BuckedUp Apparel offers a range of gifts sure to put a smile on your girl's face this holiday season.

She’s the girl of your dreams – she’s hot, she knows her way around a deer stand and she’s got the confidence and sass that keeps you on your toes. Treat her right this holiday season with the kind of gifts she really wants. Never mind the sparkly stuff you can’t afford anyway. Get her the hunting clothes and accessories she’ll use every day. Lucky for you, BuckedUp Apparel has a few gift ideas that are sure to make her smile:

1. BuckedUp hoodie – They come in nine different colors and designs and will help keep her warm on cold nights.
2. BuckedUp Jr. lounge pants – They’ll be the most comfy item in her closet.
3. Six-pack lunch cooler in pink with the BuckedUp logo – A gal’s gotta eat and she’d prefer to do it in style.
4. BuckedUp girly tank or tee – Spring will be here before you know it, and she’ll be fashionably ready.
5. BuckedUp swirly hat or visor - To go with her girly tank or tee. After all, accessories make the outfit.
6. BuckedUp Hot Shorts – Ok, admit it. This is a gift that’s a little more for you than for her. But she’ll be flattered. We think.
7. BuckedUp 2010 Calendar – When you hand her this calendar full of hot picks of the beautiful BuckedUp girls and tell her, “Baby, these gals got NUTHIN’ on you,” she’ll be so moved with emotion that you can bet the Christmas night romance is ON. Maybe.
8. Chuckit Bucket – Because seriously, she needs someplace to coral all your junk you leave lying around the house.
9. BuckedUp cornhole board – To keep the kids occupied while she tries on those hot shorts. And because she’s such a great aim, she can hustle your buddies out of an easy few bucks.
10. Statch Rope – Because she’s got stuff to pull too. What do you think she does all day when you’re off with your buddies – watch Oprah reruns? Doubt it.

Whether you’re looking for a great gift for your girl, your best buddy or the littlest future hunters in your family, BuckedUp Apparel has you covered. Browse our website, find a BuckedUp retailer near you or catch us at one of multiple upcoming events.

A shot from the Trucks Gone Wild Tour 2009 at the Redneck Yacht Club in Punta Gorda, FL.

Hey truck fans – throw on your favorite BuckedUp hunting clothes and join BuckedUp Apparel and the BuckedUp Girls for Trucks Gone Wild Weekend Nov. 12-14 at the Redneck Yacht Club in Punta Gorda, Florida. The state’s largest off-road park will host the Trucks Gone Wild Tour 2010 featuring the fastest, muddiest and craziest ATV and truck racing events you’ll see all year.

The three-day party starts with a Friday night concert and the dirty stuff gets underway Saturday morning with the $250 purse ATV Racing in the Mud Track event; $250 purse Side by Side Racing in the Mud Track; and the $10,000 purse Triple Crown Race consisting of a mud track race and the Truck Pull Scraping Paint Race, open to all trucks and buggies. The winner of the truck pull takes home $1,000.

Country's Stealing Angels will open for Ricochet Saturday night during the Trucks Gone Wild Weekend at the Redneck Yacht Club.

Saturday night wraps with a concert by Country girl group Stealing Angels (made up of heavenly descendents of Country great Loretta Lynn, film legend John Wayne and American Folk Hero Daniel Boone) and Ricochet, best known for their 1996 No. 1 hit “Daddy’s Money.” Enjoy the Redneck Yacht Club’s 800+ acres of trail riding, four mud holes, 500-foot oval mud track and drive-thru buggy wash ’til the gates close at 4pm on Sunday.

BuckedUp will be there with all the latest BuckedUp hunting clothes and gear so you can get a jump on your holiday shopping and maybe even snap a keepsake photo with one of the beautiful BuckedUp Girls. Visit the Redneck Yacht Club’s website for information on tickets and requirements for minors. And if you can’t make it out to the BuckedUp booth, visit our website for the hottest hunting clothes and gear around.

If you can see him, you can bet that he can smell you. BuckedUpApparel.com offers tips on scent-free hunting.

You don’t even have to break a sweat. Just show up and you already smell. Every moment of the day your body is spinning millions of scent molecules into the surrounding air. It’s on your hunting clothes and boots that you wear and on all the hunting gear that you carry. And don’t think for minute that whitetail buck you’ve got your eye on can’t detect it – his greatest sense is his sense of smell. Lucky for you, BuckedUp Apparel has a few helpful hints to keep your hunting clothes and gear, and yourself off your target’s scent radar:

• Before your hunt, shower with unscented antibacterial soap and shampoo, dry off with towels washed in an odor-killing detergent and use an odor-neutralizing deodorant;
• Brush your teeth with baking soda and avoid eating, smoking and chewing tobacco after a brush;
• Wash ALL of your hunting clothes, right down to your skivvies, with odor-killing detergent and hang them to dry on a line outside (your dryer may hold scents from previously washed clothes and scented drying cloths);
• Store and carry your clothes in scent-free bags;
• Oil rifles with brands that provide a masking scent;
• Wash bows, arrows and broadheads with hydrogen peroxide;
• Wash all of your hunting gear including your backpack, harness, stand, grunt tube, knives, etc. with fragrance-free detergents before each hunt;
• Wash boots and overboots with odor-killing detergent and don’t wear them until you reach your hunting ground to avoid picking up odors from your vehicle, gas station and that favorite breakfast joint you hit along the way;
• If you wear leather boots, line them with a scent lock and spray with a masking scent and odor neutralizer;
• To really mask your boots’ scent, grind them in fresh deer droppings spotted while walking your hunting ground;
• Use your rifle or bow to push aside vegetation and use activated carbon gloves to climb up to your tree stand. Touching leaves, bark and tree stand steps can leave your scent for deer to discover hours after you’ve passed by;
• Use all of your hunting clothes, gear and equipment exclusively for the woods and store them in a sealed, scent-free container.

