If you have some free time this weekend you should check out the Palmetto Sportsmen?s Classic.  The event is held this coming weekend (March 26, 27, & 28, 2010) at the State Fairgrounds in Columbia.  Frank Addington Jr (The Aspirin Buster) will be on hand with his bow at the archery show.  See information on Frank Addington Jr and more attractions

The Sportsmen?s Classic will host over 300 exhibitors with products and the latest technology in:

• Fishing tackle, rods and reels;
• Hunting supplies, tree stands, camouflage and archery equipment
• Boats and marine equipment and electronics
• 4 wheelers and supplies

Admission for this event is free for children 10 and under, $6 for ages 10 ? 59, and $5 for ages 60 and up. 

See the list of exhibitors that will be on hand at the Palmetto Sportsmen's Classic

Hopefully we?ll see you there at some point this weekend!
 

Regards,
 

Clint

 

Join us for our Hunter's Night Out

WeHuntSC.com is excited to host the WeHuntSC.com Hunter?s Night Out which will take place on Saturday, May 1st, 2010 at First Baptist Church Fellowship hall in Pageland, South Carolina.  We received a lot of feedback from the ?Food Plot Journey? with people wanting to know more so we?ve asked the organizations involved with the Food Plot Journey to come and present and they?ve all agreed! 

The subject matters for the evening will be food plot creation + maintenance and game management.  So if you?re interested in food plots or quality deer management, then round up your hunting buddies and come on out and join us.  The event is free!

The event will start at 5:30 and will last around 1.5 hours given the # of questions that get asked.  We will also have some food and drinks afterwards for anyone interested. 

Featured Speakers Background:

Keith Frachiseur ? Keith is the inventor of the a new concept in ATV plows..., his very own GroundHog MAX ATV plow.  Keith is from Georgia and is an avid hunter. Keith invented the GroundHog MAX ATV plow while thinking of creative ways to get food plots in those remote places where the big bucks hide out.  The GroundHog MAX ATV plow is owned by Monroe Tufline.  Keith is also knowledgeable about tractors & tractor parts.

QDMA Representative ? The QDMA representative will discuss the following:

• History of Quality Deer Management
• Background of Quality Deer Management Assoicaton
• The FOUR Cornerstones of QDMA
• Our Grass Roots Branch Network
• Our REACH Program

Mike Lee ? Mike is the Southeast Territory Manager for Tecomate Seed and hails from Alabama.  Mike is very knowledgeable about all things food plots!  Mike has years of experience planting food plots of all types and has an in depth understanding of how it all works.

Event Summary

Event: Hunters Night Out
Location: First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, Pageland SC ? Google Map to Location
Time: 5:30
Cost: Free
Featured Speakers: Mike Lee (Tecomate Seed), Keith Frachiseur (GroundHog MAX), & a QDMA representative
Subjects Covered: Food Plot Creation + Game Management
Event Contact:  Adam Smith ([email protected])
 

If you plan on attending the event, please submit the form on the Hunter's Night Out page so we can get a head count on the # of people so that we can have the correct amount of food on hand! -

Tell Us You're Coming Here

Regards,

Clint

	Tell'em what you think about their images and/or videos

While the new media module (the part of the application that lets you upload photos & embed videos) is way better than our previous photo gallery, it has been bothering me that we haven?t been able to comment on the photos and videos.  Sometimes the technical stuff takes longer to work through and communicate?especially when you?re planning a wedding, but now it is possible!  I?m pretty excited about it too.

If you go to the ?Game? pages or ?Trail Camera? page you will see (when you click on an image or video) that you can now post comments beneath the pictures while inside the lightbox.  Hopefully, this added functionality will better serve our audience? aka? you!

For all you tech-heads, this commenting feature is available via some major AJAX (asynchronous javascript & XML).  Matter of fact, the whole modal/lightbox effect is AJAX. 

Also, if you have been looking at the site a lot, when you first go to the site you may not see the images because the cached page in your computer.  You will need to press F5 or refresh in order for them to appear.  When it first happened, I thought I had somehow deleted all the images in the gallery and I almost had a heart attack, but then after I thought about it, it made sense. 

So ? comment away and tell Hoot how good his dogs look on the rabbit page!

