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Saturday, June 25, 2011
A Big Thank You!
Hey everyone if you didn’t already know I found a job in the hunting industry working for a company called North American Membership group. My position is the Social Media Editor for North American Hunting Club. I have had the job for about a month and a half, so far and I love it.
I first of all wanted to thank everyone who has read Ben G. Outdoors for the last couple of years and helped me along the way you all are great. I couldn’t have done it without you. There are so many people I want to thank; I hope I don’t miss anyone.
Number one on my list is my Wife Amber without her support I would have never been able to do any of this. In around about way my boys had an influence on me starting Ben G. Outdoors, so thank you Wyatt and Nolan.
Number one on my list is my Wife Amber without her support I would have never been able to do any of this. In around about way my boys had an influence on me starting Ben G. Outdoors, so thank you Wyatt and Nolan.
In the blogging world I would like to thank Elisabeth Peterson of Deer Passion . She was one of the first people to support me in my blogging effort, giving me great feedback about blogging in general, becoming my first friend on twitter, and as well as my very first guest post so thank you Elisabeth.
Jim Bratten of the Sportsman’s Blog has been so nice and forth coming with advice, support, and friendship I don’t know what I would have done without him. Jim is a great guy; I actually had the chance to meet him and was part of the Midwest Blogger Summit planning team. Jim Thank you a ton for your help, support, and friendship!
Next we have a couple of fellows who run great bogs Albert Rasch of The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles who helped me answer, so many questions, helped me spread the word about my contest, and was/still is a great person to bounce ideas off of. Thanks Albert!
Then there is Rick Kratzke of Whitetail Woods. He has giving me so much support over the last couple of years I can’t begin to say thanks enough. When no one else would comment on my posts I could be sure to get feedback and comments from Rick. Thanks so much Rick!
Then there is Rick Kratzke of Whitetail Woods. He has giving me so much support over the last couple of years I can’t begin to say thanks enough. When no one else would comment on my posts I could be sure to get feedback and comments from Rick. Thanks so much Rick!
of the Hunter’s Wife. Jody has helped me sort through Ideas and given me great advice on how to market my blog. As well as giving me a chance to do a guest post for her blog and try out my comedy writing (I think I’ll stick with outdoor writing). Thank you bunches Jody!
On the fishing side I can’t for get to thank Mel Moore, he was another great influence and gave me some great feedback as well as helping spread the word about Ben G. Outdoors. Thanks a bunch Mel!
I also have to give a huge thanks to Eddie Lee Rider of Land Report , and Sportsmans Life , without Eddie’s help I would have never had the chance to connect with Bill Miller of the North American Hunting Club in the first place. Eddie introduced me to Bill through email and gave me a stellar recommendation. Thanks Eddie I owe you one or more!
On the business blog side of things I have to thank Dayne Shuda. With his hunting business marketing web site (which I miss greatly) I learned so much about the industry and how to effectively present my blog. Because of his article The 50 best blog posts of 2009 where I received a 14 ranking I realized I may have under estimated myself as a blogger/writer. Thanks so Much Dayne!
Most of you in the outdoor blogging world will know this lady she has a blog called BulletProof Media Michelle Scheuerman. She is also the Director of Communications at The Sportsman Channel. Michelle invited me to Hunt Fish Feed in St. Paul, MN in 2010. She has helped me out greatly. Especially when I was about to give up on writing and blogging Michelle asked me to do a couple of articles for the Sportsman Channel's newsletter. I was like holy crap I must be able to write if she is giving me this chance. Thanks for everything Michelle!
Adam Dunnom of MyBuckStory.com has helped me out any time I sent him and email, or called him for advice. Adam has been a very big part of me learning how to market, advertise, and monetize my blog. Thank you Adam for all your help!
The boys at Foremost Media/Foremost Hunting Jon Ballard and Chris Larsen, these guys are; well awesome no other word can describe them. Jon basically redesigned my blog for me, and Chris has been a great help on twitter. I won’t forget to mention the fact that I was asked by both Chris and Jon to write a couple of articles for their site and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks a heap Guys!
I also would like to thank Joe and Rebecca of the Outdoor Blogger Network. There were a couple of times when I started to lose interest in blogging, when their great site got me back into it. Not only do they provide a great service to outdoor bloggers around the web, but they are wonderful people too. Thanks greatly Rebecca & Joe.
