Time to catch up!!

Wow! It has been a crazy since our last blog! Where do we begin..... We had most of our POSSE here from last Thursday thru Sunday, along with many of our supporting maunfacturers. The POSSE learned more about the cameras they film on, as well as the new products from the manufacturers and how they would like to see the products used on film. On Saturday Night we had our POSSE Bash with a theme of 'Redneck Luau'!! It was a lot of fun!! Most were dressed in 'redneck luau' style!! We had a hog roast, awards ceremony and some product giveaways! Not to mention a couple of the guys going bullfrog hunting in the pond...........

Tuesday we had to finish filmng for the Hoyt projet that we are working on! Freddy is doing an awesome job editing the project, and Joe & Z did a great job filming it all!! Thanks guys!!

Wednesday we filmed a commercial spot for Mountain Mike's Reproductions! Mike, Terry and their family are some neat people! They flew out here to Illinois for the shoot, and made it into a family vacation! We ended up eating s'mores Wednesday night before everyone left!! They had never seen fire flies!! (lightening bugs!) So that was kind of a big thing going on here!! LOL!!

If you have never seen the SKULL MASTER skull, you should check it out at www.mountainmikesreproductions.com it is so easy to make your antlers looks great with no bugs, no boiling, no mess!!

Today we are driving up to the Richfield, WI (Milwaukee) CABELA'S store!! We will be there all day on Saturday & Sunday! I will need to make sure that Ralph forgets to bring his VISA card with, I know how he loves Cabela's!!!

Well, I guess we better go get packed up and head out to Cabela's!! Have a Great day!!

Getting ready for the Posse Bash!!

Once a year we get our Posse together to go over new product with our manufacturers and filming do's & don'ts, well this is the weekend!! We are trying to get everything in order and arranged so that when everyone gets here there is no confusion. Ha! Like that is going to happen!! LOL!!

We had Dusty Perillo come in early to help us out, her job duties have been stuffing boxes, bags and sweeping raccoon poop!! LOL!! She really has been a big help, even if she does bruise easily!! :-)

The guys here in the studio are running around trying to get everything ready!! Ma & Jody are running around like crazy too!! We should have about 40+ Posse, plus manufacturers here, so it is bound to get crazy here!!

On another note, we are very excited about some new shirt designs soon to be had!! We can't wait for everyone to see them!! We have a few new designs that we have been working with one of our sponsors on this and they are going to rock!! Just wait!!!!!!

On a second other note, we just got our new BadBoy XT Buggie!! For the little bit that we drove it so far, WOW!! It is nice, now if it would only stop raining so that we could drive it more and test it out!! Very impressive for the little bit that we did drive it!!

I better get back to getting ready for the Bash before anyone realizes that I am not really working!! LOL!!!

Vicki (& Ralph)

Things back to normal.... Crazy!!

Hey Everyone!

We are back home now from Texas. We had a blast meeting everyone at Wulf Outdoor Sports, what a great group of people and a couple of great stores, they have everything!! Thanks to everyone that came out to the Athens & Center, TX stores to visit with us!! Wow, was it HOT down there!! We live in Illinois and that 100+degrees everyday is crazy! Thursday night at 9:00 it was still 100!!!

We ended up getting home about 1:30am Monday morning, and with a few hours of sleep, right back to work!! We had some major production meeting to get everything lined out for the next few weeks.

This week we have two top secret photo shoots (1 video & 1 stills)!! Wednesday, Mike Schoby will be here with us at the studio doing some work. Thursday we have a top secret HOYT project going on. The guys in the office, (Joe, Freddy & Zendal) have been busy working on this project for about a month and it is almost completed!! Wait until you see what that is!! Very Cool!!

Ralph and I decided to have a huge family picnic this weekend with both of our families coming!! We don't live normal lives, and we always miss other gatherings, so we decided to have one on our only open weekend for the summer!! :) Yes, he wants to kill me!! :) But it will be good!!

Next weekend is our Annual Posse Bash!! The Posse will be infiltrating Northern Illinois, beware!! :) We have lots of great things planned for it, including some of our manufacturers coming out and talking to us all about the products!!

Well, I better go and get busy!!

God Bless,

Ralph & Vicki

Heading to Wulf Outdoors Sports in Athens & Center, Texas!!

Hey everyone!

Ralph and I are getting ready to walk out the door to fly down to Texas for the weekend!! We are going to be at Wulf Sports!! Come out and visit with us, we would love to see you!!

July 10, 1-5 p.m. at Wulf Outdoor Sports in Athens, TX
July 11, 11-4 p.m. at Wulf Outdoor Sports in Center, TX
July 12, 1-3 p.m. at Wulf Outdoor Sports in Center, TX

There will be some giveaway and I believe the first 50 people will receive a free t-shirt!! :)

The final count for us down in Florida was 7 gators and 13 hogs!! We had a blast with Hoppy at Osceola Outfitters!! Wait until you see the gator footage! It rocks! A couple of our Posse even went swimming in the canal to retrieve one of the gators!! Chet & Meegan - you two are crazy!! :)

The count went like this:
Ralph - 1 gator & 1 hog with TC 223 -- 1 hog with AlphaMax
Vicki - 1 gator & 1 hog with TC 223
RJ - 1 hog with TenPoint crossbow!! (Yes, on the last night he got his hog!!) :)
Ma - (Arlene/Nani) - 1 hog with TC 223
Joe - 1 gator with TC 223 -- 1 hog with AlphaMax
Amy - 1 gator & 1 hog with R15
Dani - (Joe & Amy's daughter) - 1 hog with TC 223
Dusty - 1 gator with R15 -- 1 hog with TC 223
Meegan - 1 hog with AlphaMax
Lonnie - 1 gator with TC 223 -- 2 hogs with AlphaMax
Chet - 1 gator with TC 223 -- 1 hog with AlphaMax

Well, we hope everyone has a great weekend!! Stay cool and be safe!!

God Bless,
Vicki & Ralph

Hunting hogs & gators at Osceola Outfitters

Well, we had high hopes of blogging a lot more then we have on this trip! We have been running around here hunting hard! Right now, I believe we have 4 gators and 10 hogs!! It has been a blast! We have today and tomorrow left to try for more, and trust me, we are trying! :-)

Amy Rush has the biggest gator so far, 10 footer!! You go girl!! We shot the gators with our TC 223 Contender! Wow, did that make a hole in it's head!!

It's been hot, stormy and mosquito infested! The mosquitos are big enough to fly away with you!! Thank goodness for our ThermaCel's!!!

We some great footage and can't wait to edit it and share it with everyone!!