A little fun fact for you:  turkey hunting is actually the fastest growing type of hunting in the United States.  So more and more people are catching on to the fun and excitement that is turkey hunting.  If you are itching to get out there like I am, take a look at the infographic showing arrow shot placement for wild turkeys.

Here is a video from the guys at ThinkGeek demonstrating the snowball launching crossbow in action.  Although they are short on snow, they’ve found a creative work-around involving yummy snack cakes.  I wouldn’t recommend buying those little snowball cakes and using them instead of real snow, however, because the stickiness could cause the weapon to misfire, or damage its inner mechanisms.  Since we are entering the coldest part of the year, you probably won’t have long to wait for the real stuff anyway.

The call of tradition is a loud one.  Once people get slightly interested in bow hunting, they tend to go all out researching the history and best use of the bow, and they want to know what kind will be the best to use.  People are just as enthusiastic about their bows as gun users are about their weapons — and maybe even more so.  Bow design and use dates back to the most primitive days of civilization, and so there is a romance involved in taking up the bow rather than a gun, and going one on one against nature.

Here is a video that can teach you more about how bows are made and what makes them so excellent to own and use.

Be sure to check guidelines in your own state before you adhere to any dates listed above.  State guidelines must conform with these federal ones in so far as they might fall within them, but exact dates in your state may fall anywhere inside of these dates.  Also, be sure to obtain any permits for doe hunting.

Here are a few more useful points to consider:

The following are things that are legal during bow hunting season.

• to be afield with both gun and bow or with a gun and any arrows, except that persons who have a concealed weapon permit may carry a concealed handgun for self-defense only.
• to hunt with a crossbow and/or have a crossbow afield except for the holders of Class Y or YY permits during designated archery seasons. Crossbows must have:
  • a draw weight of at least 125 pounds.
  • a working safety.
  • bolts at least 18 inches long.
  • broadheads with at least two cutting edges at least ¾ inch in width.
• to hunt deer with arrows having less than two sharp cutting edges, measuring less than ¾ inch in width.
• to use a bow-locking device, except with a modified bow permit issued by the Director.
• to use an arrow with an explosive, drug-laced or poisoned head or shaft.

Enjoy the video clip.

Mounted archery is one of the world’s most difficult skills to master in real life.  It can take years to become even slightly competent at horseback archery.  Link makes it seem so easy!  But in the words of the Gerudo Master herself:

Some of the first Robin Hood tales are William Langland’s Piers Plowman stories in which a character confesses: “I know not perfectly my Pater noster as the priest  singeth,/ But I know rymes of Robyn Hood and Randolf Erl of Chestre.”  Implicating that the priest character is a slackard in learning his prayers, but avid in memorizing stories of Robin Hood, seems to be the case.

So, here is an infographic that might shed some light on the reality of Robinhood.  Click to expand! Enjoy it:

You don’t need a noble thief to protect your family from crime, as long as you have a home security camera.