A few others I would like to thank Kari Murray, Mike Agneta of Troutrageous! , John Delaney of Fish Creek Spinners , Cory Glauner of International Hunting Consultants , Matt of The Functioning Fishaholics, Nicole Calleo of Hanks Clothing , Alexis Nascimento of Magnum Boots , Josh Mann of Some Fishing Blog , Lisa Jane of Hunt Like You’re Hungry, and Elle of Bullets & Biscuits I know I have missed more than a few people, so if I left you out I am deeply sorry.
Without every last one of these people I would have never had the opportunity to make it in the industry, so thank you all from deep down inside me for everything you have shared, shown, helped with, provided, advised, supported, responded, read, and done to help me on my journey. YOU ALL ROCK!
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Human Planet Review
Warner Bros. Entertainment was kind enough to send me a copy of the Human Planet DVD for review. When I first received the offer I thought well you know this is semi related to the theme of my blog. Well after watching it I proved myself wrong. It was more related to Ben G. Outdoors than I thought. Follow along and I will explain why you should get your own copy.
As I started watching this I first realized it was right up my alley I really enjoy learning about how other people, their cultures and where they live. This DVD Series has seven different episodes each focusing on a different places and how humans live in each of them. It soon dawned on me a lot of the human planet DVD showed how these different Cultures hunted and fished for their food. The more of these hunting and fishing stories I heard the more I knew that I would not hesitate to put this review up on the blog. I will give you a brief review of each episode and you can decide for yourself if you want to purchase the Human Planet DVD or Blue Ray disc. (I say two thumbs up for sure).
Episode one
Oceans
Wow I couldn’t believe some of the stuff I saw here, spearing whales the old fashion way with harpoons that were man powered. (They were crazy). My wife actually sat down to watch some of this with me and started to get into it too. Neither one of us could believe how one fellow free dove down 20 meters to the bottom of the ocean to catch a fish. He was under water longer than I thought a human could hold their breath it was just plain amazing. The Pa-aling fishermen were nuts. These guys used a diesel engine to pump air through small plastic hoses, so they could stay under water and chase fish into a net. Oh and they didn’t make very much money for risking their lives.
Episode two
Desert
I have never been to a real desert before so this episode was the one I had the hardest time relating to. At the same time I learned the most from this watching it. It starts out with a young fellow trying to find water for his cows, but has a run in with a herd of elephants. Another cool part is the Dogon people who don’t fish in the dry season except for one day when thousands of fisher men try and catch fish in a tiny lake filled with fish seems easy right; not at all you will have to get the DVD and see for yourself. The Gobi desert in Mongolia is the scene where a family winter their camels. The only problem, they have to deal with desert wolves (huh kind of sounds familiar doesn’t It.) and pregnant female camels not a good combination.
The Arctic
From Ice fishing for four days to catch a Greenland shark just to feed you dogs. To a polar bear patrol in Canada this episode hit home the most, being from Minnesota I could relate to some of the stories, but not nearly to the extremes these folks go through. A couple of my favorite parts of this episode were Narwhal hunting/fishing it’s crazy how stealth these guys have to be to get their prize. My other favorite part is the guy who catches Auks (birds) in a net as they fly past his hiding spot. Oh and he catches at least 500 in a day. This is something I think I would like to try.
The Jungles
One of the best ways to survive in the Jungle is to hunt for food and there plenty of examples of that in this episode, but hunting in the jungle is very difficult. Kids learn to hunt goliath trantultia so they can eat, but they have to watch out for the hair on the spiders back. These hairs when they get on your skin itch like crazy. Then you have a fellow climbing a giant tree with nothing more than a vine to secure him to get honey for his family. He also has to deal with bees when high above the forest floor. (This one kind of scares me). One of my other favorite parts is logging with elephants. Not only is it safer for the jungle, but it is cool to see how strong these elephants are.
Mountains
I miss the mountains I sometimes wish I live back in north Idaho. The first part of this episode is set in western Mongolia a father and son grab a baby golden eagle chick so they can train it and hunt foxes and wolves with it. You have to see this young boy protect his family’s fields around harvest time from monkeys. Another of my favorite parts is the guys who catch bats in a giant net. The create a path in the forest which makes a short cut over the mountain for the bats then they put up their net which can’t be detected by the bats.
Grass Lands
The grass lands typically mean bigger animals, like lions and kudu. One part of this episode I just don’t understand it the part with the Dorbo people of Kenya. These guys attempt to steal meat from a pride of lions (they are just plain nuts in my book). One part of this episode did remind me of hunting deer here in the states. A couple of fellows set up a blind near a water hole and waited for the kudu to come in close enough to shoot with their bows. This is the part that I don’t think I could handle they stayed in the blind for at least four days. Now that’s what I call a dedicated hunter. Last but not least the Maasai children speak to a bird called a honey guide and the bird leads them to honey of course if they do end up finding honey the share some with the bird.
