Category Archives: hunting

A Blackpowder Bear for Angie Walker

We were hunting for 4 days with Elaine Lake Outfitters in northern Saskatchewan where we try to hunt every year. I took a bear with my bow, and Angie took a bear with her CVA Accura .50 caliber blackpowder rifle. On all our whitetail hunts, we load with 150 grains of powder and a 250-grain PowerBelt Aerolite bullet. Continue reading

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The CVA Apex with Bergara Barrels Can Take Caribou and Turkeys with Joe Sebo

After the excellent performance of the CVA Apex with the .300 Win Mag Bergara barrel on my caribou hunt, I had no reservations about ordering the 12-gauge Bergara barrel with a turkey choke and scope rail to use on my Apex to hunt turkeys. Continue reading

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O’Neill Williams Tells about a Turkey for His Grandson Travis

I was hunting Rio Grande turkeys in Texas in a creek bottom with cottonwood trees where the turkeys were roosting. At first light, we did a little tree calling. Continue reading

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Andy Weichers on Turkey Hunting with His CVA APEX and Spring Plantings

Now that the filming season is over, we’ve started going through all the shows and working with our editors to put TV shows together. We also look at how our teams can do better filming and improve in the future. We take what we’ve learned about filming during the whitetail season and test those ideas to improve the video footage during turkey season. Continue reading

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CVA Apex Vs. The Beast Part 3

At the shot, the bull reared back on its hind legs and promptly crashed back down on its front hooves, reminding me of a bronco that was trying to buck off its rider. Bouncing again on its front feet, it turned and ran straight away, disappearing into the cloud of red dust, which was filled with twisting and turning shapes of other frightened wildebeest. Even before the herd was out of site, we were running. My rifle, now empty, felt light in my hand as we sprinted to the place we had last seen the creatures. We reached the tree the two Bulls had been under, only to find nothing. No blood, only scattered tracks. Continue reading

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