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While Truglo is perhaps best known for their variety of after-market fiber optic bow and pistol sights, Truglo also makes a variety of archery accessories from stabilizers to bow releases. For this review we'll be taking a closer look at Truglo's entry level "Lock Down" four arrow bow quiver.

Fuse Archery offers a line of premium bow hunting accessories from sights to rests. Recently they have added a series of "Clinch" bow releases to their offerings and new for this year is a new release called the "Dual Caliper." Fuse is owned by the Hoyt Archery Company of Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Dual Caliper comes in two color variations either camo or black. The black model has a street price around $70 with the camo variation being around $10 more. Fuse also offers two other releases called the Clinch Barrel release and the original Clinch CFT (custom fit technology) both of which are single caliper designs and cost somewhat more than the Dual Caliper model.

In a previous blog we took a look at the Tru-Fire Patriot series of releases with good results. While the Patriot is a great release for the money if you're willing to step it up a bit Tru-Fire offers a variety of higher end bow releases. One of Tru-Fire's nicer releases is the Hurricane which is offered in a variety of configurations. For this review we'll take a look at the Hurricane Buckle Foldback release.

If you get tired of having your release head get in the way of using your hand when you're trying to do something other than draw back a bow, the foldback release style is worth trying. The foldback head allows for the trigger mechanism to rotate on a ring that locks it back against your forearm when not in use. Deploying the release is as simple as folding it back into position and you're ready to shoot. The foldback feature is handy and makes for wearing a release constantly while afield a more enjoyable experience.

2012 is a revamping year for Bear Archery, not only have they added a new flagship bow (the Anarchy which we have previously reviewed), but they have updated all of their entry level bows. Previously we reviewed and liked the Bear Charge, so we thought we'd take a look at the new 2012 Bear Legion ready-to-hunt (RTH) package bow.

The idea of RTH is that a hunter should be able to purchase the bow ready to go and with a minimal amount of extra expenditure go out and start shooting. To this end Bear's RTH packages come with all the accessories necessary to get a bow hunter up and running quickly. The RTH accessories have been updated for 2012 and there are some changes over the previous package offerings.

Rifle slings are one of those pieces of hunting equipment that often get overlooked. However an inadequate sling becomes readily apparent within just a few hours of packing around. Fortunately there are many options for outfitting a rifle with a new sling and this year LimbSaver added its new Kodiak sling series to the mix.

Like most LimbSaver products, the company has introduced a few new twists with releasing the Kodiak sling. First the sling has a rubberized "NAVCOM" grip that appears to be made of the same soft pliable material that their other firearms and archery products are made of. The grip and the siding of the sling are soft and conform well to the shoulder and hand while holding the sling. The NAVCOM grip also serves as a good "control point" to always have a hold on the rifle while packing on unstable terrain.