Deeper Pro+ Shore Fishing Thoughts
In this video, I’m giving some brief thoughts on how a smart sonar like the Deeper Pro Plus is able to give an edge to shore fishermen, particularly those who fish areas without well mapped lakes or streams. Here’s a link to a video review of the Deeper Pro+ with an ice fishing focus: Deeper […]
Deeper Pro+ Review – Ice Fishing
The Deeper Pro Plus is the top of the line smart phone fish finder from Deeper. This unit communicates with your smart phone or tablet using WiFi. This review focuses on ice fishing, specifically looking at features like signal delay, interference, display modes, battery life, target separation, and overall usability. Here’s a link to the […]
Turkey Hunting Maryland 2017
On this turkey hunt, Austin filmed Maribeth and her dad. The hunt was short and sweet. If you’re interested in how this hunt was filmed, please watch the follow up to this video, where Austin and Maribeth talk about filming the hunt, what equipment was used, and what they would have done differently. You can […]
DIY Archery Stabilizer and Side Bar
This DIY archery stabilizer and side bar build will help improve aiming, balance, and shot accuracy. Typical hunting style stabilizers provide noise and vibration reduction, but little else. Field and Stream ran an article showing that longer stabilizers can have a dramatic effect on long range accuracy compared to short stabilizers or no stabilizers at […]
Gold Tip Pierce Platinum Arrow Review
I have over a year’s worth of use with the Gold Tip Pierce Platinum arrows now and have taken three deer with them. This review is a hunter’s perspective of how well the arrows work relative to standard diameter arrows, in terms of accuracy, penetration, and toughness. The MSRP price for the arrows is $194.99/dozen, […]
Episode 2 – Climbing Sticks Podcast
Climbing Sticks – Podcast Discussion In Episode 2 of the DIY Sportsman Podcast on The Sportsmen’s Nation Podcast Network, Garrett and Boudreaux dive into their vast experience using and testing climbing sticks. They discuss the pros and cons of various models on the market, spanning the range from “top of the line” climbing sticks to […]
Episode 1 – Introduction
In the first episode of the DIY Sportsman podcast, we meet the hosts Garrett Prahl and Boudreaux (Bobby) Boswell and learn more about what topics will be covered in the podcast as time goes on.
Hunting with Homemade Longbow
Bow hunting with a homemade reflex deflex longbow: This is the bow I put together back in the winter/spring of 2015. I have a link to the build-a-long video below. It has a bamboo backing and ipe belly, is 68″ tip to tip, and is currently rightly about 59# at 28″ draw. I hunted with […]
How to Add LED Lights to your Ice Fishing House
This video shows how to add LED lights to your portable ice fishing sled. I first go over materials and basic skills required, then explain exactly how I wired my personal set-up. The idea is that you will be able to take the knowledge to customize your own LED lighting set-up. You can power these […]
How to Film Hunts
This instructional series on how to film hunts is designed to help raw beginners as well as those with a basic understanding of video equipment and terminology. The series is broken into 10 segments: 1) How Cameras Work 2) What type of Camera? 3) Camera Lenses 4) Supports & Audio Gear 5) Camera Functions and […]