Slingshot Hunting

The old hip pocket slingshot has come a long ways. Maybe you remember making a sling shot as a kid with the red lining of an innertube. Along with better design for tires, went the homemade innertube slingshot.
I had a great uncle who made his brothers and cousins very envious because he could bag more game with a slingshot then they could with a gun.
Obviously it takes practice to develop the skill of using a sling shot. It is something that is easier to practice even in a city backyard, versus using a gun. Most urban areas outlaw target practice with a gun.
Slingshots are a good alternative to using a gun when squirrel hunting. Squirrel hunting with a slingshot makes you feel like a real frontiersman. So, just for fun get a slingshot from Open Season Gear and develop the skill to make those gun toters jealous.

Crossbow Hunting Success

Using a crossbow such as the Legacy 225 X bow and Scope package will give you the success you will see in the following video. Using a crossbow makes the hunt fun and full of other possibilities for additional kills. See how sleek this kill was. Without the sound of gun fire, there is more of a chance of game coming back into the area of your tree stand. There is the possibility of multiple kills.
Watch the video below, and tell me what you think. You can leave a comment by just clicking on comments.

Hunting With A Deer Decoy

Deer decoy hunting has been increasing in popularity. A deer decoy can’t fool an animal unless it is a high quality reproduction of the type of deer in your area. Such a quality decoy is the Master Series Boss Buck Whitetail Deer Decoy. Decoy manufacturer, Flambeau has a partnership with renown, award winning wildlife sculptor C.W. (Chris) Schiller. He is not only a wildlife sculptor, but also an avid hunter. C.W. Schiller has created this latest addition to the master series decoy. Open Season Gear has the Master Series Boss Buck Whitetail Deer Decoy in its online store ready for you to order.
Here are the detailed features of this decoy:
• Amazing realism created by award winning sculptor, C.W. Schiller
• 8 point, 120 class antlers included
• New twist locking leg system yields unsurpassed stability, durability, and ease of assembly
• Limbs, head, and antlers all fit into body cavity for ease of transport
• Comfortable shoulder strap attached between chest and hind quarters enables knocked down deer to be carried into the woods
• Rear leg designed to accept readily available scent pads using Flambeau's scent management system
• Front leg designed to accept electronic Invisi-Series game calls which will drive bucks crazy! Imagine the possibilities
To find out more about C.W. Schiller, go to: www.cwschiller.com.

Climbing Tree Stand by Summit Specialties

Summit Specialties is constantly reviewing, updating, and improving their products to better serve the hunter. Here is the review and update on the Summit 180 Climbing Tree Stand.
Inches have been added to the top section width, and kept the 180 degree top section length to give you the biggest overall size. The Rapid Climb Stirrups are standard with the climbing tree stand. There is a thick padded arm rest on the top section. The Surround Seat is ultra comfortable, and can be faced toward the tree, or away from it. This tree stand is especially designed for the larger hunter in size, and it will take up to 350 pounds in weight.
Here are the detailed specifications:
 Weight: 22 lbs.
 Weight Limit: 350 lbs.
 Seat height: Adjustable
 Fits trees 8 in. to 20 in.
 Platform Area: 20 in. Wide x 28-3/4 in. Long
 Seat size: (Base) 18 in. Wide x 12 in Long (Backrest) 12 in. Wide x 20 in. Long
 Includes Full-body Harness, Carrying Straps & 5 Year Limited Warranty
The Summit 180 Max Climbing Stand will be shipped from 24 to 48 hours after you order from Open Season Gear.

Thompson Center Omega 50 cal. Muzzleloader

This Omega 50 cal muzzleloader has a stainless steel 28 in round barrel and a camouflaged, hardwood stock. The stainless barrel is a big help in cleaning the gun. Notice the convenient thumbhole in the wood stock. The sleek profile and the swinging block lever action make this muzzleloader the simplest to use on the market. Open Season Gear has this versatile muzzleloader ready to ship in 24 to 48 hours. Don’t forget, Open Season Gear has flat rate, $9.99 shipping. So add all those accessories you need.
Here is a video review from a satisfied owner.

Cooking Up the Venison!

After you bring the venison meat home, you are going to need some good ways to cook it. Open Season Gear has a variety of ingredient packets to help you have lots of good meals from your venison. Here’s a list of the packets to choose from, or choose them all.
• Original Jerky Mix
• Cajun Jerky Mix
• Mesquite Jerky Mix
• Hickory Mix
• Teriyaki Jerky Mix
• Venison Sausage Fixins
• Venison Sloppy Joe Mix
• Venison Meatloaf Mix
• Venison Stew Mix
• Venison Soup Mix
• Venison Marinade
• Venison Chili Mix

Are you hungry yet? Here’s something else for you, a Venison Barbecue recipe.


