Roger Raglin Explains Why He Always Carries the CVA Accura on Hunts
Editor’s Note: Roger Raglin of “Roger Raglin Outdoors” on the Outdoor Channel has been in the outdoor industry for 24 years. Roger describes a bear hunt with his son Josh and explains why he always carries the CVA Accura muzzleloader on hunts.
I was hunting in northeastern Maine with my 21-year-old son Josh, and we’d put-out trail cameras on baits to see which bears were hitting what baits at what times. Most of the bears our trail cameras photographed came to the bait after dark. We hoped to take these bears with our bows, but we couldn’t seem to find a bait the bears would come-to during daylight hours. However, across the lake from where we stayed, about a 15-minute boat ride from camp, a bear was coming-in to a bait site at about 5:00 pm every day. But this bait site was set-up for a rifle hunter, not a bowhunter. So, on the last day of the hunt, Josh decided to take his CVA Accura to that bait site to try to take the bear. The bear came-in at about 5:00 pm, and when the bear was 50-yards away, Josh smoked him. This was Josh’s first bear with a gun, but he’s taken several with a bow. The bear only went about 40 yards and then piled-up. The bear was across a cove, so we used a boat to load-up the bear and take him back to camp.
Even if you’re a bowhunter, carry a CVA Accura with you on an extended hunt. It’s a shame to pay all the expenses for the hunt and know there’s an animal out there you may can take, but that won’t come to within bow range. If you’ve got a CVA Accura with you, then on the last day of the hunt, you still can fill your tag, have a successful hunt and go home with the trophy you went to take. When we’re taping a TV episode and have cameramen, travel time, expenses and an outfitter we’re working with, being successful is important. So, we’ve always got the CVA Accura with us, regardless if we’re bowhunting or not.