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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Feedback!!! Testimonials!!!

We are always looking to improve on the DVD...
I ask for feedback constantly and this year is no exception!!!
Please give us feedback on the movie whether it be good or bad...

I have mostly had good comments but some folks have not been thrilled with the music...especially the first year. We cannot please everyone but we just want to show how much fun we have every season...

This season as well as last I switched up and started using some awesome beats from The Passion Hi Fi and have been totaly impressed with this guy!!! Unbelievable music and it fits our style with the Urban Flare!!!

I am always looking to get better at the editing thing as well so I need to know what y'all think are strengths and weaknesses....

I guess besides the music the only other complaint we have really had was that we shoot some small bucks.....Well.................
I wish they could all be 150 plus monsters but the fact of the matter is we dont do this for a living and we are trying to make a vid so if a buck walks in front of us and wants to be a star he will be....A lot of the places we hunt are in need of severe deer management and we get asked by landowners to shoot them...The Landowners dont care what size or shape the deer are...They just want them thinned out....
We run the risk of losing a property if we pass on deer so it is a juggling act to try and shoot big bucks while thinning the herd!!!

Anyway....with the DVD being out now for a few days I have already recieved some very nice emails so here are a few I will share!!!

TOK,
You guys have done it again! Another amazing job on this DVD! I loved every hunt and especially the photograph compilation in the middle and pictures of Doug and his Son with the Turkey. Amazing! Loooove It! DK in Md.

Team Overkill,
Best one yet! Great Job, Can't wait til next years! Joe in Frederick

Dude,
I love the DVD!!!
Fantastic Job!!! Very Very well done! Proffesional, Clean, Understandable, Super Job. Better than a lot of shows on television!!! Drew in Md.


Thanks so much yall!!! It is comments like this that make us want to do it all over again!!!

Chesapeake Bay Bratwurst/ Team Overkill/ UltimateCamo at upcoming Buckwild Hunters Expo in Boonesboro




Hey Guys....Team Overkill will be selling Barts Brats at the upcoming Buckwild Shows in Boonesboro and Charles County!!!

If you have never had this unique Bratwurst that originated on Marylands Eastern Shore you need to come out and try one!!! Garaunteed you will be wanting to take some home with you!!!



I know for a lot of you guys that love these things it is hard to get your hands on them on the western shore so if you want to get some frozen packs....Let me know if you have an idea as to how many you may want and I will bring to shows!!!

Lets start with the Boonesboro show...

A sammich will be $5...........If you have never had one of these rascals you are missing out so cough up the chedda and buy one!!! (We will also have waters with us because you know its gonna be a scorcher!!!)
JLH will be manning the Charcoal Grill to get these things just right!!!

A frozen pack of 5 will be $7
I have limited freezer space so I am not bringing a ton...unless spoken for so speak up....We have hot and mild!!!

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Tim Young is at it again!!!

I cannot wait to see the finished product on these two critters!!! These deer are featured stars on TOK season 3 "Community Service" Kevins big ole 9 point and my 5 year old freak!!! Tim asked what I wanted done with mine and I once again told him to have at it and surprise me... He only told me that the finished product will have a piece of habitat behind the wall pedestal form and I can only imagine what it will be from looking at the unfinished work!!!

















One look at kevins buck and you can see that it too is not an average form...I believe that this is the type of thing that will keep me going back to Youngs Wildlife for years to come... I am a big fan of knowing that there is not another mount out there like the one hanging on my wall...Tim will work with you on any idea you may have but I prefer to let the Artist work!!!

















To see these 2 bruisers in their all their finished glory come to the 2011 Buckwild Tri-State Hunters Expo in Boonesboro Md. this coming weekend!!!

Rogers Elite Pure

Roger began sending me picture of his groups in what seemed like minutes of him telling me he had picked it up...After a few days of this I got a review of this sweet shooter via email!!!

I decided on the Pure over the Hunter due to the Axle to Axle length. I am 6' 2" and weigh a biscuit shy of NFL offensive lineman. The Hunter felt like a toy in my hands while the Pure felt more like my Tour (Elites Target Bow), well balanced, smooth drawing and holds like a rock.

I purchased the 30.5" 70 pound Ninja. Fellow Team Overkill Member Chris Johnson had the 30" Pure. His felt short to him while mine felt long so we swapped out the draw elements. After some timing , draw weight and holding weight (draw stop) checks and adjustments I was ready to go.

I like having a 65% to 70% holding weight over the factory set 80%. Using a back tension release or even a thumb release used with proper back tension form, having the extra holding weight helps in your holding and release. Normally I shoot a 29.5" but with the 30" draw element adjusted down to 70% letoff it holds the same as a 29.5"

Now set with Hinky Strings, QAD Ultra Rest HDX (love these rests), 10.25" 11 ounce B-Stinger Stabilizer and my last year Sword 3rd Axis sight I was ready to start sighting in. I set the rest at the normal 7/8" up off the shelf and the 13/16" over for centershot. One shot through paper let me know I was on.

I shot one shot at 10 yards to make sure the sight was close then stepped back to 20 yards and shot 3 shoots (camera phone photo attached). All three were low left of center but touching. Great start. Easy to make sight adjustments when you can group like this. A slight adjustment was made to the whole pin housing then I stepped back to 40 yards (my middle pin) and shot one. Very close to center but still slightly low left, let's go back to 60 yards. At 60 yards I shot 2 shots, both touching just slightly low left (camera phone photo attached). Another slight adjustment and back down to 20 yards and shot again - dead nuts on. Nine total shots and I had the bow sighted in out to 60 yards - how easy is that!


























Next was the true test - broadheads - this is not a target bow - this is a hunting bow. I use 50 yards as my check (normally the max I would attempt to shoot at a deer, so if I am good here I should be better even closer). I shot 2 field points then 2 broadheads. The broadheads hit slightly right of the field points. I adjusted the rest slightly out (just a fraction), shot again and we were hitting in the same spot. Locked it down and have been practicing solid ever since. From my 2010 GT500 to the 2011 Pure I did not have to make any adjustments in the pin gaps. I am getting the same speed from the Pure as I was with my GT 500 hunting bow. The only difference I feel is the Pure has a smoother draw all the way to a solid back wall. The GT 500 had just the slightest bump, not bad but now with the Pure it is completely gone.

I am not a Speed Demon, I would rather have a bow that is easy to draw, holds great and does not feel like it is jumping out of my hand at the shot. The Pure has all of that. At 70 pounds and 30" draw I can easily hold this bow at a 45 degree downward angle and come to full draw with no problems. With the Pure I can focus completely on the shot and not the draw cycle.

My arrow setup is a 29" Carbon Express (CX) Maxima Hunter 350 with 3 Bohning Blazer Vanes, CX Bulldog Collar, CX Lazer Eye Nock and 100 grain Rage 2 Blade Broadheads. Total arrow weight is 400 grains. With shooting 290 fps I am obtaining 74.72 foot pounds of energy. More than enough for any whitetail around.

I loved the GT 500 last year (so much so I had two - one is still setup for 3D - the other has been setup by Jeff Harrison with Cuda Cams, Hinky Strings and 50 pound Ultimate Camo dipped limbs for my wife) but I think I have a new lover for the fall 2011. Still in the Elite family, just with the younger hotter sister of the GT 500. My wife is going to be a hunting widow again this year. As long as I can keep the nerves in check I should be easily filling freezers again this fall.