Amanda's venison barbecue

Submitted by: Amanda Zanone
From: Brandenburg, KY

Ingredients

• 1 leg quarter
• 1 lb. bacon
• 3-4 sticks of butter
• 1 bottle of Barbecue sauce (your choice)
• Hot sauce (optional)
Instructions

Place the leg quarter in a disposable aluminum pan. Rub the butter on the quarter and place remaining butter in the bottom of the pan around the quarter. Place the bacon strips across the top of the quarter. Cover with aluminum foil. Cook at 300 degrees for eight (8) hours. When done, let the quarter cool just enough to touch. By hand, shred venison into thin strips. Once shredded, cook in a large pot. Stir in barbecue sauce. If you like a little kick add some hot sauce. Serve on hamburger buns or bread. You can also freeze any extra.

Mossy Oak Tree Stand Jacket

The anticipation is building for the opening of deer season. Across the country the opening date for deer season varies. In North Carolina the season has opened today. In Illinois it opens November 21st, but you have to apply by October 22. In Georgia the firearm deer hunting started October 18.
So you have your plans for that deer hunting trip. Planned your strategy, gotten your weapons and ammunition to use. Don’t forget your jacket. Now that sounds like a mother doesn’t it?
Your jacket for the deer hunting season needs to be more than something that can keep you warm. Choose a jacket for camouflage, comfort, and scent control.
The 3D Realleaf Jacket Mossy Oak Tree Stand Jacket is a camouflage jacket with 3D material that gives a leaf effect. It is the perfect jacket to wear in the tree stand, so you blend into the surroundings.
Here are some innovative features of the jacket:
• ScentBlocker SPF 50 activated carbon with increased carbon loading
• Patented 3D RealLeaf construction
• New S3 antimicrobial technology to aid in odor control
• XLT Xtreme Lightweight Technology construction
• 4 Direction Stretch comfort
• BodyLoock collar, wrist cuffs and waist
• Innovative safety harness slit in back for easy attachment and concealment
• Stand-up collar
• Full front zipper
• Elasticized adjustable wrist and cuffs
• 2 side slash pockets
• Rear grommet license loop
• Sizes: S-3XL
This is the must have jacket for every hunter in your party. Get yours from Open Season Gear now.

Using a Primos Box Call: Calling That Turkey In

Before your next turkey hunt, include the Primo Box Cutter in your gear for the best call to attract the turkey.
Primos Hunting Calls manufactures a durable box cutter call with a solid mahogany box and a jatoba lid. Jatoba is a hardwood found in Central America, and is considered the most hard of hardwoods.
The Box Cutter has thumb groves so your thumb is positioned perfectly to act as a spring to make the perfect calls, or cuts. The cuts are needed to call the boss turkey in. When the gobbler responds, call him all the way in with the irresistible purrs, yelps, cackles, and clucks you produce with the Primos Box Cutter.
Bagging the perfect turkey will never be easier than when using the Primos Box Cutter.
Open Season Gear online store carries the Primo Box Cutter.

Remember: They Can Smell You

Animals have noses 1,000’s of times more sensitive than ours. Maybe you are hidden in a blind. Maybe you have been completely silent. Maybe you stayed very still. But still the game avoided you. They smelled you. Sometimes it isn’t the human scent they smell as much as the scent of laundry detergent, fabric softeners, shampoos, and deodorants.
At Open Season Gear you can purchase online many scent killers to hide your scent. Scent eliminators manufactured by the Wildlife Research Center are perfect for this use.
LIQUID SOAP
BAR SOAP
CLOTHING WASH
ANTI PERSPIRANT AND DEODORANT
CARBO WASH
SCENT KILLER SPRAY
SCENT KILLER DRYER SHEETS
Before you get out there wanting to target a deer, prepare ahead of time so you are not their target to avoid.

Open Season Gear: Flat Rate Shipping

Do you like the convenience of online shopping? Do you like the way you can research and learn all the features of products? Do you like the wide variety of products available in one category? Have you ever decided not to order after you saw the high shipping charges?
When ordering from Open Season Gear, you don’t have to worry about surprise shipping charges. Open Season Gear has a $9.99 flat rate charge for shipping within the Continental U.S. No longer do you have to worry about the weight of the items ordered, or the distance in the continental U.S.
Go ahead and order all the products you need for your next hunting or camping trip. You’ll just pay $9.99!

