The Wensel brothers
01-14-2009, 07:34 PM
#22
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RE: The Wensel brothers
And that Roger Rothhaar (I believe that's how his name is spelled) ain't no joke either.
01-14-2009, 07:46 PM
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RE: The Wensel brothers
I have the October Whitetails. Love it. Kinda reminds me a little of the BloodBrothers style. (Except for the Trad part) I love any videos/people who are willing to teach something of value concerning bowhunting. So many TV Stars out there that learned from these guys and never give them the credit they deserve.
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01-15-2009, 03:53 AM
#24
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RE: The Wensel brothers
Hard not to hold these guy's in high regard! I have all of Gene's books. They approach it the right way.I met them quite a few years ago at an outdoor expo.Very friendly,Barry looked like he was up to some thing even then.
01-15-2009, 09:06 AM
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RE: The Wensel brothers
Yup, why anyone wouldnt like these guys, would be hard to understand.. I grew up with Gene and Barry, beings that they lived just about 4 hours from my place, they were the ONLY guys I knew of that published quality whitetail bowhunting info on hunting the kinds of terrain and habitat I hunt. Norther Western Montana (not mistaken for central and eastern montana much different)is a lot like Northern Idaho, so I would watch everything they produced back in the day and read all their articles and the books they were featured in.. Like the old classic, "Whitetails BowhuntingMasters"
01-15-2009, 12:35 PM
#27
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RE: The Wensel brothers
I can't imagine how may hunting videos ( now DVD's ) I have watched in my lifetime, but Bowhunting Oct. Whitetails I and II are still my favorite of all. I love it when Barry shoots the buck ( the one that is blind in one eye) that they moved with a 2 man drive. It is the most amazing shot I have ever seen on video. It is running full speed by him, and he pulls up his recurve and drill it right behind the shoulder. An amazing shot. Then when they recover the deer, Rick Blase(sp?) is just drooling over it being such a perfect shot, and Barry says no it wasn't, I was about an inch off. Then they started making fun of the fact the deer was blind in one eye and that is how he got it. There was some hilarious stuff in those videos. Anyone who has seen them will never eat a watermelon without snickering ever agin.
I met Gene at a Whitetails Unlimited seminar in Ft. Wayne , Ind. about 18 or so years ago. It was incredible. That guy gave great tips and info, but man he had the place rolling in laughter all night. He had a story about using ziplock baggies to pee in that was hilarious.
Afterwards I bought his book Bowhunting Rutting Whitetails ( great book) and a Whitetails Unltd. hat to have him sign. I was alot younger then, and kinda in awe of him. I asked for a hat, and he said "What size?". I stood there like ,UH UH... and he started lauging and said, they only come in one size ya dumb ass!!!Everyone around was cracking up , including him. He signed the book and the hat, and when I went to pay, he only charged me for the book and said that the hat was on him. He said the kick he got out of the look on my face was worth the price of the hat. We talked a while then and he was really a cool and down to earth guy.
I agree that some of these yahoos on video and TV need to watch footage of these guys. Class acts all the way.
Also, Primal Dreams was one incredible DVD. It definitely captured the whole essence of hunting.
I met Gene at a Whitetails Unlimited seminar in Ft. Wayne , Ind. about 18 or so years ago. It was incredible. That guy gave great tips and info, but man he had the place rolling in laughter all night. He had a story about using ziplock baggies to pee in that was hilarious.
Afterwards I bought his book Bowhunting Rutting Whitetails ( great book) and a Whitetails Unltd. hat to have him sign. I was alot younger then, and kinda in awe of him. I asked for a hat, and he said "What size?". I stood there like ,UH UH... and he started lauging and said, they only come in one size ya dumb ass!!!
Everyone around was cracking up , including him. He signed the book and the hat, and when I went to pay, he only charged me for the book and said that the hat was on him. He said the kick he got out of the look on my face was worth the price of the hat. We talked a while then and he was really a cool and down to earth guy.I agree that some of these yahoos on video and TV need to watch footage of these guys. Class acts all the way.
Also, Primal Dreams was one incredible DVD. It definitely captured the whole essence of hunting.
01-15-2009, 12:48 PM
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RE: The Wensel brothers
ORIGINAL: Proff
I can't imagine how may hunting videos ( now DVD's ) I have watched in my lifetime, but Bowhunting Oct. Whitetails I and II are still my favorite of all. I love it when Barry shoots the buck ( the one that is blind in one eye) that they moved with a 2 man drive. It is the most amazing shot I have ever seen on video. It is running full speed by him, and he pulls up his recurve and drill it right behind the shoulder. An amazing shot. Then when they recover the deer, Rick Blase(sp?) is just drooling over it being such a perfect shot, and Barry says no it wasn't, I was about an inch off. Then they started making fun of the fact the deer was blind in one eye and that is how he got it. There was some hilarious stuff in those videos. Anyone who has seen them will never eat a watermelon without snickering ever agin.
