2018 Holiday Gift Guide

November 06, 2018 By Brian Fortenbaugh

Check out our picks for the best holiday gifts— at an affordable price —for the bowhunters in your life!

onX Hunt App

The onX Hunt app for smartphones and tablets allows users to access detailed maps and satellite imagery on a state-by-state basis. Once downloaded and a state selected, users can overlay several layers of information showing everything from public-land boundaries to private landowners by name. There are layers for understanding animal movements, super-accurate landownership data, and enhanced offline usage. The new Wind & Weather feature shows the current weather, wind direction, barometric pressure, sunrise/sunset times, and offline data caching. With the Sharing feature, users can share coordinates for camp, blinds/stands, food plots, rendezvous points, and more. Hunt smarter with the onX Hunt App.

MSRP: $29.99 - $100 | onxmaps.com

Rage X-TREME 4 Blade

Built on the same SlipCam platform as the popular Trypan, the X-TREME 4 Blade has a leading 7/8” cut-on-contact tip that is followed by a pair of .035”-thick steel blades to deliver a massive 2.3” cutting diameter.

MSRP: $34.99/2-pack | ragebroadheads.com

Montana Decoy Deer Rump

The Deer Rump from Montana Decoy is a great decoy at a great price. It weighs 32 oz., folds to a size that will easily fit inside your daypack, and comes with two teaser tails that move in the breeze to further fool whitetail bucks. This is definitely something you’ll want to add to your bowhunting arsenal, especially during the rut.

MSRP: $70 | montanadecoy.com

Scott Quick-Shot

The Scott Quick-Shot is a single-caliper release with a roller-sear design that produces crisp trigger breaks. It has a leather buckle strap and a rope connector, which allows you to adjust it to the exact length you prefer. This feature makes a big difference in overall shot execution.

MSRP: $45 | scottarchery.com

Lumenok HD Orange Combo Pack

The Lumenok HD Orange Combo Pack includes four HD Orange Lumenoks, a pair of extra batteries, and the Lumenok Extinguisher for pulling arrows out of targets and for turning off the nock. The HD Orange Lumenoks are super-bright and offer up to 40 hours of illumination. No magnets are required to activate the HD Orange Lumenoks.

MSRP: $49.99 | lumenok.com

Bee Stinger MicroHex

Bee Stinger brings stabilization to a new level with the MicroHex. Available in 6”, 8”, and 10” lengths, the MicroHex uses proprietary Countervail Technology — a material integrated into the carbon rod that substantially dampens noise and vibration. The MicroHex is also equipped with three independent 1-oz. end weights, and its micro-diameter profile minimizes wind drift and improves stability. The MicroHex is compatible with all current Bee Stinger hardware mounts, including the new MicroHex Counter Slide that takes bow balance even further.

With the Trophy Taker Tripwire, you’ll get an accurate drop-away rest at a price that’s pretty darn hard to beat. Lightweight and tough, it’s driven by your bow’s buss cable and provides maximum fletching clearance for better downrange accuracy. Windage and elevation are adjustable, and a built-in dampening system guarantees a quiet draw and release. It’s available right and left-handed.

MSRP: $39.99 | trophytaker.com

Browning Trail Cameras Command Ops Pro

With the Command Ops Pro, you’ll get crisp 14MP pictures day or night, as well as 720p HD video with sound (5 seconds–2 minutes). The .5-second trigger speed combined with the 70’ flash range means this camera won’t miss much, if anything, that passes in front of it. Program it to take up to four Multi Shot or Rapid Fire images, or set it to time-lapse mode. Picture delay is also programmable from 5 seconds to 60 minutes. Everything it captures is stamped with all the information important to hunters. It accepts up to a 32 GB SD card.

MSRP: $119.99 | browningtrailcameras.com

Mathews Launches 2025 Bow and Accessory Lineup

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Mathews Launches 2025 Bow and Accessory Lineup

It's launch day 2025 for Mathews and Editor-In-Chief Christian Berg gives you a first look at the brand new LIFT X. The new flagship model builds on last year's top-selling LIFT platform. Available in two versions — the LIFT X 29.5 and LIFT X 33 — both incorporate a trio of new features. They include Limb Shift Technology, ARC7 Limb Technology and BOND grips, and Berg touches on each of them in this video.

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Think Differently When Hanging Treestands

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Think Differently When Hanging Treestands

How often do we consider the wind when hanging our treestands? Almost always! That's a good strategy, except for the fact that we're not hunting the wind — we're hunting deer. With the benefit of Ozonics, it gives us the opportunity to think about where we need to be in order to best hunt our target bucks, even if that means we're not in the perfect place for a particular wind.