Keeping Your Gun Clean

Open Season Gear carries a variety of gun cleaning products. Do you want your gun to continue to be the quality shooting instrument you started with? Then be sure to clean your gun after every target practice or day of hunting. Don’t take a chance of your gun not firing accurately because you have let firing carbon build up .
The products available are for cleaning your gun on the inside, and to keep the outside stay in pristine condition.
• Tuf – glide solution
• Care Kit Knife and Tool
• Metal-Glo Tube
• Bore scrubber
• Gun Oil
• Silicone Cloth
• Perma Blue Paste
Choose the products you need to keep your gun in shape.

Target Practice Increases Hunting Skills

If you only shoot your gun when you are on a hunting trip, chances are slim you will ever bag the game. But if you get used to handling the gun, and practice shooting it at a target within different ranges, your chances of bagging the game goes up exponentially.
Open Season Gear online store has a collection of different types of targets available to you for the type of hunting you plan to do. Here is a list of some of the shooting targets available.
1. Target Pack
2. Alert Buck 3D Target
3. Backyard Buck 3D Target
4. Walking Turkey 3D
5. Raccoon 3D Target
6. Woodchuck 3D Target
7. Full Strut Turkey 3D Target
8. Red Fox 3D Target
9. Porcupine 3D Target
10. Elite Javelina 3D Target
11. Wild Boar 3D Target
12. Small Bull’s Eye Target
13. Gallery for Bull’s Eye Targets
14. Block Targets
15. Prairie Dog and Skunk Target
16. Coyote Target
17. Printed Animal Targets
So whatever your preferred practice target is, remember, Practice makes Perfect.

Hot Wings for the Great Outdoors

Got a craving for hot wings when you’re camping? No reason to deny yourself when you have the Hot Wing Kit made by Eastman. The Hot Wing Kit includes 10.5 qt. aluminum pot and basket, 12 oz Mojave wing sauce, 2 oz Tabasco Brand pepper sauce, and a hot wing adjuster chart.
Also see the set of the 10.5 qt. pot /basket/burner and thermometer. This burner set is only to be used outdoors. The sauces and flavorings can also be ordered separately. Order online from Open Season Gear.
So to get your mouth watering, here is the recipe:
Chicken Wings

Servings: 6

Preparation Time: 45 min.

Ingredients

3 lbs. Chicken Wings
Tabasco Pepper Sauce as needed
Eastman Outdoors Wing Sauce as needed
1 tsp. Eastman Outdoors Garlic Lemon Pepper Seasoning

Directions

Fry chicken until fully cooked. Toss in bowl with Eastman Outdoors Wing Sauce until coated. Add Tabasco brand Pepper Sauce and/or Lemon Pepper Seasoning as needed. Serve with bleu cheese and Ranch dressing.
So whether you fry these up at the campsite, or right in your backyard you will have a delicious treat.
Oh, by the way, wings not included!

Headlamps Keep Your Hands Free

A flashlight on your head, or known as a headlamp is the type of light that makes the most sense when you need to keep your hands free for the task at hand.
An activity that may call for a headlamp is when camping. Sometimes you may need to adjust the tent stakes after dark, or attend to something else on the campsite that you need both hands to do, and need directed light to see the job.
Another situation would be for an emergency after dark home repair. Or to use in a lowlight situation like an attic or crawlspace.
A third possibility is for raccoon hunting. You want a light that can easily be directed where you are looking, without causing too much light to prematurely scare the raccoon away. Your gun can be in your hands and ready to shoot the critter.
You can choose from a variety of headlamps at Open Season Gear online store to use for any of these reasons.

Backpack for Camping, Hiking, or Hunting

The manufacturer is Tactical Operations Products, and it is a modular backpack meant to efficiently store needed personal items, and equipment for people who need to travel by walking.
Whether you are planning to hike cross country, hunt for a day, or actually are on a tactical operation, the Modular 3.0 Day Back Pack in ACU Digital Camo is the one backpack for you.
The Modular 3.0 Day Back Pack features a main compartment with two auxiliary compartments. The gear is kept organized, and easy to access. The moisture resistant compartments will not let moisture be a problem. The backpack is made to withstand the toughest environments, but is comfortable to carry.
You can find the Modular 3.0 Day Back Pack online at Open Season Gear.