I met Gene at a Whitetails Unlimited seminar in Ft. Wayne , Ind. about 18 or so years ago. It was incredible. That guy gave great tips and info, but man he had the place rolling in laughter all night. He had a story about using ziplock baggies to pee in that was hilarious.
Afterwards I bought his book Bowhunting Rutting Whitetails ( great book) and a Whitetails Unltd. hat to have him sign. I was alot younger then, and kinda in awe of him. I asked for a hat, and he said "What size?". I stood there like ,UH UH... and he started lauging and said, they only come in one size ya dumb ass!!!Everyone around was cracking up , including him. He signed the book and the hat, and when I went to pay, he only charged me for the book and said that the hat was on him. He said the kick he got out of the look on my face was worth the price of the hat. We talked a while then and he was really a cool and down to earth guy.
I agree that some of these yahoos on video and TV need to watch footage of these guys. Class acts all the way.
Also, Primal Dreams was one incredible DVD. It definitely captured the whole essence of hunting.
I can't imagine how may hunting videos ( now DVD's ) I have watched in my lifetime, but Bowhunting Oct. Whitetails I and II are still my favorite of all. I love it when Barry shoots the buck ( the one that is blind in one eye) that they moved with a 2 man drive. It is the most amazing shot I have ever seen on video. It is running full speed by him, and he pulls up his recurve and drill it right behind the shoulder. An amazing shot. Then when they recover the deer, Rick Blase(sp?) is just drooling over it being such a perfect shot, and Barry says no it wasn't, I was about an inch off. Then they started making fun of the fact the deer was blind in one eye and that is how he got it. There was some hilarious stuff in those videos. Anyone who has seen them will never eat a watermelon without snickering ever agin.
I met Gene at a Whitetails Unlimited seminar in Ft. Wayne , Ind. about 18 or so years ago. It was incredible. That guy gave great tips and info, but man he had the place rolling in laughter all night. He had a story about using ziplock baggies to pee in that was hilarious.
Afterwards I bought his book Bowhunting Rutting Whitetails ( great book) and a Whitetails Unltd. hat to have him sign. I was alot younger then, and kinda in awe of him. I asked for a hat, and he said "What size?". I stood there like ,UH UH... and he started lauging and said, they only come in one size ya dumb ass!!!
Everyone around was cracking up , including him. He signed the book and the hat, and when I went to pay, he only charged me for the book and said that the hat was on him. He said the kick he got out of the look on my face was worth the price of the hat. We talked a while then and he was really a cool and down to earth guy.I agree that some of these yahoos on video and TV need to watch footage of these guys. Class acts all the way.
Also, Primal Dreams was one incredible DVD. It definitely captured the whole essence of hunting.
Great post!!
01-15-2009, 12:58 PM
#29
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RE: The Wensel brothers
Man I have all but given up on hunting videos. I occasionaly turn to the Outdoor channel or MAn channel as it was called at one time on Direct TV. When its a hunting show and not some infomercial its cut up with 90 percent comercials. It drives me crazy to watch a guy in a tree stand or stalking finaly seeing an animal coming in then cut to 2-3 minutes of comercials, come back and rerun most of the footage and talk about it or have loud music blaring over it, then the shot ......and break for another 2-3 minutes of comercials. Then back from the break and another replay maybe and a couple minutes of the comercials again.........BY this time I'm agrevated and have the channel changed and end up missing alot.
I haven't seen The Wensel's videos but I know about them from Trad gang. I'd like to see them sometime. The rest are too far gone for me. The Truth series used to be good.. no music over and I could ignore what advertizing they pushed on you....but like I said thats along time ago. ....
I haven't seen The Wensel's videos but I know about them from Trad gang. I'd like to see them sometime. The rest are too far gone for me. The Truth series used to be good.. no music over and I could ignore what advertizing they pushed on you....but like I said thats along time ago. ....
01-16-2009, 11:25 AM
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RE: The Wensel brothers
Another one that cracked me up was when he was having a discussion with Cuz about the proper pronunciation of Acorn. He was saying it WASN'T "A-kern" as Cuz wanted it to be. It was simply A-corn. He finished with something along the lines of.... "and we're have Kern on the Cob tonight for dinner". LOL