Regards,

CBP
 

	Thermacell's New Lantern

The WeHuntSC.com team is excited to announce that Thermacell is sponsoring this year?s ?Turkey Video Hunt of the Year Competition?.  If you hunt turkeys in South Carolina and don?t know about Thermacell, then you need to be introduced? that is unless you just like to get bitten by mosquitoes.  Thermacells are a must have to hunt in any warm weather period of the year.  We use them during turkey season and early parts of deer season. 

This year Thermacell is releasing a new product called the Thermacell lantern which is what the competition will get along with a thermacell!  Here is an excerpt from Thermacell?s web site about their newly released lantern:

The Outdoor Lantern has many updated features: eight LEDs offer twice as much light as earlier ThermaCELL models; the easy-grip handle makes the lantern easy to carry or hang, and the lantern weight, at under a pound, makes transport a breeze. In addition, the lantern and mosquito repellent can be used separately or together.

?We have created a more rugged lantern for outdoor enthusiasts who want a portable, light-weight solution to mosquitoes. By offering customers a dual function lantern that has a highly effective repellent as well as illumination options, we are making outdoor activities safer and more enjoyable,? said Bill Schawbel, president of The Schawbel Corporation.

The ThermaCELL Outdoor Lantern operates on a single butane cartridge, which heats a mat releasing allethrin, a synthetic copy of a natural insecticide found in pyrethrum flowers, creating a 15 x 15 foot comfort zone. Each repellent mat provides up to four hours of protection and each butane cartridge provides up to 12 hours of operation.

The new ThermaCELL Outdoor Lantern features:

• Eight LED lights, with two illumination settings

• Twice as much light as previous ThermaCELL lanterns

• Up to 98% protection from mosquitoes, black flies and no-see-ums

• 15 x 15 foot comfort zone

• Easy grip handle

• Rugged outdoor structure

• Lightweight - 13oz

• Mosquito repellent operates on a single butane cartridge

• Light operates on four AA batteries (not included)

• Available February 2010

• MSRP: $29.99

 

If you follow the site, then you know that Thermacell has been with us since day one and we?re happy that they are sponsoring this year?s Turkey Video Competition.  To learn more about Thermacell, just jump on over to their web site at www.mosquitorepellent.com.
 

Regards,

Clint

	www.GearFrenzy.com

We are excited to announce that GearFrenzy has partnered with us to sponsor this year?s ?Turkey of the Year Competition?!  GearFrenzy is an up and coming online marketplace for all things hunting gear.  GearFrenzy has a lot of video from some of the outdoor pros on their site and they specifically talk about the products they use within the site.  If you haven?t checked out their site, you should give it a look at www.GearFrenzy.com

An excerpt from the GearFrenzy web page:

At Gear Frenzy, we believe choosing the right gear shouldn?t be hard, but with so many options, it can be difficult to know exactly what to buy!

To help you get ready for your next trip, we are teaming up with the best hunters in the industry, bringing you expert advice straight from the people you know and trust. Not only can you see the gear they use, but you can also see firsthand how and why they use it. It?s an experience like no other.

Get invited into Michael Waddell?s hunting shed, sit in the stand next to Tiffany Lakosky and do laundry with Mark Kayser! These are just some of the experiences you will have while at Gear Frenzy. And the best thing about it? We are just getting started!

So now that you know a little bit about them, feel free buy products from their web site and tell them that WeHuntSC.com sent you!

Regards,

Clint
 

If you?re around the Greenville area, or want to make a road trip in April, be sure to check out Trinity Baptist Church?s 2010 Sportsmen Fellowship!  Door prizes include:

• 10? Jon Boat &
• 12volt Trolling Motor
• .50 Cal. In-Line
• Muzzle Loader
• Fishing Poles & Tackle

The Sportsmen?s Fellowship will feature guest speaker Frank Addington Jr. aka ?Aspirin Buster? + many vendors will be present with displays!

Event Info:

Location:

Trinity Baptist Church
324 Belton Dr.
Williamston, SC 29697
864-847-5582
www.trinity-bc.org

Date: April 17, 2010
Cost: Tickets are $5 per person
Time: Doors open @ 11:00 am - Meal served @ 1:00 pm
For More Information: Call: 864-847-5582

EVENT FLYER

Regards,

Clint

The WeHuntSC.com team is excited to announce that Tufline?s GroundHog MAX is getting involved with WeHuntSC.com in more ways than one!  What is a GroundHog MAX you might ask?  A GroundHog MAX is an awesome attachment for 4-wheelers used to create remote food plots.  And by ?attachment?, I don?t mean a ?pull-behind?!  The GroundHog MAX attaches directly under the back end of an ATV.  Since the attachment can be flipped and carried in ?transport mode?, and is no wider than the 4-wheeler, so anywhere you can get the 4-wheeler?you can have a food plot.  What?s probably best is for me to show you a video of it instead of trying to describe it in words.  Check out what I mean?

