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September 2025: Volume 55, Number 1

The Bull Master

With 50 bow bulls to his credit, Mike Slinkard knows a thing or two about elk.

Bowhunter - September 2025 Issue
(Photo courtesy Mike Slinkard)

The bowhunting community is fill of "silent giants" — folks who are among the very best at their craft yet receive little publicity. Entrepreneur and bowhunting expert Mike Slinkard of Oregon is one of them. Although Slinkard is fairly well-known within the hunting industry, most average bowhunters probably wouldn't know him from Adam. Regardless, he's the man behind some breakthrough archery and hunting equipment and a wildly successful bowhunter.

Slinkard hosts the Hunting with HECS TV show. HECS, by the way, is his company that uses proprietary technology to build clothing that blocks a hunter's EMFs (electromagnetic frequencies). Hunters wearing HECS apparel often can get away with substantially more movement than without it.

More Inside This Issue:

Rosie Relationship

Some predator/prey relationships can be challenging.

Grizzly Elk

In bear country, the only thing than shooting a bull is safely getting it off the mountain.

The Wait Is Over!

A 13-year wait culminates with a dream bull.

Technical Crossbow Test

Excalibur Hybrid X

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