Editors Note: Tony & Angie Walker, Hosts and Producers of The American Way TV show on the Pursuit Channel. The American Way is a complete high energy outdoor adventure ride, that is home to all you working class, blue collar outdoor junkies. Tony tells us about his daughter Breeann’s success with the CVA Wolf.
When it comes to the Walker family the glue that holds us all together is our love of the outdoors and especially the excitement of matching wits with Midwestern whitetails . It is a year round adventure for us , we are either hunting whitetails or managing our place to prepare for the following season … This heritage has been passed down thru generations of our family and it has been one of our greatest joys to share this love of the outdoors with our children ! Angie and I introduced all of the kids to hunting at an early age , taking them to the blinds with us when we had to carry them on our shoulders , And none has been more eager to embrace her heritage than our youngest child Breeann ! A lot of great hours spent in the blinds over the years watching deer and playing with Barbie dolls and coloring books . The last 3 seasons have been tough for Bree , she learned that hunting is about patience and that we don’t always get a buck , even when you do the right things and put your time in ….. So although she had managed to take some does, her 1st buck had to this season eluded her ! Deer season here at the Walker place really starts taking shape in July when the trail camera pictures start coming in and nobody was more excited than Bree when we started seeing a great crop of big bucks . This was all the motivation she needed to take her CVA Wolf and spend the summer putting countless rounds thru it to make sure she would be ready when her moment came …..Well that moment came at last , this past opening weekend of Indiana’s firearms season ! The 1st day of season was crazy , lots of bucks running and chasing does and the rut was kicking in , but unfortunately for all the bucks we had seen, none ever gave Bree a clean shot ! As day two arrived Angie and I decided that we would take a ground blind and set it up in a fence row where we had caught a pattern , deer were crossing in a low spot and heading to one of our Tecomate food plots and we were fairly certain that this could be Bree’s big day … after a couple hours of sitting the deer started moving but to our disappointment they were using another crossing a couple hundred yards from our blind ! At this point Bree was starting to give Angie and I the LOOK ! You know the one that says , ( I thought you two said I would see a buck here !! LOL!! ) And fortunately for us shortly afterwards he appeared …. He slipped up on us as so often they do and chaos ruled the blind as we were trying to adjust the shooting sticks , cameras and get this beautiful buck stopped and turned for a safe broadside shot ! After what seemed like an eternity , 
Breeann’s journey towards her first buck ended with a perfect shot and her buck on the ground !!! For those of you who have not shared the excitement of seeing your child harvest their first animal , to see the tears of joy and to know the next generation is molded and on their way we can only tell you it’s one of the greatest moments you can ever share with your children !! So the youngest member of the Walker family is on her way , and we can only hope that down the road , the Lord willing she will be passing this heritage on to her children …. The glue just got stronger for the Walker family and the best is yet to come, Congratulations Bree on a great buck !!!!!
Archive for the Category ◊ wolf ◊
Editor’s Note: Outdoor TV personality Chad Schearer of Great Falls, Montana, has guided clients to mule deer and elk each season as well as hunted on his own. Today, he’s the host of the “Shoot Straight with Chad Schearer” television show presented by CVA that airs on the Sportsman Channel, Fox Sports South, the Lonestar Network and CBS Montana.
Question: Chad, you hunt all over the West. When you owned Central Montana Outfitters, you guided hunters to elk, as well as mule deer. What gun and powder charge do you recommend for taking elk?
Schearer: I suggest using either the CVA Accura V2 or the CVA Apex. But if you’re looking for a less-expensive Muzzleloader, you can take elk with a CVA Optima or even a CVA Wolf. One of the advantages CVA has over many other Muzzleloading-rifle companies is CVA has quality, accurate rifles to accommodate every hunter. The load I suggest for elk is 150 grains of powder. However, I once took a moose with only…
Like what you’re reading, click here to read the rest of the artilce.
with Mark Hendricks
Editor’s Note: Mark Hendricks, vice president of Technical Development for CVA, helps with product design, manufacturing, production, quality control and bringing new products to the market for CVA. This week, Hendricks will tell us what to expect from some of CVA’s new 2010 products.
Question: Mark, how has the CVA Wolf been redesigned this year?
Hendricks: The CVA Wolf always has been an inexpensive starter gun for most muzzleloading hunters, and it’s the rifle most blackpowder hunters purchase first. Too, the Wolf always has been our bestselling muzzleloading rifle. We’ve redesigned it in many of the same ways we’ve redesigned the CVA Optima. We wanted to build into the Wolf all the features our customers requested at a price they could afford. However, the newly-redesigned Wolf only is available with the blued finish. We’ve gone back to the more-traditional stock design for the Wolf, but it now has the CVA Quick Release Breech Plug (QRBP) and Delrin-lined thimbles. The receiver design is very similar to the new Optima in that there are no visible pins and screws, giving the gun a more-clean look. Last year’s price for the Wolf was $180.95, and the price for the new Wolf, even with all the new features we’ve added, is $220.95. So, you get a better rifle with more new features for only $40 more. We’ve listened to our consumers and built the features into the new guns that our customers wanted at an affordable price. The changes we’ve made throughout our lines of guns have been consumer driven. We try to respond to the muzzleloading public’s rifle wants and needs. We then incorporate these suggestions in the next generation of muzzleloading rifles we introduce.
