Target Communications Outdoor Books

08/29/2024

08/27/2024

Some pretty flowers. What is the appropriate distance a practice target should be from house?
Discuss?

08/16/2024

More pictures of the Wisconsin River

08/01/2024

Did the ducks in the dells and saw some deer. Floated on the Wisconsin River

07/08/2024

Wild life, I’ve seen a deer 🦌 as well, maybe mid May

02/25/2024

Sad Sharon Osbourne News:
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01/30/2023

UPDATE -- IN THE LAND OF THE BEAR reading adventure,
plus ... RUSSIA/UKRAINE ... HOW SOON DO WE RETURN TO HUNT?
by Denny Geurink, author of "IN THE LAND OF THE BEAR" and a 30+-year veteran of Siberian brown bear and moose hunting and outfitting ... the first U.S.-based outfitter in Siberia ... and the Number 1 guide/outfitter there.
So, what’s going on today IN THE LAND OF THE BEAR?
I get asked that question often by hunters and fishermen, especially by those who have been there with me in the past and really enjoyed their time there. They wonder how the guides, outfitters, interpreters and various other people they met are doing.
“Hey Denny, how is (name) doing with this war going on between Russia and the Ukraine?” is a frequently asked, early question. The standard follow-up statement is: “I sure hope they are OK. I really enjoyed my trip there and can’t wait to go back! We were really treated well by everyone we met along the way. The Russian people were great.”
Yes, people are people, wherever you go! It’s the politics that always messes up everything!
I am still in contact with many of the people I worked with in Russia. But I don't dare mention any names as their emails and texts are more than likely being monitored. And what I write about them could get back to the wrong people.
They don’t like this war at all. First, it’s killing their business and, second, it’s like a quarrel among family members. As one outfitter told me, “My wife is from the Ukraine, and I have many friends in the Ukraine. It’s not good! It needs to end!”
Denny notes, "It’s like a family feud where the Big Brother (Russia) is picking on the little brother (Ukraine)."
What about getting passports? Passports are issued by the U.S. It's still possible to get a Visa via a Russian Visa agency in the U.S. Could U.S. hunters go through Alaska and into Siberia? Or do they have to come in through Moscow? They aren’t flying that Alaskan route right now. People would need to go through Moscow.
Russians can now own guns, but it is quite a lengthy procedure to work your way up to a high powered rifle.
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My book -- IN THE LAND OF THE BEAR -- will give you an insight into what the people in Russia are like ... how they live, what they eat, etc. Housing quality has improved a little, from then, but out in the country they are still way behind us ... like maybe the early 1900’s.
So, for you, today as you read this and read the book IN THE LAND OF THE BEAR, you need to make this more "outdoor adventure reading" ... a substitute for the real thing. It was never as expensive as people expected, and it most likely still won't be.
The book also will give you the high adventure and excitement of chasing big bears, big moose, big sheep and other wildlife in Russia.
Hopefully, we will be back there soon and resume the adventures!
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IN THE LAND OF THE BEAR, by Dennis Geurink, is an outdoor adventure book. Fascinating stories all, in 23 engrossing chapters. IN THE LAND OF THE BEAR is 284 pages, 6” x 9”, paperback, available at: 1) www.targetcommbooks.com or 2) on Amazon.
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Go to that same website -- ww.targetcommbooks.com -- and click on the BLOGS tab for a story about a scarily close bear encounter one of the author's hunting clients experienced in Russia.
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REVIEWS --
• “One of the best reads I've ever enjoyed! The history, personal accounts and natural history information are nicely blended. You hit it squarely with your comments on the friendship and no political boundaries at the one-on-one personal level.” Tom Watson, Camping Editor/Sportsmansguide.com & newspaper columnist

• "Hard to put down! I'd recommend this book to all my listeners!"
Gary Howey, Outdoorsman Adventures KTTM/KTTW-TV, radio interview
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10/14/2022

Taking Trophy Whitetails, an in-depth whitetail hunting how-to book is now available on Apple Books for download at the low price of $9.99

You can see and purchase it here: https://books.apple.com/us/book/taking-trophy-whitetails/id6443836298?ls=1

‎Sports & Outdoors · 1983

09/20/2022

SPECIAL OFFER on a TARGET COMM book...

ONLY $10 including SHIPPING.. normally $13.95 plus $4 shipping ($18)...
on a remaining small inventory of Byron Ferguson's
first edition of his BECOME THE ARROW book!

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on Byron's "become the arrow" shooting system!
• Big section on bowhunting how-to!
• Good hunting stories!

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09/15/2022

DEER HUNTING: WHEN TO STALK THE STAND
by Byron Ferguson

I move into an area in the early half-light; I don’t move into an area before daylight. I prefer to wait until there’s enough light to let me see how to get to my stand without the use of a flashlight. I move much more quietly and place my feet properly and quietly when I can see the brush and twigs in my path, when I can see where I’m going.

