great weekend!
Shoot Straight…God Bless!
bro

I recently had the opportunity to go on what ended up being one of my coolest hunts in a long time…and it was just for gophers!  My buddy Travis and I headed down to a ranch in southwest Montana that was in need of some help with removal of the excess gophers in their fields. And “excess gophers” is exactly what they had! Thousands of them!  A major problem for any farmer…but a bounty of shooting opportunity for any bowhunter.

Travis went sniper-style and picked off a countless number of gophers from his perch at the top of the hill. I picked off a quick pile of the little rodents with my .22 until I couldn’t stand it any longer…it was time to pull out my bow!

With a quiver full of judos I worked the field, slingin’ arrows at any and every gopher that poked it’s head out of the hole. Sure, I wasn’t as much help to the rancher as my buddy shootin’ lead, but I did manage to shoot some 60+ gophers before it was all over, including several 1-shaft doubles.  The photos here feature a few of the ones that didn’t make it back into the hole.

Gear for Gophers:
Mathews Z7
Easton Axis Arrows
Judos
Rangefinder
Binocs

RBTV’s “Off the Roost” turkey show is now live at the Watch Now page.
Join us for a couple flash turkey bowhunts where the action happened quick once the birds hit the ground.

Check it out at http://realitybowhunting.com/watch-now

There’s a price to pay for being the first one into bear country after a long, snowy winter. With a ton of snow still on the ground in many of our favorite spots in Idaho’s bear country, choices had to be made. “You think we can blow through that snow?” was the question, just moments before we realized, we couldn’t make it through the snow. Thank God Big Dave brought a shovel along on this trip. We spent the next several hours diggin’ the truck out of the snow. It was just another day in paradise for a few bear hunters that may have been a bit too eager to open up a trail into bear camp.

Chris Blaskowski stuck it out and made good on a late season Montana longbeard with his bow this past week. Chris is one of those guys that’ll do what it takes to get his bird. In recent weeks he’s hoofed it all over the mountainside in search of turkeys and even paddled down the river in his canoe to tap a limited access area…but the birds continued to play hardball. However, the chess match quickly came to an end when Chris found a lonely tom that did everything right and slipped within longbow range of Chris’ Double Bull blind. Chris made a great shot and his Montana turkey tag was finally punched!

Congrats Chris!

Another one bites the dust for team member, Jon Paul Moody.  When it’s good…it’s good!  And this big tom put on  quite a show as he made his approach to Jon Paul’s setup.  For some 15 minutes this bird strutted and gobbled just 30 yards from the ground blind.  When he wouldn’t commit and come any closer, Jon Paul gave him the shaft. 

Congrats Jon Paul!

Watch for this hunt coming soon right here at RBTV.