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New Hunting-Themed Restaurant Competes with Fast Food
A new hunting-themed restaurant in Florida aims to compete with the fast food joints
of the world. As a franchise, it has the potential to promote hunting and fill bellies
nationwide.
- Ben Sobieck, online editor
Jacksonville, Fla.; March 4, 2010 – Hunt Club Subs N Grill, a new outdoor themed quick
service restaurant franchise, opened its first restaurant on Jacksonville, Florida’s
southside on March 1st.
Located at 6426 Bowden Road, the rustic style restaurant, featuring a hunting/fishing
cabin décor with a fireplace, wooden floors and video screens with outdoor and sports
programming, offers a selection of hamburgers, sub sandwiches, hot dogs and beer,
in addition to a breakfast menu.
The franchise concept is the first store for the husband and wife ownership team of
Bo and Violet Lawrence. Bo Lawrence has over 15 years experience in developing and
owning several nationally known fast casual food franchise operations in Northeast
Florida. Violet Lawrence has a background in advertising/marketing for national companies
in Chicago and Atlanta.
“Hunting, fishing and sitting around the hunt camp has been a part of my whole life,”
Lawrence explained. “So I wanted to create a local place where the whole family can
come and enjoy great food and share their outdoor experiences with friends and neighbors.”
The tables throughout the restaurant display photos of hunting trips, trophies and
catches from friends and families in the Jacksonville area.
The signature menu items include a section called “Wallhangers,” an oversized serving
of hamburgers, subs and hotdogs. And the signature side is Redneck Fries named for
its special Redneck pepper. All hamburgers are made from fresh 100% Certified
Angus beef instead of frozen beef patties.
“I believe we have a great concept for building a new business, particularly in today’s
tough economy,” Lawrence said. Two more franchises in Northeast Florida are currently
in the works. “Our goal is to have 25 – 30 stores throughout the Northeast Florida
region,” Lawrence said.
In addition to developing the concept into a profitable business, Lawrence plans on
using the franchises to help support local and national outdoor conservation groups.
The Hunt Club will have a grand opening celebration on March 13th with specials and
prizes for customers. Captain Kevin Favor, Jeff Lageman and Captain Kirk Waltz of
The Outdoor Show from Radio 1010XL will broadcast live at the restaurant from 7 –
10 AM. A 2-night/3 day turkey hunt trip with Captain Favor (filmed for a TV
show) will be given away as the grand prize.
The restaurant is open 7 AM – 9 PM Monday through Friday and 8 AM – 9 PM on Saturdays.
 
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Video: Deer Go For Beer Run
What would cause deer to act like this? The Whitetail
Behavior DVD contains insights into why deer behave certain ways.
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Video: Locked Up Bucks Freed with Bullet to Antler
Spiritual Outdoors Adventures filmed this clip, which shows one of the most amazing
shots captured on video.
For more deer footage, be sure to check out the Whitetail
Behavior DVD from Deer & Deer Hunting TV.
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United Airlines to Allow Transport of Antlers
by Ben Sobieck, online editor
Hunters traveling on United Airlines can now bring antlers in their luggage.
Previously, antlers and horns were banned from all flights. That changed last month
when United reversed its stance. The new policy can be seen here.
Checked antlers will cost $175 per set to transport as checked luggage. Linear dimensions
are limited at 120 inches. Tips must be padded and secured so as not to puncture baggage.
The skull must also be wrapped.
Hunters on the deeranddeerhunting.com
forum criticized United's previous prohibition of antlers.
"So you can check a firearm if it's in a locked case but not antlers? Wow that doesn't
make sense. I bet a lot of hunters fly a different airline when they hear about this,"
said Florida hunter Scott Styba.
Click
here to discuss United's decision on the the forum.
 
