2013 Fishing And Hunting Information For Your Smartphone

Great use of technology, but how can it not be available for the IPAD. Did they not see the millions being sold every day? What were they thinking?

ATLANTA, GA- Just released: DataSport's incredibly popular FishCast and HuntCast 2013 with activity times from The Fish & Game Forecast and HuntTimes and FishTimes 2013 using peak times from Doug Hannon's Moon Clock calculator. Newly designed for the 2013 hunting, fishing and birding season, all of the apps boast four new elements. 1) Peak activity periods for an extended season stretching from December 1, 2012 through January 31, 2014; 2) Weather for any place in the US; 3) Sunrise/Sunset times for your location and 4) A flashlight that lets you find your way in the dark. (not available on iPad).

"Everyone knows that the best time to go fishing and hunting is whenever you can get the time," said John Lehman, DataSport, Inc.'s President, "but very few of us have that luxury. So we count on these great products to help us select the times that we're more likely to catch fish or see birds, game or any kind of wildlife."

Finding the best weeks for your fishing or hunting trip is another way in which The Fish & Game Forecast book and Hannon's Moon Clock and their respective apps can be of assistance. The theory is that most successful outdoor experiences have been proven to occur during periods of peak activity. We can predict when these periods of peak activity will occur by understanding the effects of the sun and moon on the earth and how these relational movements affect living things. If you could only hunt or fish one day of the week or month for a short period of time, wouldn't you want to go during a predicted peak of activity? In the short term, weather is the factor that affects these times most often and most strongly. DataSport's website www.moontimes.com is the place to order both The Fish & Game Forecaster and Hannon's Moon Clock for 2013 as well as find links to the App Store and Android marketplace.

Press Release found at the Outdoor Wire

Costas Halftime Commentary Anti-Handgun

Bob Costas' Sunday Night Football Halftime Commentary stands by Jason Whitlock, formerly of the Kansas City Star, in response to the weekend murder-suicide by Chiefs linebacker Jovan Becher. 

Costas begins with the typical made for TV drama discussing "perspective" without ever putting a stamp on individuals who need tramatic events to "put things into perspective". Personally, I think it would've come off much greater with something like "Please, those who need tragedies to continually re-calibrate their sense of perspective, Stop Reproducing." 

Costas then went on to quote Whitlock's commentary ; "Our current gun culture ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy. And more convenience store confrontations over loud music coming from a car will leave more teenage boys bloodied and dead. Handguns do not enhance our safety. They exacerbate our flaws, tempt us to escalate arguments and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it. In the coming days, Jovan Belcher's actions and their possible connection to football will be analyzed. Who knows? But here is what I believe - if Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Cassandra Perkins would both be alive today." 

Such a dramatic summary! I do agree with what handguns in the possession of the unstable population creates...SUPERMAN. A glock on the hip gives the ability to stand where one should run, speak rather than walk away, and go places one shouldn't, you know basic "common sense". However, it is my right and I want to keep it.

I just have two things to say to Mr. Whitlock and Costas regarding "if Jovan didn't possess a gun, he and Cassandra Perkins would both be alive today."..."O""J".

SHOT Show 2013 - Products on my Christmas list

This year marks the 35th year of the SHOT Show and should be the best yet for professionals involved in the shooting, hunting, and law enforcement agencies.

Every year I'm amazed at the qualiy of exhibitors and enjoy seeing all the new and innovative products to hit the market. As always, this year won't disappoint attendees. Although, it's not open to the public, it's website allows us unfortunate souls the ability to take a look at everything we can dream of to add to this years Christmas list.

Although I expect Santa to bless our humble abode, I don't envision much of the following list to appear Christmas morning. I'll start with a couple stocking stuffers I found that peaked my interest.

As a father of four, we like to spend a lot of time outside. A unique concept in today's age of television, Ipads, wii games, and computers. Living in Texas, mosquitos are a constant menace and the only thing driving us indoors. I found a company called BugBand, advertising as the natural insect repellent company. They have a wide array of products from wrist bands, toweletts, and pump sprays, but I especially want to try their spreadable repellent for the yard and gardens. I'll be sure to follow-up with a product review this spring.

