Alps Outdoors - Rhino Hunting Chair Review

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After turkey season was over and I was all done with my filming I decided it was time for a new and better blind to hunt and film from. I decided on a Barronett Blinds-Grounder 250 blind. It is a 5 hub design and the setup and take down is as fast as it gets. You can set the blind up in a matter of a few seconds.

Once the blind arrived and I was trying it out, I realized the window sills were right about arrow hgt. for me when I was kneeling. I am only 5'6" so for a taller guy this might not be an issue.

Of course, if you are going to sit in a blind for any amount of time and be comfortable, you need a chair or stool of some sort. That started me looking for a light weight chair with a back support that would solve all these issues.

I settled on the "Alps Outdoors - Rhino Stool". I guess they refer to it as a stool as it only has 3 legs but I would call it a chair. It only weighs 5lbs. and comes with a lifetime guarantee.

The only minor issue I have about the chair is that the back is pretty straight up. I needed to keep the weight down as the blind is 14lbs it self so a larger more comfortable chair was not really an option and it is certainly way more comfortable than a backless stool!

Other than that, it seems well built, gets my arrow above the bottom of the window opening of the blind and provides a reasonably comfortable seat without excess weight to pack in.

I f you are looking for a hunting chair I would definitely recommend it and here is a link where you can get more information or order one for yourself;

Best of hunts,
Larry S.

Wierd Archery Shot!

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Bow season here in Florida is just around the corner. Yesterday, a friend and I brushed the cob webs off our bows and went out for a tune up on a 3D range. I was actually shooting pretty good for barely having touched the bow in months.

We had started off with some spot shooting to make some bow adjustments and moved on to the 3D targets. We had shot about 8 animals when we got to the end of the line where we found a big whitetail buck standing broadside at 42yds. Between us and the deer were several small pine trees and since we were both shooting at the same time, the kill zone was getting crowded by the right pine for me.

No problem I thought, I'll just slide it right alongside the tree and put it right in the pocket!

The shot immediately reported with the loud metal crack of my 2213 clipping a solid object......Damn it!
That arrow's ruined!

We headed down range to retrieve the pieces. What I found was a shot you could never reproduce in a million shots....... the shaft just barely clipped the left side of the pine sending the trailing end of the shaft into the tree. The section of the shaft at the fletching broke in  (2) places. One about 3" from the nock and another about 3" ahead of that, just in front of the forward end of the fletching.

The 3" center piece went spinning off to the left at a little less than 90 deg. and impacted a small pine about 3 1/2 feet to the left. The incredible part was that this piece hit the pine ass backwards, straight on and actually embedded into the tree!

It took me a minute to figure out just what had happened and locate all the pieces. I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like it.

Looks like it's time to build some more shafts!

Larry S. 

Cougar Numbers on the Rise as Reported in SCI-News.com!

This report on cougar numbers was posted on SCI's news web site, SCI-NEWS.com and the summary below is from their news letter. Just click on the link to view the full report.

  Cougars Reverse 100-Year Decline: “Scientists have found that cougars, or American mountain lions, are re-emerging in areas of the United States, reversing 100 years of decline. The research,  published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, raises new conservation questions, such as how humans can live alongside the returning predators. ‘The cougar population declined dramatically from 1900, due to both hunting, and a lack of prey, leaving the remaining population isolated to the American west,’ said lead author Dr Michelle LaRue of the University of Minnesota. ‘Here we present the hard evidence that the western population has spread, with cougar populations re-establishing across the Midwest.’ Three main cougar populations exist in the Midwest centered around the Black Hills in South Dakota, however, cougars are venturing far outside of this range. One male cougar from the Black Hills was found to have traveled 2,900 km through Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York, before ending up in Connecticut.” (Source: sci-news.com) http://bit.ly/N3v5sk

I am  a member of SCI and an official measurer for their record keeping system. If you are a sportsman I would recommend that you join and support an organization such as this that is working to maintain our right to hunt.

Best of Luck,
Larry S.