As April 16th, 2012 arrives, so does several developments here at Haastyle Hunting.
1. The Premier of the 2012 Intro/Promo Video For Haastyle Hunting
After many hours behind both the camera and computer, the 2012 intro/promo is finally ready for all of you to enjoy!!! We are so pumped to have all of our fans and viewers watch this promo and show you what Team Haastyle is all about. This is just the beginning for what is about to happen here at Haastyle Hunting. The train is leaving the station, so if you havnt gotten your ticket, you better hurry up because the next stop is "Season One: The Early Years". You won't want to miss it!!!!
2. Discount On All Apparel in the Online Store
If you havn't already, make sure to check out our online store and look at our two t-shirts we have currently on sale. This week we are putting on a special discount on both items in which we are calling the "Promo Premier Discount". This week starting Monday April 16th anyone who purchases a t-shirt will receive their shirt for $10.00 (normal cost $15.00). Make sure to stop by the SHOP page and buy yours this week!!!!
3. Final Round of Voting for the 2011/2012 Trail Camera Photo Contest
Since January 15th, 2012 our 2011/2012 Trail Cam Photo Contest voting has been going on. We have finally come to the final round of voting. We want to extend a big thank you to all of you who entered photos and voted on all of the photos. Voting for the final round ends May 15, 2012. At that time we will award the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and start receiving your photos for the 2012/2013 Trail Cam Photo Contest. THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!!!
The extremely mild winter has brought us an early spring, which means one thing......Food Plot Season has officially begun!!!!!!!! This year we will be putting a twist on the Frigid Forage Weekly Update. Instead of a picture update like last season, this year will be centered around a video outlook on growth of our plots as well as the work that goes into putting a plot in. We can't wait to start laying down some seed and satisfy our inner gardener!!! Keep coming back to the website and see if the plottin action has begun!!!!
Also, if you are in need of getting your seed. Use what Team Haastyle uses and stop by www.frigidforage.com today and place your order today. Tell em' Team Haastyle sent you.
As each day in March pwe all get closer to seeing the premier of the Haastyle Hunting webisodes!!! It has been a fun and long journey upto this point and we can't wait to share all of our good times and even some sad times with all of you!!! Keep checking back to both our website and facebook page for official release dates!!! Are you all ready to get Haastyle?!?!?!?!
We would like to take the time and introduce to all of you our two newest affiliations....
Fenceline Design and Timber Hill Farms. Fenceline Design has been with a major part in the advertising and marketing for Haastyle Hunting. All of the graphic design work you see on our website and social network pages were created and finalized by our very own pro-staffer, Joe Haas. When it comes to graphic design, Joe definitely is on top of his game. If you are currently looking for a company to create a logo or do some photoshop work for your, check Fenceline Design out. You won't be disappointed!!!!
Timber Hill Farms was established in 2011 with two farms. The main farm and our pro-staffers, Seth and Andrea Gade's home, is located in the Drumlins near Eden, WI. This 40 acre section is the base for all of the farms operations, and where their horses and dogs are located. Their satellite farm, is 240 acres in Southwest Iowa. Both farms are utilized greatly in the production of our show, Haastyle Hunting. We film deer, turkey, and pheasant hunts on both of these properties.
Not only is Timber Hill Farms a great place for us personally, but they also produce some of the nation's greatest hunting dogs and working cow horses!!! I have personally worked behind these dogs, brought one of their pups into my home, and rode these horses!!! All I can say is, PHENOMENAL!!!! If you are looking for a great horse or spectacular hunting dog, check Timber Hill Farms out today!!!
The crew at Seemz Technology have decided to close their doors after four years in the business. They developed, in our opinion, the best scent elimination system on the market. We swore by their products and wouldnt have shot some of our animals without the use of them. We at Haastyle Hunting wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Thanks again for your partnership!!!
We would like to take the time to welcome two new sponsors on board for Haastyle Hunting. The first company is a leader in bullet production and we have used their bullets religiously for the past several years, WELCOME TO TEAM HAASTYLE BARNES BULLETS!!!! We will be putting your bullets back to work for shortly here, when myself and pro-staffer Kevin Pettit head down to Arizona for Javelina at the end of February. Check out their great bullets at www.barnesbullets.com
The second company you all know from my "Frigid Weekly Updates". Welcome Frigid Forage to our team. We can't wait to get back out and get your seed into our food plots for another outstanding year. Below is a video of some deer in one of our annual food plots with the Big N Beasty Brassica seed blend. Make sure to check out this great seed company at www.frigidforage.com.
p.s. The camera used to capture this great video was a DLC Covert Extreme TL... Talk about great IR Video!!!!
We would like to take this time to send out a big welcome to the newest sponsor of Haastyle Hunting........Blackhorn 209. Blackhorn 209 is a low residue, high performance propellant for muzzleloaders and black powder cartridges that consistently shoots at higher velocities and with greater accuracy than all other muzzleloader powders. In fact, if you compare our benefits with other powders, you will quickly see that Blackhorn 209 absolutely smokes the competition.
