Growing up in southern Iowa, Blake Lefler obtained his passion for bow hunting from his father. An avid hunter, Blake’s father taught him the basics of hunting giant whitetails and since, Blake has made it a passion. Throughout the years, Blake has been blessed with the opportunity to pursue not only whitetails but wild turkey, elk, antelope, and exotic game species. In recent years, Blake, along with a few good friends, has dedicated himself to capturing his bow hunting season on film. Although Blake’s roots lie in the challenge of chasing giant whitetails, he has also made a career shooting target archery tournaments sanctioned by the NFAA, IBO, and USAA. A multiple time Iowa State Archery champion, when not in the deer stand, Blake spends much of his time training and traveling to professional archery tournaments.
Although the last two weeks have been an absolute emotional roller coaster in my personal life, everything is beginning to level out. Last weekend I had scheduled an annual hunt for my good friend Aaron Tacker and his dad Ray, but had began considering having to cancel the hunt due to my son Bryson [...]
So many of you may have been wondering why you haven’t seen any updates following my preparation for opening day of turkey season here in Iowa. As field staff member Kenny Hucks and I put a group of toms to bed on the eve of opening morning, we arrived back at camp (my home) [...]
Turkey season in Iowa is upon us and that means one thing; TP field Staffer Kenny “mayhem” Hucks is ready to cause some “floppage” opening morning! Hucks arrived at turkey camp this afternoon just in time to get some evening scouting in. Despite cold weather and an occasional rain shower, we observed several gobblers [...]
The 2012 turkey season is one that will always stand out in my mind for several reasons. First, It was a season of ups and downs that found me struggling to close the deal for myself. However, It was also the first time I guided two first time turkey hunters to their first birds. With [...]
A common question I get asked is when should someone replace their bowstring. With the quality of custom strings that are on the market today, bow strings are lasting longer than ever, but there is still no set amount of time, or specific number of shots a string will last through. To answer this question [...]
The 2012 deer season in Iowa treated me very well. I am a firm believer in the concept of “the harder you work, the luckier you get” and to me that quote pretty much sums up my 2012 season. My passion for chasing mature whitetail bucks drove me at a young age to preserve [...]
As a tournament archer and avid bow hunter, one of my goals is to educate and help the average bow hunter become a better archer. It is fair to say, that if I offered the average bow hunter an opportunity to hold steadier by bolting a certain part onto their bow they would take me up [...]
Last week I took a break from my rigorous shooting schedule, and found time to pull my remaining trail cameras and look for some sheds. In November I pulled about half of my cameras and left the other half up just to see what would show up as the winter months progressed. I fully anticipated [...]
