Back 40 Outdoors >> Do-It-Yourself Hunting

Posted on: February 19th, 2010Bowfishing on Ice: Back 40 Style

Back 40 prostaffer Kevin Biermeier and friend Alan Miller recently put a hurting on some carp in an open hole on a local river.  The carp congregated where they could find a little swimming room, and Kev and Alan were there for the party!  In Kevin’s words “We went to a secret honey hole and in a little over 2 hours the two of us shot another 70 fish.  We took on some new tactics as you can see in the photos.  I hate to think how many fish we would kill if we shot seriously for two hours.  Can’t wait to get the boat out and shoot some under the lights after ice out”.

Posted on: February 18th, 2010Hunting Whitetails: Hunting in the morning..

This is a great article written by Back 40 Prostaff Member Chris Eberhart about hunting whitetails in the morning.  Very informative, and these methods have led to some monster bucks for Chris:

Understanding Morning Whitetail Hunting

By Chris Eberhart

A clear sky of brilliant stars slowly faded to gray and was replaced by burning orange sunrise. Awakening birds chirped, and distant turkey’s raucous morning rise let the whole world know the day had begun.  Clouds of frozen breathe rose in front of my face from my comfortable slow breathing, and a coat of thick white frost covered the meadow grass below me.  There is nothing quite like the magic of sunrise while bowhunting in the morning. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on: February 11th, 2010Snow, Cold, and Snowshoes

I’ve been slacking quite a bit lately writing for Back 40, chalk it up to winter!  Recently I discovered that snowshoeing (who knew they have been around for thousands of years) is my new favorite activity when the snow gets ass deep.  It has opened up a whole new world of places to visit in the winter, as here in the upper Midwest without proper transportation winter activities seem to be relegated to the ice fishing house.. Read the rest of this entry »