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Now that the Wisconsin firearm season has come to a close, its time to share with all of you my story of the buck I took this past thanksgiving day, otherwise known as "The Ghost" In order to understand this story to the fullest, we must go back in time to early September before any hunting season had opened up here in Wisconsin. Trail cameras were up and the food plot was still growing, and well the big bucks just didnt quite want to show themselves on camera yet. After months and months of checking our DLC Covert scouting cameras, no mature bucks were showing up on Haastyle Acres other than a nice 3 1/2-4 1/2 that we had named "Krueger" in the previous season, in which was just on the borederline of being a shooter buck. I was down in the dumps at the end of August (which is usually when I get my mature bucks on cam). However, the week of September 4th thru September 10th would prove different from the past few months.  As I went around my property picking up SD cards, I didnt expect anything big to show up on camera. I replenished my mineral sites, swapped out cards, and headed back to the house. I plugged in the various cards and ran through the pitures and the usual suspects showed up, yearlings/2-year olds/does/and raccoons. However ,as I went through the card from my Covert ll that was down in the bedding area of my property, I came across a somewhat eerie picture of a big buck coming to my mineral site. I could tell this was definitely a big buck but with somewhat of the rack almost being seethrough, but I could not tell just how big he really was.
In order to get a clear opinion, I instantly clicked a photo with my cell phone and sent it off to some of the Haastyle Crew. Instantly I received responses from Joe, Seth, and Jeff. All gave me the some opinion...SHOOTER BUCK. As Jeff came by later we came up with a name, "The Ghost", due to the eerie appearance of this mature buck in the picture. The saga had now begun to harvest this impressive animal.
Before I knew it, archery season had come and gone. Though it was successful due to seeing many deer and even a couple of three year olds that I had on camera throughout most of the summer, I still did not see any sign that "The Ghost" was still running around the area. With my head down, and my dreams of taking this animal going down the drain, I had almost chalked up the season as a failure when it came to harvesting a mature buck. However, maybe the Wisconsin gun season will be the time to redeem myself. The week before the opener was upon us and I was as excited as a lil' kid in Toys R' Us.  Opening day arrived and I sat, and sat, and sat longer until finally I seen my first shooter of the season. An eighteen inch wide eight point came out of a pine plantation on our property and stood on top of the hill just as if he were Bambi's dad. However, this ol' buck knew better than coming down the hill. He stayed out of the comfortable range of my muzzleloader (255 yards). As he walked off, I figured that would be the only shooter I would see all season. As the opening weekend came and went, I went back to work with my head down once again and a feeling of defeat slowly coming upon me. As Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday came to a close, my mindset changed from being down in the dumps to a feeling that a buck is going down this coming week.
Thanksgiving Day had arrived and all of Team Haastyle was excited to hit the woods up again for a big ol' swamp buck. My dad and I went over the game plan in our wood shed and finally headed off to our stands one hour before light. I arrived at "The Log Cabin in the Sky" and climbed up into my home on stilts for the day. Up went the shooting windows and in went the Blackhorn 209/Barnes TEZ/ and CCI primer into my Omega. I was now ready to put the whack n stack on a big mature buck. The sun started to rise in the east just as a doe came out of a stand of pines to the west. However, she was not just walking on out, she was zig-zagging and trotting across an old food plot of mine. Right behind her was another deer, ITS A BUCK! I grabbed my binoculars and glassed the deer. It was one of the two year old bucks I was watching throughout the year and he was hot on his girlfriend's trail. I watched as the two lovers trotted into my marsh. As I watched these two deer disappear into the jungle of cattails, I heard several low grunts coming from the same direction from which the two deer had came from. As I swung to look out that window, a tall racked, big bodied buck busted out of the woodline. I instantly knew that this was my shooter buck for the year. As if it were a part of my body, my T/C Omega went up and the hammer was cocked back. The big ol' buck stopped for one last time before busting in the marsh. However, what he didnt know is someone was about to get Haastyle on him!!! With a squeeze of the trigger, I ignited the Blackhorn 209 and the 250 gr. "Fist of Death" went barreling into his body cavity.
Smoke filled the air as I watched the magnificent animal barrel back into the woods from where he had originally came. The buck barreled through the woods like he just stole somebody's wallet. I thought that I had seen what I call "the death run". This is when the animal's body is mere inches from the ground and it almost appears as if their legs are above their head due to them running so hard. It had happened so fast that I sat back in my chair in awe. I tried my hardest to give the buck a half hour of time just in case it wasnt a very good hit. I got down from the "Log Cabin in the Sky" and headed to where the excitement happened. I looked around for blood but could not find any sign of a hit. I started to worry, but knowing where I had seen him last in the woods, I started to head that direction. As I slowly walked up the trail I noticed something bright white catching my eye in the wood line. Could this be my buck? I went from a slow walk to almost a jog. I came up to the spot only to be disappointed that it was just a downed hickory tree. I instantly went from a little worried to about ten times more worried. As I turned to the right to head back to get my dad to help me track, I noticed a tall, tall rack attached to a deer laying on its side. MY BUCK! MY BUCK! OH MY GOSH!! HE'S HUGE!!! I walked on up to the animal and the rack only grew larger as I came closer. As I went to grab the rack, I realized....it's "The Ghost".
