Add Your Favorite Places

January 6, 2016 / galen / Fishing, Hunting

Do you have some favorite fishing or hunting places? We do, and we love to help out others around us by adding them to the Favorite Places section.

Our Favorite Places to Fish and Hunt

Adding one of your favorite places does not mean giving up your secret spot. You don’t need to offer up your GPS waypoints. Rather, you are helping other hunters and anglers be more successful in the outdoors, doing the same things you love to do. If you are worried about your secret fishing spot, next to the secret inlet, just past the secret bush, then be a little more general, like “the west side of the lake”.

So take a minute or two, go to the link above, and add a few of your favorites. You just might find that others are doing the same and this will help you broaden your hunting or fishing locations and you may discover a new favorite spot.

New Whitetail Outfitter Website

November 30, 2015 / galen / Deer Hunting, Hunting

Announcing the newest in websites hosted and managed by PrairieOutdoors.com.

www.bluehazehuntclub.com

Blue Haze hunt Club is a Manitoba whitetail deer hunting outfitter operating in the western area of the province, near Riding Mountain National Park. This location, spanning the forest fringe and agricultural land, is a hot spot for whitetail deer, offering optimum growing conditions for big-bodied deer.

After being in contact with Blue Haze, we discussed their online marketing needs and then we built them a website to focus attention on their whitetail outfitter business.

Proven Deer Hunting Tips

October 19, 2015 / galen / Deer Hunting, Hunting

Proven Deer Hunting Tips by Luke Harris

Preseason Scouting: An essential step to preparing for the deer hunting season is by scouting before it starts. Keep your visibility low on these outings by crouching down or even laying on your stomach. Watch for feeding patterns and the routes deer choose, this will show you where to position yourself when the season comes.

Tree Stands and Safety: Tree stands provide a good vantage point for getting your shot. You’ll also be above the deer’s normal viewing area helping to disguise you even more. Remember that most accidents in the tree stand come from falling asleep or when getting on or off your stand. The best way to prevent an accident is by purchasing a tree stand harness and using it.

Bait the Area In Which You Want the Deer to Be: Bait the area you want the deer to be with chopped up apples. Deer have trouble resisting the smell of apples and if it’s up wind they’ll certainly be compelled to find the tasty treat. This means you’ll have the deer right where you want him-in your scope.

Choose Good Clothing: There’s nothing worse than a cold rainy day when you’re wearing cotton. Choose jackets and clothing that are waterproof and windproof. Products with Gore-Tex and Wind Stopper are ideal but pricey. You can usually find Camo gear with the same functions for half the price. Do your research and shop around.

Using Deer Calls: You should allow 20-30 minutes between using your deer call. Anything more will sound unnatural to the deer. Make sure that you vary the intensity of the call. If the deer is close tone it down, if the deer is further away make sure he can hear it. Tie a string around your deer call so you can keep it around your neck, this way you won’t drop it or have any trouble finding it when you’re ready to use it again.

Wait Awhile Before Tracking Your Wounded Deer: It’s best to wait 20-30 minutes before you track down a wounded deer. Believe me this can seem like an eternity but it’s worth the wait. If you set out tracking immediately you’ll get the deer’s adrenaline racing and he’ll cover more distance in half an hour than you could in half a day. Let his wound run its course and soon your deer will be overcome with fatigue and weakness. Now you won’t have to track him so far. Happy Hunting.

Spotting for Duck Hunting

August 26, 2015 / galen / Duck Hunting, Hunting

The key to success in waterfowl hunting, especially in unfamiliar territory, is often in the preparation before the hunt. In duck hunting, this means locating the right spot. Sure, you need the right gear, decoys, calls, camo, guns and ammo, but all of that is useless if you don’t have the bird numbers to put a bead on. Follow these 3 steps for more duck hunting success.

1 scouting = driving (windshield time)
2 checking = get your feet dirty
3 permission = door knocking

Scouting helps you know the fields and water around you. Where are the ducks feeding? What is their flight path? What other water is around? Is this a roost pond or a day use pond? Sometimes you just don’t need to spot as much. If you know the lay of the land extremely well, and the number of local birds is high, then your regular spots are likely good to go. Spend some windshield time driving the area. Try to follow the routine of the ducks from water to field to water.

Check the spot you want hunt at the same time of day you want to hunt. Get out and take a walk around where you want to hunt. Do you have cover for all wind directions? Take note of the species of birds that frequent the spot. If you want to shoot mallards, and you see plenty in your spotting runs, then be prepared to wait for the mallard to show. If you have picked a good spot and you are set up with a good decoy spread, give the mallard’s time. Don’t fire off a volley of shots at the first flock of pintails or teal to buzz your decoys. The mallards may not be far behind and a few shotgun blasts can be enough to send them searching for a new pothole. If you are not particular about species (know your limits) then be selective about the flocks that are in the air and what’s over your decoys. If you have a flock of 50 ducks approaching, you might want to let the three in range pass through.

Gaining access to land is usually an easy task, as long as you politely ask for permission. My experience has been that most landowners will grant you permission as long as you respect their land, their crops, their livestock.

Spotting gives you a better opportunity for a better hunt. Once you have done your preparation, then it’s time for your shooting skills to take over.