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Carbon Express F-15: Deadly as Advertised
by Jacob Edson, Deer & Deer Hunting managing editor
Last winter, Carbon Express provided writers attending its media event with prototypes
of the company's new F-15 fixed-blade broadheads. I've been itching to try them ever
since.
Simply put, they look NASTY. The broadheads feature a unique design with dual, side-by-side
"bleeder" blades. In total, the head features six cutting edges to create a large
wound and a skin flap that will not re-seal no matter how tight the skin and muscle
is drawn.
Like any new broadhead, I tested them on the range first. I found no noticeable change
in point of impact. However, I waited to use them in the field until Sunday, Dec.
27. With only a week remaining in Wisconsin's bowseason, I decided I had better put
the F-15s in my quiver.
It was as picturesque of a winter doe hunt as anyone could ask for. An inch of downy
snow coated the woods and each whisper of wind brought a fresh puff of it drifting
through the air. A cardinal kept me company as I waited.
With 15 minutes of shooting light remaining, a doe and her fawn appeared from some
pines along a a small spring 20 yards to my left. The doe sensed my draw, but by the
time she looked up I already had the pin settled.
The 18-yard poke was as chip-shot as you can get with whitetails in the real world,
and the F-15 provided a blood trail in the snow that I could follow from my stand.
I found the doe 40 yards into the spruce grove she had emerged from. As advertised,
both the entry and exit hole remained wide open along the doe's short trail.
F-15 broadheads are available in a one-piece fixed blade model, and an expandable
version. The 100-grain fixed blade model features a 1 1/8-inch cutting diameter. The
100 grain expandable features four parallel expandable blades with a cutting diameter
of 1 3/8 inches. Both broadheads feature an aggressive cut-on-contact design.
If you haven't seen them already, I recommend checking them out next season.
Learn more from Edson experiences in this online
course.
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Leupold Counterfeit Alert
The following is from the Leupold
website.
Leupold® is issuing a customer alert to purchasers of products, particularly via Internet
sales, in regards to bogus Leupold products that are apparently being illegally imported
from the People’s Republic of China. These products bear many of the marks and trade
dress of current Leupold & Stevens riflescopes making them very hard to distinguish
externally from authentic Leupold products.
In recent months, counterfeited Leupold Mark 4® riflescopes have begun to arrive with
increasing regularity at the firm’s Beaverton, Oregon, headquarters for service. These
products are not manufactured by Leupold and are not covered by the Leupold Full Lifetime
Guarantee.
Leupold employs serial number tracking for all its riflescopes, so if a customer finds
a scope that is suspect, he or she can simply write down the serial number and call
1-800-LEUPOLD to confirm if it is indeed authentic.
In general, most of the scopes appear to originate from Hong Kong (People’s Republic
of China), and have “Leupold Mark 4” laser engraved on the bottom of the turret in
a silver etch, while the black ring on the objective is etched in white and does not
include the name “Leupold.” An authentic Mark 4 riflescope will always be engraved
black on black and have the name “Leupold” engraved on the black ring.
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Video: How to Deep Clean a Bolt Action
Hunters may have given a quick wipe down of their firearms after the '09 hunt, but guns need regular deep cleanings to function optimally. The off-season is the perfect time to give firearms the maintenance they need.
In this video, Larry Potterfield, CEO of MidwayUSA, shows how to deep clean the bolt
action on a rifle.
Download more about rifle firearms maintenance with Gunsmithing:
Rifles by Patrick Sweeney.
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Video: Cell Phone Captures Bucks Fighting
This footage was shot in Ladue, Mo.
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Video: Deer Attacks Football Player
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Dramatic Photos: Bucks Lock Antlers
These images apparently came out of Calhoun County. Which one was not revealed in the e-mail we received at Deer
& Deer Hunting headquarters. The images, however, cannot be disputed. The
bucks were eventually shot and killed.
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292-Inch Nontypical Bagged in Nebraska
The following article and images are courtesy of NEBRASKAland
Magazine.
Wesley O’Brien, of Lexington, Texas, killed what could be Nebraska’s next record
whitetailed buck on November 14, 2009, the first day of that state’s 9-day firearm
season. Preliminary measurements scored the 38-point rack at 292 7/8 gross and 281
net.
This massive and gnarly buck, taken in the southeast part of the state in Richardson
County on private land, is quickly becoming one of the most talked about whitetails
across the country. “It’s a remarkable deer,” said Tony Korth, a Nebraska Game and
Parks Commission aquarium director and certified antler scorer.
Nebraska’s current state record for a nontypical firearm is 242 5/8, taken by Robert
Snyder in 1961. O’Brien’s buck is expected to eclipse this deer and could potentially
rival Nebraska’s state record buck for any weapon and the current world record for
archery, Del Austin’s 1962 buck nicknamed “Old Mossy Horns” that scored 279 7/8.
O’Brien’s buck was shot with a .270 Weatherby Magnum a few minutes before the end
of legal shooting time. He and two hunting partners, Brandon Rhodus of Lexington,
Texas, and Dave Haveman of Louisville, Nebraska, were scouting for Sunday’s hunt when
they saw the buck about 250 yards away.
O’Brien worked his way through a patch of timber to get a shot within 100 yards. The
deer ran 30 yards and dropped. “I’m just lucky,” he said. “A good hunter doesn’t kill
that deer. A lucky one does.”
-- Jeff Kurrus- NEBRASKAland Magazine
 
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