Realtree.com– In 1986, very early in the camouflage revolution, Bill Jordan decided to try his hand at designing a camo pattern. Bill had entered the hunting industry in 1983 when he started Spartan Archery Products in a back room of his father’s boat dealership in Columbus, Georgia. Spartan manufactured t-shirts at a local mill which were sold to a variety of large retail customers across the country. The commodity garment trade was a tough,…
Every entrepreneur has his own story of struggles and battles, twists and turns, wins and losses. What matters, in the end, is that triumphant hooray as we each reap the fruit of hard work. Sean Matson, Co-Founder, and President of Strike Force Energy drinks, shares the amazing story behind its success and the journey to creating what is now Strike Force Energy. They are proud veteran-owned, and all of their products are made in…
Believing how “research equals results,” Daryl Cherry, director of sales at Whitetail Institute, brings us up to speed with the company – from when they started to what the future looks like. Showing us the message to become better land stewards and managers of our own private herds, he shares how you can better read and understand the tag, most especially when it comes to buying seeds. He talks about making a food plot…
Curt Headington, VP of Marketing at Xpedition Archery, shares about the latest in the company as well as his own hunting experience. He begins by talking about Iowa whitetail hunting as well as how you can get an Iowa tag. Moving on with Xpedition Archery, Curt pulls one of the bows up and walks us through the risers and the wheels, differentiating what they got versus the other brands in the marketplace. — Listen…
Gone are the days that outdoor adventures, such as hunting, were only for men. Hen Outdoors CEO Kari Ann Irby shares when and how she began her hunting adventure. She talks about how women connecting with women during waterfowl hunting made things a lot easier and fun. She attests how women enjoy a lot of humor and real-life stories of actual women outdoors. She also recounts the story of her first bear hunt, her…
Arcus Hunting product review with Lucas Mashtare – Arcus Hunting, LLC is an acquisition and organic growth platform seeking to build a strong portfolio of leading brands in the bowhunting and archery consumables and accessories category. Under its brands – Tink’s®, Dead Down Wind®, Obsession Bows™, Ramcat® Broadheads and Trophy Taker® – Arcus markets and manufactures a range of leading deer lures, attractants, scent control products, and premium bows. Dead Down Wind –…
Killer Food Plots – Killer Food Plots was established based on the visions, dreams, and passion of owner Nick Percy. Introduced to Whitetail hunting in 1990, his passion for the outdoors and developing premier whitetail habitat has been growing for over 28 years. Killer Food Plots approaches each new challenge with a genuine passion, love, respect and knowledge for whitetail deer, their nutrition, and creating premier habitat. We spend time educating ourselves about the best…
Mule Deer Foundation – Past, Present, & Future Over twenty years ago, the concept of giving something back to mule deer was a dream of Emmett Burroughs. As Emmett traveled around the country hunting and filming mule deer, he realized that many of us take this awesome species for granted. Think about what the world was like in 1988. Mule deer had been extremely abundant right up until the winters of 1983-84. Across…
Hardy Face Paint – Meet the owners of Hardy FacePaint Hello. We are Brian and Mariah Hardy, creators of HARDY FACEPAINT and avid, responsible hunters just like you. Brian had always used face masks, preferring the convenience of masks to the mess and trouble of paint. However, all of that changed the first time Brian went bowhunting in Kansas, the ultimate whitetail hunting state. As a big buck came into his line of…
