Abstract: A bowholder for supporting an archery bow on a fixed or movable structure, and particularly adapted for supporting an archery bow on a cargo carrier rack or the like of a motor vehicle, such as an all terrain vehicle (ATV), includes an elongated tubular frame member supported on spaced-apart support blocks which are mountable on a cargo carrier rack by releasable fastener assemblies. The frame member supports spaced-apart U-shaped bow limb support brackets which are mounted for pivotal movement on the frame member and are connected to pivot levers which, in turn, are connected to opposite ends of an elastically stretchable strap member. Opposite ends of the pivot levers form handles for rotating the U-shaped brackets against the bias of the elastic strap member to receive and release opposed limbs of an archery bow disposed in the U-shaped brackets, respectively. A fitted fabric cover includes an elastic hem and drawstrings for securing the cover tightly over the bowholder with a bow supported thereon.

Abstract: A stabilizing device for stabilizing a ladder stand against a tree or post. The stabilizing device includes a first strut having a base member adapted to engage a tree or post and be secured thereto by a flexible strap and a clevis formed at the opposite end of the first strut for securing the first strut to a lower rung of a ladder stand. The stabilizing device includes a second strut pivotally connected to the first strut adjacent the base member and including a clevis for securing the opposite end of the second strut to a rung spaced four or five rungs away from the lower rung of the ladder stand to which the first strut is connected. The struts may include telescoping extension members for varying the effective lengths of the struts. The stabilizing device resists a tendency for a ladder stand to tilt away from a tree or post during an ascent or descent of the ladder stand by a person using same.

Abstract: In an archery bow, a handle riser includes a generally horizontally extending shelf forming the base of a sight window and having plural sets of threaded bores, and/or alignment pins thereon or a tongue or groove formed thereon for receiving a preset arrow holder or arrow rest to be aligned with the draw plane of the bow. The arrow holder may also be mounted on an intermediate rest member which may be mounted on the shelf in a selected position to extend the overdraw capability of the arrow rest. The arrow holder may be supported on an extension member mounted on a rearward face of the shelf. The shelf of the handle riser, the rest member, the extension member and the arrow holder are all prefabricated for connection of these members to provide an arrow rest which is pre-centered in the bow draw plane or may determine the bow draw plane for bows with adjustable bow string supports and adjustable limbs.

Abstract: An animal call device includes a sound generator part and a sound amplifier part preferably directly connected to the sound generator part for producing an amplified and reverberating or echo-like animal call signal. The sound generator part includes a mouthpiece and a vibrating reed for producing staccato so-called grunt-like acoustic vibrations, particularly for attracting deer and similar mammals. A sound emitter member of the sound generator part is connected directly to a housing for the sound amplifier part which supports, in one embodiment, two spaced apart flexible diaphragms interconnected by a tension coil spring to produce complex echo-like amplified sounds. An alternate embodiment includes a single flexible diaphragm connected to a tension coil spring and supported in a frusto-conical housing for amplifying and modifying the staccato grunt signals produced by the sound generator part.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining the direction of ambient airflow and a method for the use thereof. The apparatus includes man-made or natural fibers that float when released into the air by a user. The direction of ambient airflow is determined by observing the direction of movement of the fibers from the point of release from the user's hand.