I couldnt believe that the buck that I had only one eerie picture of from Sept. 6th had made a mistake on Thanksgiving Day. The season had finally turned around and surprised me with this great buck. I went to my knees and bowed my head, thanking God for this magnificent animal. I went back to get my dad to show him just exactly what I had just harvested. I will always remember my dad's first impression going up to my buck and the sense of pride that he had that his son had harvested such a great animal. What an incredible experience to give thanks for. I also give thanks for the friends and family that have celebrated this remarkable animal with me. What a great Thanksgiving Day!
This past week both our staff and our affiliates have laid down a couple of bruiser whitetails!!!
Iowa
This past Monday, November 7th. Our affiliate and one of the amazing guides at Wicked Whitetail Outdoors, Max Jacklin went out on his birthday with hopes of whacking a big Iowa whitetail!!! After seeing plenty of bucks, along with five shooter bucks. Max had the buck pictured below give him the exact opportunity he wanted on his birthday. Max drew back his Mathews and let an arrow fly right into this beast. Talk about a great birthday present. We are proud to say we are affiliates with Wicked Whitetail Outdoors and if you are looking for a spectacular semi-guided archery/shotgun/muzzleloader hunt in Southwest Iowa make sure to check these guys out!!!
Wisconsin
It wasnt too long after I got word about Max's monster Iowa buck that I received a text from my uncle that he dropped the big nine point that he, Joe, and Matt were all gunning for. After all three guys seen the buck, none could ever connect with this big ol' Wisconsin slob. He got as close as ten yards from his monster but the opportunity slipped through his hands. However, what this buck didnt know, is the amount of dedication my uncle truly has when it comes to bow hunting. The buck made one more fatal mistake in front of Tim and away the arrow flew. A slightly far back hit had Tim nervous however. After the three boys tracked and tracked they could not find any signs of this swamp monster. After a day and a half of looking my uncle finally stumbled onto his biggest buck of his life. What a buck!!! The buck ended up grossing 157 inches with a spread that almost touched the 23 inch mark!!!! Congrats Tim and way to get Haastyle on a big Wisconsin Hoss Buck!!!!!!!
First off I would like to say I hope all of you are having a successful deer season thus far. A lot of big deer have been taken and I'm sure a bunch more have only limited time.
Here is an update of what Team Haastyle has been up to:
September:
Well September had our team pumped for the start of Wisconsin's Archery Season. We seen a lot of potential shooters for the upcoming years but no one on our team could connect on one the big boys on our hit list. However, our co-host Seth Gade put the smackdown on two does to help fill the freezer! October:
After laying to does to rest, Seth continued his roll on out to Wyoming where he had a Pronghorn tag. Along with his .243 rifle Seth made the stalk on these speedy lil' guys and after a couple ups and downs he got into range of an incredible pronghorn (pictured below). With 30mph winds and a incredible range of 400 yards...Seth whacked n stacked his first speed goat!!!! While Seth was busy smacking his goat, I was down in the great state of Iowa with our special guest for the season, Justin Fuchs. Even though the rut wasnt going on yet, we had to get down to hopefully get Justin an incredible Whitetail buck on opening weekend of the Iowa Archery Season. However, whacking and stacking a big ol' whitetail wasnt in the cards for us that weekend. We seen some awesome bucks but none were quite in the class that Justin wanted. But we have already planned our next trip down there which is only a short two weeks away and by then the bucks should be running around like crazy. We cant wait to see what destiny has waiting for us.
As for our Wisconsin hunting...it has been slow in the month of October. Seth, Joe, and myself have all seen shooter bucks but with no luck shooting them. I even had an encounter with a mongo eight point back that was named "Santana". I had him at 30 yards with no clean shot. However, it was great seeing this great 8 again and knowing he is still alive and running is a relief to me. We cant wait to get into the peak of the rut and whack ourselves some of these big boys.
TRAIL CAM CONTEST!!!!
Remember that our trail cam contest is still going on. We still arent seeing as many pictures as we would like to and hope that yall start sending some more in to us. There are some great prizes up for grabs. Make sure to stop by the Trail Cam Contest Page on the website and start sending your pictures into zach@haastylehunting.com.
p.s. keep coming back as some of the pictures for the contest will begin showing themselves up on the trail cam contest page!!!
T-SHIRTS FOR SALE!!!
Not only is our trail cam contest still going on but our official Haastyle Hunting t-shirts are up for purchase in our Shop page. Pick yours up today to show your friends that you are indeed Haastyle with us.
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