Website Restored – Bear Creek Hunting

August 4, 2015 / galen / Bear Hunting, Hunting

We have just finished helping a Manitoba Bear Hunting Outfitter restore their website. Bear Creek Hunting (www.dnrbearhunting.com) was without a website for several months as their previous website developer has exited the business. With a couple of quick email exchanges, beginning on a Saturday, we were able to act quickly and get their website back up and live, complete, by the following Monday.

In addition to having their website back up and running, as a hosted website customer of ours, they also qualify for the free Premium Listing, free Featured Outfitter banner displays and the exclusive TripFinder service.

See more information on Outfitter Websites by PrairieOutdoors.com.

New Website Launched – Head Hunter Outfitters

July 28, 2015 / galen / Bear Hunting, Deer Hunting, Hunting

We have just finished building a new website for Head Hunter Outfitters. You can see the site at: www.headhunteroutfitters.com. This outfitter operates a Whitetail Deer and Black Bear hunting camp in northern Saskatchewan. The website features this outfitters hunt information, a custom contact form, plus custom image galleries for their bear hunting, whitetail hunting, and also trophy fishing on the nearby lakes.

See more information on Outfitter Websites by PrairieOutdoors.com.

Outdoors Songs

July 28, 2015 / galen / Fishing, Hunting, Outdoors

Of all the topics in the world to write songs about, the great outdoors seems to have been mostly overlooked. It’s just plain difficult to find a song, let alone a good song, about hunting or fishing. Yes, there are a few “joke songs” out there, songs that rank up there with “Snoopy and the Red Baron”, and hunting or fishing show opening songs, but actual songs by actual brand name artists are hard to come by. It’s not hard to find songs about girls, songs about boys, songs about cars, and summer, and parties, and all other popular topics. So, we have scoured the internet and our own personal music libraries, to give you a list of songs for hunting and fishing. Some of these are great, some are crap (personal opinions), but you know what they are about by the titles. Some of my personal favorites come from Ted Nugent, who can quite regularly be found on outdoor shows having a great time shooting black bear in Saskatchewan with his “Wackmaster” bow or shooting ducks off his back porch in Michigan. If you want a great album, pick up “Spirit of the Wild” which includes many of the songs listed. A few of these songs take the light hearted approach, such as Brad Paisley’s “I’m Gonna Miss Her”. We have a second list of songs that might be considered, but aren’t really, about hunting or fishing, but mention animals, or lakes, or forest, or such.

Fred Bear – Ted Nugent
I Just Wanna Go Hunting – Ted Nugent
Gone Fishing – Downchild Blue Band
My Bow and Arrow – Ted Nugent
Spirit of the Wild – Ted Nugent
I Shoot Back – Ted Nugent
Tooth Fang and Claw – Ted Nugent
I’m Gonna Miss Her – Brad Paisley
Mossy Oak Song (Pass It On) – Tracy Byrd
One Damn Deer – from the Bob and Tom radio show
Mighty Manly Hunting Men – Da Yoopers
Thirty Point Buck – Da Yoopers
2nd Week of Deer Camp (part 1) – Da Yoopers
2nd Week of Deer Camp (part 2) – Da Yoopers
Deer Hunter’s Widow – Da Yoopers
Gone Fishing – Brad Paisley
Fish Fight Song – Da Yoopers
40 Pound Crappie – Da Yoopers
Too Drunk To Fish – Ray Stevens
Fishing On T.V. – Brian Regan
Mama’s Got The Catfish Blues – Tom T. Hall
Hunting The Duck – Buddy Wasisname and The Other Fellers

The songs that didn’t quite make the list:

Take Me to the River – Al Green
Catfish Blues – Jimi Hendrix
Of Wolf and Man – Metallica
Sweet home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Trees – Rush
Bullfrog Blues – Dave Hole
The Spanish Archer – Deep Purple
The Hunter – Free
John the Fisherman – Primus
Barracuda – Heart
Great White Buffalo – Ted Nugent
Hibernation – Ted Nugent

Bear Down Outfitters

June 19, 2015 / galen / Bear Hunting, Hunting

Announcing our newest Premium Outfitter, Bear Down Outfitters.

Our parent company, Netnotic Marketing, has just launched a website for a new outfitter, www.beardownoutfitters.com. They are located at the north end of Brabant Lake, in Northern Saskatchewan.

We could tell you all about them here, but that’s what we built them a website for.

Our Favorite Places – Hunt and Fish

June 18, 2015 / galen / Fishing, Hunting

Our Favorite Places to Hunt and Fish

On our website, under both the Camping menu and the Hunting menu, you can find a link to Our Favorite Places. We have started this section with information on some of our favorite hunting and fishing locations, and then others have take over and added hundreds of more locations.

What’s your favorite hunting place? Maybe it’s that set of ponds that load up with Mallards in October. Maybe it’s the patch of forest next to the river where the big whitetails bed down at night. Maybe you have a favorite lake or stream where the fishing is always great.

Come and browse the Favorite Places. Maybe yours is already on the list!

Moon Phases

May 20, 2015 / galen / Fishing, Hunting

We have added a Moon Phases chart to the right sidebar on our website. Moon phases are said to affect the activity levels of wildlife, including fish. Personally, I would have to agree. The theory says that full moon and no moon times are best for fishing, and half moon times are next best. I have a watch that shows me the moon phases and even shows me the peak fishing times within the peak fishing days, which are moon rise and moon fall.

You can see the moon phase chart on any page. Just scroll down the right side.

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