A company called Nite Ize, offers an LED flashlight I have to have for my collection. It's called the INOVA X2 and the website states "it has an effective range of 443 ft. and its beam can be seen in the dark up to two miles." This may be a little overkill for your typical blood trail, but what a enjoyable way to annoy the neighbors or flash speeding cars coming down the road.

I come from a family of pheasant hunters and a product I should've come up with years ago is the Quick-Shot holster from Peregrine Field Gear. When walking for pheasants, I would sometimes rest the shotgun on my upper thigh, the Quick-Shot holster is a simple and yet engenious way to not only support your shotgun or rifle, but keeps it in a convenient and safe shooting position. It seems to have been on the market for several years, but it's the first time I've come across it.

I guess it was only a matter of time before Smartphones made its mark on the outdoor industry. Not sure how much traction it'll gain, but defintiely something cool to try sometime. The company is called IScope and offers a patent-pending Smartphone scope adapter which allows the user to see a full-screen  view of what you would normally see through your scope. You will now be able to aim, shoot, film, and share your hunt immediately to the online world. Pretty amazing...you have to check it out!

Before I leave this earth, I have to have a shotgun made for me by FAMARS. They've been building smallbore guns with lavish engraving since 1967 and I find the workmanship and detail of their guns to be more like a work of art. A particular favorite is the Leonardo Over-and-Under sidelock with its meticulous design detail. It probably costs as much as my home, but after the kids finish college, the house is paid off, I've sold my company, retired, and struck oil, I had to bookmark this site.

Being in Dallas, TX, I want to be able to drive up to the car pool lane in style with my SUV from Lenco. Lenco is the nation's leading designer and manufacturer of tactical armored security vehicles and is a must have if you think you are more important than you actually are but really cool nontheless. The Lenco Bearcat VIP SUV Model is a personal protection vehicle that offers significantly higher ballistic and blast protection than is possible in an armored suburban and of course, offers optional blast seats. This vehicle is a beast and when the website states "to protect the security of our customers, the remainder of this section and additional information is password protected and is only available to Law Enforcement, Military, and Government Agencies", you know you're not dealing with the ordinary family SUV.

There is a ton more exhibitors to review, I think about 1,600. So if you have a few hours to take a peak at all the amazing companies for all your hunting, fishing, and tactical needs, head on over to SHOT Show.org and enjoy.

Summary of List

1. BugBand
2. Nite Ize
3. Peregrine Field Gear
4. IScope
5. Famars
6. Lenco

A formal introduction

I realized I've never properly introduced my little "tribe" in all the time of doing this blog. When I first started, internet security seemed to scare me off, but nowadays I feel more comfortable posting personal images.

So when I started the blog, I thought I would create a name that is part of the whole family so I introduced myself to the online world as Rod McBellanic. "Rod" is part of my last name Rodvold, "Mc" is after the our oldest boy Mac, "bella" is for our twin daughter Isabella, and "nic" is for our twin son Nicolas. I guess I never considered any more in the pipeline, so I'll just introduce the youngest Joaquin. My god-given name is Chad and I am married to a lovely latina momma, Amparo, who will not allow to be photographed or posted to the online world. Daddy must keep momma happy!

Try taking a bike, trike, blade, scooter walk around the neighborhood while keeping the little varmints corralled. Thank God I grew up on ice skates in North Dakota; I typically put on roller blades to keep up and contain.

We live in Dallas, TX, but take the family home to North Dakota every fourth of July. There's nothing better than taking 'em home and letting them experience the great outdoors without having to worry about city things. They may be growing up in the city, but they love country life.

My favorite photo...note the youngest is missing. I keep trying to take another one with all four, but it never turns out.

My father, brother, and I with a nice whitetail I took bowhunting back home in 2005. My father has retired himself to camp cook and brother is a fireman in Denver, CO.

We try to go elk hunting in Colorado every year and I took this photo on a morning hunt. I've used the one on this blog for years and recently discovered it's sister photo. I don't remember finding anything at the end of the rainbow, but I know I have my "pot of gold" when I think of my family.

I hope to keep you informed about the happenings outdoors and every once in a while entertained through this blog. Thanks for coming by and I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season.