The woods look different in full darkness. An area we see as semi-open in daylight hours may look thick under the glare of just a flashlight beam. Thicker cover may look like an impenetrable jungle in a flashlight’s path. The terrain and the cover often are unrecognizable, which can lead to a lot of extra stumbling around and brush cracking when we get a little bit off-course.

There’s an additional reason to go in when you can see well: A lot of times, particularly if the minor or major feed happens to take place just before daylight, there may be animals still feeding within good shot range of your stand when you get there. If you wait until there’s enough light available, you stand a chance of getting a shot at an animal on your way to your stand.

Under those conditions, the best way to describe my approach would be to say that I stalk the stand. I come in from downwind and stalk the stand. To do it properly, I must convince myself there IS an animal under my stand and make a stalking approach as if there was. Occasionally, an animal is there. That gets kind of exciting.

Sometimes it will take me an hour to move the last 100 yards to my stand. Again, this depends on the minor and major feeding periods that are predicted. At other times, if the moon is coming up or going down at 10:00 a.m., If I’m in no particular hurry to get on stand. I’ll hit the woods at half-light, mosey on in there and eventually get to the stand somewhere between 8:30 and 9:00.

When the moon is slated to be coming up, correlating with the sunrise, then I’ll hurry to my stand. I then want to be on stand between daylight and the time the sun rises.

During the rut, everything goes out the window, except for one thing -- that’s when I hunt does, because bucks are hunting does, too, at that time. If I have a green field that the does particularly like, or an oak tree that the does particularly like, I’ll be there.

I’ve had reasonably good success with this, but keep in mind that I’m not a trophy hunter. I have, however, taken my share of bucks with this approach, some of them decent bucks.
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This item is taken from pages 70-71 of the extensive bowhunting chapter of the Second Volume of Publication #11 -- BECOME THE ARROW, by Byron Ferguson -- in the "On Target" Series of Outdoor Sports Publications from Glenn Helgeland's TARGET COMMUNICATIONS OUTDOOR BOOKS. The book also has an in-depth chapter on moon phases and tidal charts, and their effects on deer activity, which Byron deeply believes in.

This new 2nd Edition of BECOME THE ARROW is paperback, 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”, 122 pages, $14.95 retail, plus shipping/handling. It can be ordered easily from: www.targetcommbooks.com (pay by credit card) or by calling 1-262-227-7624, and also will be available at some (but not all) Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops stores, from Lancaster Archery Supply in Pennsylvania, and from some bookstores in the Midwest. It also is available on Amazon.

TARGET COMMUNICATIONS is the creation of husband-and-wife team Glenn and Judy Helgeland. Glenn is from a hunting family and has hunted all his life. Judy is the friendly voice on the phone who will take and process your book and DVD orders.

05/06/2021

Working on several wil game cooking items, mostly venison, that I intend to get published soon on my page or in outdoor magaInes.

04/27/2021

Rusty is a golden Cocker Spaniel. He is a typical Cocker. He has no conscience, and, until he went stone deaf from ear infections, highly selective hearing.
https://targetcommbooks.com/2021/04/rusty-the-asparagus-hound/

04/23/2021

The wild turkey is the essence of turkey flavor. Comparing wild turkey to commercially raised turkeys is like comparing sardines to rainbow trout. Picking a turkey can be a problem if you don't know how, especially after you haul one around for three or four hours showing him off. This excerpt from Lessons Learned from the Magnificent Bird by Gary Sefton tells you how to pick a wild turkey the easy way.
https://targetcommbooks.com/2021/04/the-right-way-to-prepare-a-wild-turkey-for-cooking/

04/20/2021

"The most widely used vocalization in turkey talk, the one I consider to be the cornerstone of the turkey language, is a two-note sound called the yelp. It is used by hens and gobblers in varying degrees of volume, intensity and duration to send different signals." Gary Sefton, author of Lessons Learned from the Magnificent Bird.
https://targetcommbooks.com/2021/04/the-turkey-yelp-cornerstone-of-turkey-language/

When you dissect a yelp, you find that it is made up of a high-pitched “kee” note that breaks over sharply into a sound best described as a “youk”. When you put the two sounds together you get a “kee-youk”. You should be familiar with all yelp sequences so you will be sure you are […]

04/18/2021

https://targetcommbooks.com/2021/04/helgeland-receives-wisconsin-buck-bear-club-peter-haupt-memorial-award/

The Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club, Wisconsin’s official big game trophy record-keeping organization, recently presented the Peter Haupt Memorial Award to long-time member Glenn Helgeland, Mequon, for his support of the Club before, during and after the years he owned and produced the Wisconsin Deer...