Question: Did your company redesign the CVA Accura?
Hendricks: Yes, we did, even though it’s the most-popular muzzleloader in the CVA line. The Accura is more or less the flagship for the muzzleloaders. In the past, the Accura has been available as a blued gun, but this year, all the new 2010 Accuras will be stainless steel. You’ll also see them with longer, 27-inch fluted barrels. We’ve learned that our consumer tends to want longer barrels with their more-expensive blackpowder rifles. The Wolf, our introductory gun, has a 24-inch barrel. The Optima has a 26-inch fluted barrel. The Accura has a 27-inch fluted Bergara barrel, which is a premium barrel. Ed Shilling, one of the nation’s leading benchrest shooters, set-up our quality-control inspections and tolerances. The Accura is available in either .45 or .50 caliber.
Question: CVA introduced the .45 caliber a few years ago. Is the .45-caliber blackpowder rifle still as popular as it was when you first introduced it?
Hendricks: It’s extremely popular with the blackpowder shooters who understand the ballistics of the .45 caliber and know why it’s superior in many applications. However, the average muzzleloading hunter still prefers the .50 caliber, mainly because Jeremiah Johnson shot a .50 caliber. That movie probably promoted blackpowder hunting as much as any other promotional device ever. The movie “Jeremiah Johnson” entrenched the .50-caliber rifle in the minds of blackpowder shooters. The suggested retail for the .50-caliber Accura with a black FiberGrip thumbhole stock is $486.95. The .45-caliber Accura is only available in stainless steel with a Realtree APG HD thumbhole camo stock and is priced at $547.95. The .50-caliber with Realtree APG HD thumbhole camo stock also is priced at $547.95. Too, we’ve upgraded the stock, so the checkering pattern on the stock is rubberized, making the rifle more comfortable to hold.
For information on the CVA Optima Muzzleloader, Mark did an interview over at CVA Single Shot Rifles.
with Mark Hendricks
Editor’s Note: Mark Hendricks, vice president of Technical Development for CVA, helps with product design, manufacturing, production, quality control and bringing new products to the market for CVA. This week, Hendricks will tell us what to expect from some of CVA’s new 2010 products.
Question: Mark, how has the CVA Wolf been redesigned this year?
Hendricks: The CVA Wolf always has been an inexpensive starter gun for most blackpowder hunters, and it’s the rifle most blackpowder hunters purchase first. Too, the Wolf always has been our bestselling blackpowder rifle. We’ve redesigned it in many of the same ways we’ve redesigned the CVA Optima. We wanted to build into the Wolf all the features our customers requested at a price they could afford. However, the newly-redesigned Wolf only is available with the blued finish. We’ve gone back to the more-traditional stock design for the Wolf, but it now has the CVA Quick Release Breech Plug (QRBP) and Delrin-lined thimbles. The receiver design is very similar to the new Optima in that there are no visible pins and screws, giving the gun a more-clean look. Last year’s price for the Wolf was $180.95, and the price for the new Wolf, even with all the new features we’ve added, is $220.95. So, you get a better rifle with more new features for only $40 more. We’ve listened to our consumers and built the features into the new guns that our customers wanted at an affordable price. The changes we’ve made throughout our lines of guns have been consumer driven. We try to respond to the blackpowder public’s rifle wants and needs. We then incorporate these suggestions in the next generation of rifles we introduce.
Question: Did your company redesign the CVA Accura?
Hendricks: Yes, we did, even though it’s the most-popular gun in the CVA line. The Accura is more or less the flagship for the muzzleloaders. In the past, the Accura has been available as a blued gun, but this year, all the new 2010 Accuras will be stainless steel. You’ll also see them with longer, 27-inch fluted barrels. We’ve learned that our consumer tends to want longer barrels with their more-expensive blackpowder rifles. The Wolf, our introductory gun, has a 24-inch barrel. The Optima has a 26-inch fluted barrel. The Accura has a 27-inch fluted Bergara barrel, which is a premium barrel. Ed Shilling, one of the nation’s leading benchrest shooters, set-up our quality-control inspections and tolerances. The Accura is available in either .45 or .50 caliber.
Question: CVA introduced the .45 caliber a few years ago. Is the .45-caliber blackpowder rifle still as popular as it was when you first introduced it?
Hendricks: It’s extremely popular with the blackpowder shooters who understand the ballistics of the .45 caliber and know why it’s superior in many applications. However, the average blackpowder hunter still prefers the .50 caliber, mainly because Jeremiah Johnson shot a .50 caliber. That movie probably promoted blackpowder hunting as much as any other promotional device ever. The movie “Jeremiah Johnson” entrenched the .50-caliber rifle in the minds of blackpowder shooters. The suggested retail for the .50-caliber Accura with a black FiberGrip thumbhole stock is $486.95. The .45-caliber Accura is only available in stainless steel with a Realtree APG HD thumbhole camo stock and is priced at $547.95. The .50-caliber with Realtree APG HD thumbhole camo stock also is priced at $547.95. Too, we’ve upgraded the stock, so the checkering pattern on the stock is rubberized, making the rifle more comfortable to hold.