Embedding that video sure saves me time trying to explain how it works!  Now that all you deer hunting, ATV owners are drooling, I?ll tell you how can you get one.  There are 3 ways that I know of? either win the ?Buck of the Year? competition next hunting season, go to your local Tractor Supply (after the first of April), or travel on over to www.ATVPlowPlus.com and place your order online. 

The thing that we deer hunters will love about the  GroundHog MAX is that it provides the possibility of creating food plots way back deep in the woods?that?s right?exactly where the big bucks like them!  I believe the GroundHog MAX will change the way hunters view food plots and food plot creation as the GroundHog MAX opens the door to new opportunies.  As you can see below, the WeHuntSC.com team is already busy getting our remote food plot underway and yes, we are using the GroundHog MAX to do so!

Hunters Night Out

If you read these blog entries, then you know that Mike Lee from Tecomate Seed is going to give a presentation at our ?Hunter?s Night Out? when he comes up in the Spring.  Keith Frachiseur, the inventor of the GroundHog MAX, has also agreed to speak that same day.  As I mentioned earlier, Adam Smith ([email protected]) is spearheading the ?Food Plot Journey? and our ?Hunter?s Night Out?.  We will provide more information as the time gets closer, but just know that Tecomate Seed & the GroundHog MAX representatives will both be on hand to speak and we?re looking into getting food there as well!

So all in all, GroundHog MAX will sponsor next year?s ?Buck of the Year? competition, co-sponsor our ?Food Plot Journey?, and will present at our ?Hunter?s Night Out? and we are glad they are on board.


Regards,


Clint 

• A $50 gift certificate to Bass Pro Shops
• A case of Wildlife Energy Drinks
• A Thermacell with a carrying case
• A Vinyl WeHuntSC.com sticker for your car/truck

In recent discussions with people, I?ve noticed a common thread.  The common thread is that we are getting ready to have a long, hard winter.  During one conversation, a wise man (as he called himself) told me that ?mother nature will take care of mother nature?.  He noted that one reason for all of the acorns this year was because nature had to get the animals healthy enough to make it through a tough winter.  This guy swears by it and even said ?Go write that on ?ye blog up?er on the internet?.  I did investigate and found other people indicating the same thing.  Here?s a link to a web site out of Boston where the writer denotes that a large acorn harvest points toward a tough winter.

• Woolly Worms: The wider the brown band, the milder the winter.  Also the greater the number of them late in the season also indicates a mild winter.
• Dandelions: Dandelions late in the season indicate a mild winter.
• Fog: The more fog in August the more snow in the winter. Another month we keep an eye on for fog is October. The same is true, the more fog during this month the worse the winter. 
• Persimmons: Cut in half, the inner part of the persimmon seed.  If this happens to look like a spoon it means grab the shovel and prepare for a snowy winter.
• Ants: Large ant hills in the summer means a cold/snowy winter. 
• Onion Skin: The skin of onions attempt to reveal clues about winter.   Thick skin means a cold winter with a thin skin leans towards a mild prediction.
• Apples: The same can be said of the skin on apples that are grown. 
• Leaves: The longer the leaves stay on the trees, the colder the winter. 
• August Temps: Hot temperatures in the first week in August usually means a cold winter. 
• Horses: Even a horse attempts to clue us in on upcoming weather.  If the hair on the horses mane is thin a mild winter lies ahead.   If it's thick, grab those thick winter parkas.
• Fall Thunderstorms: If they occur in the fall that indicates a cold winter. 
• Squirrels: The saying is if they have bushy tails it will be a cold/snowy winter.  
• Wind: A windy fall is often followed by a cold winter. 
• November: There is a saying that says a warm November yields a cold winter. 
• Corn: Farmers would always look at the corn shuck... the tighter the shuck the harsher the winter. 
• Birds: Bird watchers noted that when the birds migrate early that was a sign of a cold/snowy winter. 
• Nuts: The more nuts and acorns the colder the winter.
• Deer: Much like the horse, the thicker the hair on the neck the colder the winter.
• Hornets: We've all heard that the lower the hornet's build their nests the colder the winter.