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Hunting the Right Way

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Hunting the Right Way

The right stand, on the right day, with the right wind — that's when success tends to occur. But what if you only have a few select days to hunt because of work, family activities, life events, etc. and the wind is all wrong? That's where Ozonics can come into play. Bowhunters can do more than good if they hunt certain stand sets in the wrong wind. An Ozonics unit, however, is just what the doctor ordered to continue hunting the “right way” — even at the wrong time!

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How to Hunt Small Acreage All Season

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How to Hunt Small Acreage All Season

When it comes to hunting small properties, our success can be boiled down to how much pressure we put on it. And most of the pressure, Cole Tanner explains, is the scent that we produce — and leave behind — in the field. While we're constantly trying to pattern deer, these odors actually allow the deer to pattern us. On smaller properties, our margin of error is razor-thin, so we need to adjust our strategy accordingly.

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Do Animals Smell Ozone?

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Do Animals Smell Ozone?

Ozonics' Cole Tanner tackles one of the most frequently asked questions the company receives. His in-depth answer is that while animals can indeed smell ozone, there's a very limited opportunity to do so. In our experience, even if deer do recognize that something is a bit different, they simple won't see it as a threat. Our entire staff has trusted Ozonics on our hunts for many years, and we can't begin to tell you how many swirling wind situations their units have guided us through.

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Baseball & Bowhunting with Ben McDonald

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Baseball & Bowhunting with Ben McDonald

Sr. Digital Editor Drew Pellman talks bowhunting — and a little bit of baseball — with Ben McDonald, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1989 Major League Baseball draft by the Baltimore Orioles. McDonald, who is a diehard bowhunter, currently serves as a color commentator for the Orioles on MASN. Inside the hunting community, he has a longstanding relationship with Realtree and has enjoyed many hunts with Bill Jordan and family for many years.

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30 Years of TenPoint Crossbows!

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30 Years of TenPoint Crossbows!

TenPoint Crossbows reached a significant milestone recently — 30 years in business! With over one million crossbows shipped since 1994, TenPoint has always been at the forefront of crossbow innovation, and the company shows no signs of altering that path anytime soon.

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APX — The Newest Pattern From Realtree

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APX — The Newest Pattern From Realtree

Jim McGinn, VP of Marketing at Realtree, shows off the latest camouflage pattern from this industry giant. The new APX pattern is an all-purpose pattern that will help you blend into your surroundings whether you're in a treestand hunting whitetails, or bellycrawling your way into range of a mule deer out West. It took years to develop APX, a pattern that met the strict standards of Realtree Founder, Bill Jordan, and it will meet your standards as well.

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Buck Commander Releases New Buk Ops Technology

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Buck Commander Releases New Buk Ops Technology

Ryan Busbice from Buck Commander introduces a brand-new technology they call Buk Ops. This is an optical viewing device that does not use infra-red or thermal technology. It maximizes available light to give the user an enhanced view of their surroundings. It's not a targeting device either, but a tool for scanning fields in low light, or even walking into your stand or blind without a flashlight. This is one-of-a-kind technology that holds many uses for all types of hunters.

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Easton's Sonic 6.0 a Versatile Arrow Shaft

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Easton's Sonic 6.0 a Versatile Arrow Shaft

Bowhunter TV Host, Curt Wells, talks to Easton Marketing Director, Gary Cornum, about the Sonic 6.0, a highly versatile arrow shaft that gives the bowhunter multiple options. Wells explains how he's able to convert his Sonic 6.0 arrows to different weights based on the species of big game he's hunting.

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Easton Introduces the Match Grade Pro Series Arrow

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Easton Introduces the Match Grade Pro Series Arrow

Gary Cornum, Marketing Director at Easton, explains to Bowhunter TV Host, Curt Wells, the virtues of Easton's newly released Match Grade Pro Series Arrows. From front to back, Easton has built their latest technologies into these arrows, which are only available from Easton dealers. Everything from high-end inserts and vanes combine with a five-point straightness standard to make the Pro Series arrows the best a bowhunter can buy. It's no longer necessary to build-your-own to achieve the highest quality arrow you demand.

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Primos Double Bull Delivers New Raised Hunting Ground Blind

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Primos Double Bull Delivers New Raised Hunting Ground Blind

On the surface, it would seem almost impossible to keep improving the Double Bull ground blinds manufactured by Primos. But as Raised Hunting founder and television show host David Holder explained to OSG's Lynn Burkhead, this year's new Raised Hunting Double Bull blind raises the standard of ground blind excellence even higher, whether you're chasing elk, mule deer or pronghorn antelope out west in Montana or big record book whitetails living in the Midwestern whitetail paradise of Iowa.