03/31/2021

Black bears may soon be out of hibernation, and they will be hungry, looking for food. Don't, however, do what a friend did one time on a Spring bear hunt. Around 9pm he got hungry, climbed down from his treestand, scarfed up a handful of chocolate-covered baked goodies from the bait pile, climbed back into his treestand and chowed down.

Later, back at camp, we mentioned that a hungry bear might have wanted to join him in his tree and not liked his presence. He paled, considered that a moment and said, "As hungry as I was, I'd have fought him for the doughnuts."

Read this article to learn what bears really like in the spring: https://targetcommbooks.com/2021/03/what-do-black-bears-eat/

Learn about the natural diet of black bears, and the best artificial treats and tactics for attracting black bears to your bait site.

03/29/2021

This Golden Tweezer Award involved a hunting buddy and a pronghorn bowhunt in South Dakota.....
https://targetcommbooks.com/2021/03/golden-tweezer-award/

My buddy Mike and I were on a five-day September bow hunt for pronghorns in western South Dakota. We had high hopes, for it was getting near the peak of the rut. The pronghorn’s, not ours. We found an unusual situation early on the third day. Following a narrow trail at the bottom of a […]

03/23/2021

I bought this old clock at an auction several years ago. Didn't read the inscription on the brass plate until later. It is riveting...
https://targetcommbooks.com/2021/03/quaker-clock/

The inscription reads — “Presented to J & G (last name) on the Golden Anniversary of their wedding with the loving congratulations and warm esteem of your friends and fellow members of Plymouth Meeting.” They were Quakers. Quakers called their groups “meetings”, not congregations. Plymouth...

02/27/2021

We have a bunch (call them The Wild Bunch) of gray squirrels on our lawn, leaving only tracks in the snow at the moment. They can be fun to watch, but not always...
https://targetcommbooks.com/2021/02/squirrels-amusing-maddening/

We have a bunch (call them The Wild Bunch) of gray squirrels on our lawn, leaving only tracks in the snow at the moment, and a couple of little red squirrels.

10/23/2020

When trying to figure out and predict a buck's pattern, the author believes weather, type of day, stress and other variables have a major influence.

When trying to figure out and predict a buck's pattern, the author believes weather, type of day, stress, and other variables have a major influence.

10/09/2020

Hey all. It’s hunting time and I’m out doing what I’m suppose to do...HUNT. Be back in a couple of days.

10/01/2020

My Most Satisfying Bear to Tag

The northern Saskatchewan bear I took shooting a bow that once belonged to Fred Bear and with which he had hunted.

Bill “Bearcrazy” Wiesner knew bears and bear hunting. He took 57 black bears. He, his wife, and two sons have taken more than 100, 30 of which qualify for the Pope & Young record book, and seven of which qualify for the Boone & Crockett record book.

09/28/2020

Here is a letter we received from a fan of the book "Bear Hunting Obsession of a Driven Man.

Here is my story, and I'm sticking to it. I am a 57-year-old hunter from Milwaukee. I mostly hunt deer, by bow, crossbow, rifle and muzzleloader.

09/10/2020

Odorous, in the extreme!

Odorous, in the extreme, and not a good idea

09/02/2020

How to develop a repeatable, consistent archery shooting form that takes strain off your muscles and puts it on your bones, where it belongs.

Part 2 of "What is Core Archery"

How to develop a repeatable, consistent archery shooting form that takes the strain off your muscles and puts it on your bones, where it belongs.

08/26/2020

Core Archery is a complete shooting system that is COMPLETE and REPEATABLE, unlike others.

Repeatable form for bowhunting greatly increases your chances of success.

Repeatable form for bowhunting greatly increases your chances of success.

07/29/2020

A COUPLE OF MEMORABLE MEALS!

For openers...Fish Bread and That's Not Pasta

For openers...Fish Bread and That's Not Pasta

07/17/2020

“What’s that?” the old man said as he pointed to the deer call hanging around my neck. “It’s a deer call” I said. “You mean them deer talk?” he asked. I blew a few notes on the call and said “They don’t carry on conversations but they do have a limited vocabulary of distinctive sounds that have specific meanings."

“What’s that?” the old man said as he pointed to the deer call hanging around my neck. “It’s a deer call” I said. “You mean them deer talk?” he asked.

06/29/2020

Byron Ferguson, archery trick shot and highly successful bowhunter, spells out his top 10 no-nos

06/12/2020

"I'm not alone in being a poor judge of distance, but I'm more willing to admit it than are most bowhunters. We all practice with our bow, but we don't practice distance judging."

I'm not alone in being a poor judge of distance, but I'm more willing to admit it than are most bowhunters. We all practice with our bow, but we don't practice distance judging.