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Spring Turkey Hunt with Bobby Haley with The CVA Apex

With the thunderous bark of the CVA Apex 12 Ga Turkey Barrel and a cloud of feathers, the tom lay dead. After high fives and pictures it was my turn behind the Apex. Continue reading

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Kentucky Turkeys from James Blankenbeckler with The CVA Apex

I turned on my Vortex red dot scope put the CVA Apex on the Bog Pod and tried to control my excitement as the bird continued to close in a hurry. He came all the way into the decoys and we milked the footage as long as we could until Adam gave me the word. Continue reading

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A Family’s CVA Muzzloader Deer Hunt with Forrest Armke

I have a lot of confidence in the CVA .50 caliber Optima. I load the gun with two Pyrodex pellets and a 250-grain Hornady Bullet. One of the guides here at the Ford Ranch uses this same gun with 3 pellets to take elk. This guide has been so impressed with how accurate the gun shoots, that when Shannon Mason hunted with us in 2010, he suggested we let her shoot that gun to take her first deer. When we were prepping the gun for Shannon, I was really impressed with the trigger pull. Continue reading

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Dan Mortensen from Campfire Stories and his CVA Scout

On this hunt, the CVA Scout rifle would be at my side as I hiked the ridges, mountains, and prairies, searching for that elusive muley buck. At about 5 ½ pounds (we’ll say 6 with a scope) I barely knew I was carrying a gun at all—although I was quickly reminded on the 5th day when I let the hammer fall on this public land bruiser. Continue reading

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Deer Calls for CVA Muzzleloader Hunters With Tony Smotherman

I believe that the snort/wheeze is one of the most-effective deer calls I’ve ever used. I’ve found it to be especially effective when I’m hunting in the Midwest where the buck-to-doe ratio is much closer to 1:1. Although I’ve said that the deer call is only 30-percent effective, I never go into the woods without one. Continue reading

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