Episode 7
Rivers
This episode starts out with a very dedicated fisher man who uses nets on the very treacherous Mekong River in Laos he risks his life everyday to catch only a few fish and feed his family. The other story in this episode that really sticks in my head was the Father, son, and daughter team who follow a frozen river for quite some distance in order for the son and Daughter to go to school.
Episode 8
CitiesThis episode has a lot to do with pests New York City kind of takes the cake here with rats. I didn’t realize how many rats actually live there. Let’s just say I won’t be eating in any restaurants there ever. The story about the guy who uses a Peregrine falcon (which by the way is the fastest flying bird in the world) to chase away pigeons has some very awesome camera shots. The falcon however sometimes gets caught up in the game of chasing the pigeons and doesn’t like to come back to its keeper.
Over all this is a great DVD series and I want to thank WB for sending me out a copy to review if you get the chance go buy a copy and see for yourself all of the amazing camera footage. Oh I almost forgot to mention the behind the lens stories after each episode they seem to pick the stories that were the hardest to shoot and show you behind the scenes footage of how they made it happen.
The series is now avalivle on DVD and Blue-ray at www.humanplanetblog.com
Thanks Ben G.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Wyatt Learning to Call
My oldest son Wyatt wanted to start using some of my turkey calls so I grabbed my locate call and let him give it a try. It ended up being about a half hour ordeal and he had a blast. He'll be locating Toms for me in no time. Watch out turkeys here comes Wyatt.
This is just a short clip of Wyatt blowing on the call.
This is just a short clip of Wyatt blowing on the call.
Do you know what call he is using?
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Review of Stuffitts Shoe Savers
My good friend Nicole at Hanks Clothing sent me this new interesting product to try out. They are called Stuffitts Shoe Savers. When Nicole first asked me to do the review I was like what the heck are these funny looking things. After I did a bit of research I agreed and thought they would be great tool to make my wife not cringe every time she walked by my shoes and hunting boots.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Review of the Magnum Work Pro Ultra WPi CT boots
*note: Magnum Boots supplied me Free of charge with a Pair of Work Pro Ultra WPi CT boots to test.*
To tell you the truth I have never been much of a boot guy other than of course my hunting boots. After wearing these boots for almost two weeks straight I think I’m beginning to like boots more and more. Follow along as I fill you in on how I put these brand new pair of Magnum Work Pro Ultra WPi CT boots through a series of tests to see how they would hold up. |
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
The Leap Frog Bloggers Prompt (1.2)
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Okay if you don’t know how this works here are the details. I am going to post a prompt whether it is writing, photo, or recipe (not likely as I’m not a good cook). If you would like to partake just fulfill the topic I select, link back to this post, leave a comment with the link to your post and I will pick my favorite one by Thursday of next week. Then who ever I pick will do the next prompt with the same rules. By the way this was started by Rory at R-Dub Outdoors. I hope you enjoy.
My topic is
Lost, Stolen, or Malfunction Gear which altered your hunting or fishing trip, and how did you overcome it?
I know this has happened to me on several occasions. Having my gun jam or my reel not function properly when I have a big fish on. The one that sticks in my mind the most is my first trout fishing trip with my Father-in-law and Brother-in-law.
It was about three years ago and I was super pumped to go on this fishing trip, so I went out and purchased a bunch of new gear, a small tackle box, a bunch of new spinners, a new net, a fishing rod that came apart in the middle, a new reel, and some new sun glasses.
After a four hour drive we stopped at the first river. I was so excited to use all of my new gear I forgot to zip my back pack all the way. I was fishing and having a blast when I decided to change my spinner. I looked into my bag and realized the top half of my new fishing pole was gone. At this point we had already walked a mile and a half up the river bank and let me tell you it wasn’t an easy walk.
Feeling rather deflated I walked back down stream looking for the top of my new pole with no luck. At least I had my ultra light which I had been fishing with the first hour of our trip and would have to use for the next three days.
On the way back down river I look all over again, but nothing I was so bummed. I was so looking forward to using my new pole.
What did I do to overcome this unfortunate situation? I was thankful I had brought two rods along, and concentrated on trout fishing and enjoying my time with my pals.
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