tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393Wed, 12 May 2010 21:55:11 +0000http://www.realtree.com/blanton/noreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)Blogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-438926845588496285Wed, 12 May 2010 21:55:00 +00002010-05-12T16:55:11.238-05:00 This blog is now located at http://blanton.realtree.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://blanton.realtree.com/feeds/posts/default. http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/05/this-blog-has-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-6850595784360597547Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:29:00 +00002010-04-30T15:33:52.242-05:00 <!--StartFragment--> TANNER’S TURKEY Many of you, like me, will never forget Mitch Ensor and what an incredible impact he has had on so many lives while battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or ALS. You may recall the show we filmed with Mitch in Florida not too long after he was diagnosed with this terrible disease. At the time, the Osceola turkey was the only one he lacked in his quest forhttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/04/tanners-turkey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-5945155446500075233Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:49:00 +00002010-04-22T15:51:25.642-05:00 <!--StartFragment-->The world famous Phillip Culpepper and I went turkey hunting Tuesday morning, April 20 near LaGrange, GA. Believe it or not, it was the first morning I've been able to go hunting this spring. It was absolutely the quickest, easiest turkey hunt I can ever remember. And especially come away with awesome video. The above picture is the frame of video frozen the instant the http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/04/benelli-firepower.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-3136218605555574598Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:04:00 +00002010-04-20T09:11:36.784-05:00 <!--StartFragment-->Russ Reid is the son of my good buddy, Dr. Richard Reid of Grenada, MS. Russ has become a very, very avid hunter. I think you'll enjoy reading Russ' account of his successful hunt. Way to go Russ!"My First Turkey" Killing my first turkey is something I'll always remember. My Daddy and I spent the night at the cabin. He woke me up and said he could hear owls hooting and a http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/04/best-turkey-is-first-turkey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-2096354075563234429Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:12:00 +00002010-04-16T15:23:32.768-05:00“PUT DOWN THE WAFFLE AND KILL THE TURKEY”The above is the most interesting line uttered during the just completed Beards Or Bust contest. Shoot, it may be the weirdest comment ever made during ANY turkey hunt! Well, technically the contest ends Sunday night when the two teams were originally scheduled to be back in Columbus, GA but if you have been keeping up with the adventure on http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/04/put-down-waffle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-2851527156130757336Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:09:00 +00002010-04-08T16:16:48.367-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/04/beards-or-bust-starts-tonight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-2494351995829836625Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:35:00 +00002010-04-06T15:38:51.899-05:00<!--StartFragment--> I love college basketball, especially during tournament time. And last night the championship game was played between Butler and Duke with Duke barely squeaking out their fourth National Championship over the decided underdog Butler. But that’s not what this blog is about. It’s about the brackets exploding like never before!How was your bracket? Would you believe that I http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/04/march-madness-leads-to-awkward-april.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-7141907267240931426Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:16:00 +00002010-04-04T10:16:10.275-05:00I believe the Bible is a Holy book.I believe God constructed the Bible.I believe God anointed every word written in the Bible.I believe every word in the Bible is true.I believe Jesus was and is God in the flesh.I believe Jesus died for my sins.I believe He was crucified on the cross.I believe He died.I believe Jesus arose from the grave.I believe Jesus defeated death.I believe Jesus ascended to http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/04/he-is-risen_5696.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-4783910412926097320Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:13:00 +00002010-04-01T10:20:27.525-05:00 Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/04/waffle-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-136174766103496837Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:16:00 +00002010-03-23T10:12:57.533-05:00<!--StartFragment-->I had the privilege recently to sit down and give an interview to a buddy of mine named John Stamper, President of Student Outdoor Experience (SOE). You can see this entire video on our home page at realtree.com. SOE is dedicated to educate our youth and families and equip them with the tools they need to successfully live a life as a model outdoorsman/woman. In the words of http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/03/student-outdoor-experience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-3512776006826970093Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:19:00 +00002010-03-15T10:40:55.067-05:00Realtree’s Phillip Culpepper got the spring turkey season kicked off big time this past Saturday down near Dothan, Alabama. He went along with Sam Klement, and his 13 year old daughter Anna. Also tagging along was Sam’s 9 year old son Cannon who was hoping to double! Anna had never been hunting before!Good job everybody! Way to shoot Anna!Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/03/spring-is-officially-here-thanks-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-7282671490062282140Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:28:00 +00002010-03-10T08:54:40.788-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/03/monsterbulls-iron-man-preview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-8015258406775039965Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:06:00 +00002010-02-26T16:11:01.741-05:00<!--StartFragment--> Yesterday we conducted the archery tournaments for Monster Bulls 8 and Monster Bucks XVIII (can you believe we’re in our 18th year!!). I told someone yesterday I remember buying my first Monster Buck video when I was 7 years old! (saved my grass cutting money)  Haha!! I’ll be sharing some of the highlights in the next couple of blogs but I wanted to thank everybody for http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/02/archery-tournaments.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-5461759605970063255Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:19:00 +00002010-02-19T10:31:07.411-05:00 It’s hard to say this with the cold weather we have been having, but spring is right around the corner. That being said, I’m trying to get as much work out of the guys in the video department as I can before the birds start gobbling, and they are out filming and hunting for the spring. We have been racking our brains to come up with something cool to do this year, and I wanted to get your http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/02/beards-or-bust.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-3930398570110971592Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:58:00 +00002010-02-12T10:05:48.185-05:00Okay, amidst all the snow that is about to hit the Realtree offices here in Columbus, GA (actually the forecast is calling for 2-3”, enough to shut down schools and empty the bread aisle) our production team is really busy editing hunts for Monster Bucks XVIII.This should be a really good year for the DVD. So I have a question for you! What about the “pop up” 3D archery tournament we conducted http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/02/monster-bucks-xviii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-1340388099628546543Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:19:00 +00002010-02-04T15:19:45.404-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/02/ten-minutes-left.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-545441865212301501Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:12:00 +00002010-02-04T15:20:30.575-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/01/tinks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-1874487617221759158Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:33:00 +00002010-02-04T15:21:12.813-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/01/ata-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-2547879772147175436Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:01:00 +00002010-02-04T15:21:36.816-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/01/baldy-awards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-8892816548361140809Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:13:00 +00002010-02-04T15:22:13.521-05:00No, I'm not bald yet......but after next week this is what I will look like!!!The annual "Baldy Awards" fund-raising event will be held next week at the 2010 ATA Show. I have been nominated to participate this year in one of bowhunting most elite fraternities, "the Baldys." In the past 10 years, over $640,000 has been collected through the Baldy Awards. The money goes to a fund supporting http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/01/going-bald.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-3591012617167879367Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:41:00 +00002010-02-04T15:22:35.421-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2010/01/hard-to-digest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-8651899100752499898Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:02:00 +00002010-02-04T15:22:58.397-05:00I would like to go on record and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas from the Blantons. And while we are bombarded like never before with distractions and reasons NOT to remember the reason for this special day, I simply say to you:Take a moment to thank God above for the birth of his son Jesus on this day. For God sent Him to us in the form of man. To live amongst humanity, to be tempted, to http://www.realtree.com/blanton/2009/12/merry-christmas-everyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-2564851966488662649Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:06:00 +00002010-02-04T15:23:20.812-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2009/12/tough-hunt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-3827683069909493067Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:55:00 +00002010-02-04T15:29:04.341-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2009/12/hill-climb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809735603421464393.post-7234353711165258320Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:56:00 +00002010-02-04T15:29:24.345-05:00Sharehttp://www.realtree.com/blanton/2009/11/skb-pantry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blanton)4