FirstLightGearbow hunting | FirstLightGear http://www.firstlightgear.com The Best Deals on Outdoor Gear Period Mon, 16 Jan 2017 03:23:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fletching Arrows http://www.firstlightgear.com/blog/fletching-arrows/ http://www.firstlightgear.com/blog/fletching-arrows/#comments Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:47:16 +0000 Tex http://www.firstlightgear.com/?p=1371 20130829-203912.jpg
Tonight is a perfect evening for fletching up some more arrows and repairing a couple others from my last 3D shoot. This is a very relaxing activity and it can also save you some money!

Shoot straight!

Tex

]]> http://www.firstlightgear.com/blog/fletching-arrows/feed/ 0 Mowing Clover Food Plots http://www.firstlightgear.com/blog/mowing-clover-food-plots/ http://www.firstlightgear.com/blog/mowing-clover-food-plots/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2013 02:19:18 +0000 Tex http://www.firstlightgear.com/?p=1335 20130805-214825.jpg
Fall is in the air here in Michigan! Today was a fabulous day for mowing some of my food plots and enjoying the nice cool fall like weather.

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I like to mow my clover plots about 4-5 times a season to reduce weed competition and grass encroachment. We have found that deer prefer the tender young shoots that the clover plants produce after a low mowing of about 4-8″, basically cut on a hay schedule here in Michigan.

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Whitetail season is right around the corner so get out and make sure your plots are happy!

Shoot Straight!

Tex

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I Just purchased a couple new 3D archery targets this past week to begin setting up my course here at the cabin. I have done a fair bit of research online trying to find the best 3D targets at the most reasonable price ($80 – $200). I have run into many mixed reviews on most all 3D targets on the market today, with a couple potential standouts. There are a few targets out there with some pretty “good” reviews in my research, so I decided to start with them and I hope to add more in the future so I can review them as well.

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This target is the GlenDel 5X Buck ($149). The GlenDel Buck has a body size of a 200lb. live weight deer and offers 5 times the insert-shooting surface of comparable 3-D deer targets. I have shot about 25 arrows into this target so far and it’s performed absolutely perfectly up to this point!

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Rinehart Woodland Buck ($149). Ultra durable and rugged FX foam with Rinehart signature self healing foam insert. This target is proof that good things come in small packages! I have been very pleased with the performance of this target so far, and I can see why Rinehart makes one of the best.

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I hope to add a couple more bucks here yet this summer and continue my quest on finding the best 3D archery target and completing my course here at the cabin! Stay turned for a more in depth formal review on each target as the year progresses and the targets age.

Happy shooting

Tex

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