Deer on the property!!!

I am getting very excited for deer hunting this year. I think this might be the first year of getting one on the family property. Here are some photos from my game cam.

Nature Balance Wellness - Bug Balm

So Nature Balance Wellness (NBW) contacted me and wanted me to test out their Bug Balm. Since it is fishing season and mosquitoes are very prevalent in my area I took the opportunity to test it out.

Once I got it in the mail a week or later from Ontario, Canada. The first thing I notice on the label is that it is 100% organic and has no animal products. 

When I opened the box I found a Glue stick like applicator. When I used it for the first time in my house the first thing my Wife and I noticed was the smell. It's not a bad smell just a very strong piney smell. You do get used to it after a few minutes but it is very pungent.

When I put it on it is kind of greasy but it does rub into the skin.


The next weekend I attempted to go camping with my family. When we arrived to the camp spot we were greeted by one billion of our closest  friends.  The mosquitoes were swarming the truck by the hundreds.  I looked at my wife and two and a half year old daughter and was like well the lake house is only 3.5 hours away lets go. But first I thought I would test out the NBW Bug Balm. I was in shorts and and long sleeve shirt. Before I put the balm on I was killing four to five mosquitoes every slap of the legs or face and I did recived a few bites on my legs.  After I got the balm on the mosquitoes wouldn't land on the areas that had it on. Just a couple rubs of the balm stick and then rubbing it into the skin was all that was needed. THIS STUFF WORKS!!!! 

 I never felt the itching of the bites.

A few mosquitoes landed on my hands with the balm on but immediately left once they touched down. Every where I didn't have the balm the mosquitoes would try to get in IE my nostrils and up my shorts (NOT FUN)

I will use this product when ever I am in mosquito infested areas if i have to be there.

These are the downsides, If you leave the balm in the truck on a hot day it will melt like chap stick making it harder to use.  The smell is a little strong, I would not recommend to any archery hunter who needs to get close to game.

My tips to the NBW, if you want to sell to hunters and outdoors-men then change the labels, make it more rugged looking and leave out the part of it being vegan. Put it in a better applicator making it easier to use. If possible try to tone down the smell a bit.


Over all I think this is a great product, So good that I want to give one away on this page. If you want to try this 100% free like R-DUB Outdoors on Facebook and post a comment below saying you did so. On August 15th I will do a random number generator to pick the winner and will send you your very own stick of this product.



Disclaimer: I received this product for free from NBW. These are my opinions and mine only. I was not paid and gave my truthful opinion.

Best of June game cam and other pics

These two are from my game cam set up over my Acornrage pile.

This was taken off the porch thanks to my wife.



I have seen lots of bucks so far this year. Things are looking good. I just want to get some more on the game came. I think in July I will get my second came going.

Marmot Hunting

First Marmot Hunt of the Year

I decided today was going to be the day I was going to go out and do my first "Pest" hunt of the year. This means I would be targeting Marmots and pigeons. I go to a local ranch where the pigeons nest in the barn and the Marmots tear up the pastures. Today was going to be even better because Maddy was with me.

As soon as I came through the gate I see the first marmot sunning on a log. I get out and for the first time use my Gorilla shooting stick. Since it is a monopod and it is the first time I have ever used one like this, I was a little unsteady and missed at about 50 yards. But it still felt good to be out and after the first shot I got a full whiff of fresh burnt gun powder, which is one of my favorite smells.

The next one I saw at about 150 yards, I put a sneak on in and got within about 40 yards. This one wasn’t as lucky as the first one.




The next two were close to each other. I saw the third one walking through the grass at about 10 yards and closing. I had my scope on 12 power and I could see it was carrying something in its mouth. I figured it was a clump of grass. When I shot it was so close it was fuzzy and I missed. I racked the bolt and powered down my scope to 4 power. When I shot the first time the Marmot just froze. The next shot was easy at about 7 yards. When I took that shot about 20 yards away the fourth one popped its head out of its hole and I took that one out as well. When i walked over to retrieve the third on I found that it did not have grass in its mouth but a newly born baby marmot. I did feel a little bad putting the baby out of its misery.

Next I went over to the barn and found two pigeons sitting and feeding off of a salt block. I was able to set up the camera to get video of the shot. Just as I shot the bird started to look up and the shot was just a little left. So instead of a DRT shot it took about 20 yards of flying to realize he was dead.

I had a great couple hours out with my daughter hunting and I look forward to many years of it to come.

Spring food plots

So I bought a bag of throw and grow off of Amazon. I had different ideas of where I wanted to plant it. I have two other plots one of timothy grass and one a wildlife mix of grasses and other plants.

The trow and grow says you don't have to disc your soil for it to work. I decided to disc it anyway just for best results. I pull this old discing system with my old jeep, works great. I decided to plant it on the side of my property where I already have irrigation sprinklers to water. I also picked a spot like my other plots that you can see from the house

Since there is a 60 acre alfalfa field next door I am trying convince the deer to come to my property because I have better food than alfalfa.

I also decided to plant now because we are expecting some rain which will help grow the new seeds of clover, brassica and rye grass.

We just saw our first buck of the year last night running through the alfalfa with small velvet spikes, which I hope turn into a large 5X5.

I still have one more plot to plant. I normally plant sun flowers for the birds but I can't decide what to do this year.

I'm a chicken when it comes to turkeys.

It's turkey season here in Washington, and the outdoor network of writers is a buzz with turkey talk.

I took a drive up from my house a few days before turkey season and saw one the biggest Toms of my life. It just stood there waiting for me to shoot it. Since it was not turkey season I of course let it strut into the brush with it's harem of hens.

Now that it is turkey season I have yet to buy a license. I am afraid of wasting my time chasing ghosts, I have never before gone out and actually hunted for turkeys. I know, I know its not about the kill just getting out into the outdoors is what matters.

Well I think next year will be the year. I might go out with a friend this year and watch him hunt maybe try to film it. But the turkey tag is just not in the budget this year. But I do look forward to one day calling in a big Tom and learning the art of turkey hunting.