http://blog.havalon.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:25:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The President of the United States and a majority of state governors are recognizing June as "National Great Outdoors Month."  Kids are spending more time indoors watching television and playing video games.  Playing outdoors can be incredibly stimulating mentally and physically.  This June, take your family outside!  Take a hike ... http://blog.havalon.com/june-is-national-great-outdoors-month/ [caption id="attachment_231" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Bill Vaznis, Editor of Bear Hunting Magazine"][/caption] One of the advantages of shooting bears over bait is that you generally have ample time to size up the animal, and then wait for the perfect, one-shot kill. All bets are off however when you are out on a ... http://blog.havalon.com/black-bears-by-bow-arrow-part-four-taking-the-shot-by-bill-vaznis/ [caption id="attachment_224" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Bill Vaznis, Editor of Bear Hunting Magazine"][/caption] Many outfitters, guides and do-it-yourself hunters use “stink baits” as a primary attractor, hoping the outlandish odors will quickly attract bears to the bait station. Where legal, rotting fish or beaver carcasses work great as does a pail of dated ... http://blog.havalon.com/black-bears-by-bow-arrow-part-three-attractors-by-bill-vaznis/ Are you making these bear-baiting mistakes?  Take a look at the ten bear-baiting mistakes listed in this story from Bowhunting World. [caption id="attachment_221" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Is this a blunder? Read the article to find out."][/caption] Mistakes include: Picking a Bad Site Focusing on a Bear's Sweet Tooth Overfeeding Using Expired Bait Check out the other blunders by ... http://blog.havalon.com/ten-bear-baiting-blunders-from-bowhunting-world/ By Bill Vaznis, Edtior of Bear Hunting Magazine  TREESTAND RULES For best results, locate a suitable tree for your tree stand BEFORE beginning your baiting operation. On more than one occasion I have visited a hot bait site teeming with big bear sign only to realize there was not a suitable tree ... http://blog.havalon.com/black-bears-by-bow-arrow-part-two-treestand-rules-by-bill-vaznis/ By Bill Vaznis, Editor of Bear Hunting Magazine           [caption id="attachment_206" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="5-inch front pad tracks."][/caption] The site intrigued me. It was situated at the confluence of two streams, a natural crossing for black bears, and well off the beaten path. It was also dark under the canopy of spruce and fir, ... http://blog.havalon.com/black-bears-by-bow-arrow-part-one-a-starter-kit-to-spring-bear-hunting/ http://blog.havalon.com/mike-eastman-for-havalon-knives/ Congratulations to Andrew Titus of Anchorage, Alaska.  He won the complete knife set from Havalon Knives.  We were giving away one complete knife set at The Great Alaska Sportsman's Show - and he gets it!  Thanks for supporting us, Andrew! http://blog.havalon.com/congratulations-to-our-winner/ The not-for-profit program, Sportsmen Against Hunger, reports that hunters in South Dakota donated 97,000 pounds of meat to local food banks to feed the hungry. Donations were mostly venison. The program covers meat processing costs, although some hunters donate those costs as well as meat to the program. Well done, South ... http://blog.havalon.com/sportsmen-against-hunger-does-good-again/ [caption id="attachment_187" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Division Sales Manager Paul Schwartz with Robert Gibson of the Kenai Peninsula Trappers Association"][/caption] Havalon Knives presented product at the 2010 Great Alaska Sportsman's Show in Anchorage, Alaska from April 8th to April 11th. Within two days, we'd sold out of the Piranta-Edge. We left ... http://blog.havalon.com/havalon-knives-at-the-great-alaska-sportsmans-show/