New Bow and Scouting

Wow what a weekend, it all started when I got a call from Archery Outpost last week. My new Bow had finally came in. I have been waiting for over a month. Saturday morning i went down to pick it up. I just got a 2012 G5 Prime Centroid. After having Conner install my site and rest off my old bow. The joad kids where doing the morning shoot, so back to my house and time to let some arrows fly. After a few arrows I had sighted it at 20 yards and grouping really good for me. After 20 or so more arrows my grouping was getting tighter than I have ever shot. The bow shot so smooth and quiet I was impressed to say the least. For dinner I made a Dutch oven chicken and that capped the night. Shooting arrows, while smelling the chicken and all the goodies cooking away. To quote Uncle Ted, "are you kidding me." after dinner my buddy Tyler and I readied our gear and filled up our camel packs. Had a final man soda and off to bed. This was our first time in A31 in the Angeles National Forest. We got a late start due to neighbors and general morning stuff. We drove up and were parked in 50 minutes from my drive way. We set off on a fire road we had pick the night before. Soon up the road we found a nice set of deer tracks and boy did that make our morning. We hiked in about 2 miles and something told me to climb up this hill to my left. Once we got to the top Tyler and I noticed tons of tracks. This was the most we have ever seen. We had a good laugh about 2 offshore fisherman finding good sign of deer on our first scout trip. We split up and search the area. Tyler had found a highway of tracks, and I had found tons of scat that was very fresh. We spent 2 hours looking all over this area, found nothing but more tracks and scat. We ended up going over 7 miles and found 2 really good spots to now get out nice and early and glass. It was a great day on the mountain hiking and scouting with a good buddy. Once we got home we had a few man sodas and off to my favorite sushi bar Kampi Sushi House in Los Alamitos.

Backyard Archery

Last weekend after reading Cameron Hanes Back Country Bow Hunting and reading up on his blog. He is an animal when it comes to hunting. Myself  I am trying to become a better archer, with Cameron's style of run, lift, shoot, has brought a whole new meaning to hunting and off season training. I have been shooting less than a year and with work it is hard to make it over to my local range. It is dark and closed before i get off. So after lots of thought and planning. Saturday morning I went over to my local feed store and picked up 4 bails of straw. I got them home and set everything up. I now have a 20 yard range in my back yard. I can bump out to 30 yards if i do some tree trimming. I now shoot at least once a day. I also only shoot practice broadheads at my house. I have torn up my Bass Pro foam target and now I'm looking to get a rinehart target and a 3D buck. I have also been walking and training for the past month. I'm down 12 pounds which is a start but I'm looking to lose about 28 more. For those who know me they know i love my beer, who doesn't. I have cut back to no beer when i get home from and lots of water. So far it has been working. This weekend I'm headed out to A31 to do some early season scouting. If you are out that way give me a shout. It will be my first time out in that area so i cant wait to get my feet wet