For the hottest hunting clothes and hunting gear around, shop BuckedUpApparel.com. And be sure to check our Upcoming Events section to see where BuckedUp and the BuckedUp Girls will be next. We regularly travel to hunting, mudding, 4-wheeling, trucking, festival and concert events to show off all the latest new BuckedUp products.

“It’s very foolish to take a dog off the couch and go hunting,” Dogfolk Enterprises owner and author Pat Hastings recently told a reporter with the Oregonian. Hastings is a sought-after canine expert who travels the country to evaluate litters of puppies, informing owners as to the best lifestyles for a pup based on its body structure.  Hastings offers these tips to make sure your dog is ready for the hunt.

Make sure your dog is ready for the hunting season with tips from BuckedUp Apparel.

• Shed the pounds. Extra weight is as hard or harder on dogs as it is on humans. It tires and weakens their legs and overworks their hearts. Ideally, you should be able your hunting dog’s ribs and backbone but not see them. If your dog is too heavy, feed him once a day, preferably in the morning, and opt for low-calorie rice cakes as filling treats.
• Take along fresh, clean water for your hunting dog. A dog will drink a little dirty water if that’s all he can find, but he won’t drink enough of it to keep him properly hydrated. That’s why they’ll dart past a grungy water dish and lap up fresh toilet water instead.
• Make sure your hunting dog gets lots of free-running and play time off the leash. Chasing sticks and balls exercises more of your dog’s musculature than does running along with you on a leash. It also gives his mind a workout. In a free-running game, he decides when to change his gait, dodge, jump, etc. Hastings also recommends using an exercise ball to help strengthen your hunting dog’s core muscles, which means less pressure on his limbs.
• When you’re headed out for a hunt, massage and stretch your dog and allow him a few minutes of warm-up play before you start hunting.
• Take along a leaf of aloe vera plant and squeeze the juice onto the pads of your hunting dog’s feet if they crack or bleed. Use a product like Tuf-Foot to help toughen paw pads and make sure their nails are a healthy length. Nails that touch the ground make for sore feet.
• Shave long-haired hunting dogs in September to ward off burrs and tangles. Carry along a container of talcum powder or baking flour to sprinkle on and remove burrs while out on a hunt.

BuckedUp Apparel has the hottest line of hunting clothes on the market today. Our women’s hunting tops are big sellers and BuckedUp hunting gear includes hunting backpacks, lunch and can coolers, bottle and can huggers and the famous Snatch Rope. For all your hunting clothes plus great hunting gear, visit BuckedUp Apparel online or find us at our next event.

BuckedUp Apparel will be at the 2010 Orlando Truck & Jeep Fest August 21-22.

Hey all you truck and jeep lovers – catch up with BuckedUp Apparel at the 2010 Orlando Truck & Jeep Fest this weekend, August 21-22 at the Orange County Convention Center. It’s an off-roader’s ultimate dream – lifted trucks, jeeps and other custom off-road vehicles every which way you turn. You’ll see more than $100,000 of on-site inventory, to be exact.

The brainchild of the 4 Wheel Parts chain of auto parts stores tailored to the off-road and 4×4 enthusiast, the Orlando Truck & Jeep Fest features dozens of regional and national dealerships and vendors performing product demonstrations and offering unheard-of discounts on the latest and greatest off-road vehicles and accessories. Get 50% off installations and register for dozens of hourly giveaways to win some free stuff.

BuckedUp Apparel will be there too, offering great deals on all the latest and greatest hunting and outdoors apparel including t-shirts and tank tops and caps, plus gear including backpacks, lunch coolers, can coolers, thermoses, can and bottle holders. Don’t forget to pick up a BuckedUp Snatch Rope, too. It’ll come in handy the first time – and every time – you get your trusty Jeep or 4×4 mud-stuck.

The 2010 Orlando Truck & Jeep Fest happens Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. It’s free to the public. See you there!

Apopka Old FL Outdoor Festival

Apopka, FL

February 17th & 18th

Mudfest

Okeechobee, FL

February 25th

Rennigers

Eustis, FL

We’re particularly looking forward to this trip for one reason – a loud and loony but loveable character know as the Turtleman of Kentucky. Since the age of seven, Ernie Brown, Jr. has wowed watchers with his bare-handed, adrenalin-jacked pursuit of Kentucky’s snapper turtles. He’s been known to be paid in gas money for his help in ridding the state’s farm ponds of snapping turtles that eat fish, baby ducks and eggs and bite kids, cattle and horses swimming or cooling off in the water.

Bare-handed turtle hunting is considered a rare and dying art, but the Turtleman is doing one heck of an entertaining job keeping it alive. He starts by running full-on into even the murkiest brown and green water. When he spots the tell-tale bubbles that tell him a turtle is lurking beneath the surface, he goes in hands first, sometimes fully submerging himself in waters that we’d rather stay clear of. After a minute or two, he’ll burst out of the water swinging his catch by the tail and letting out his signature “Indian rebel yell.”

“When you hear him holler with a rebel yell, Turtleman’s got another turtle by the tail,” goes a little ditty written for the man whose antics have racked up upwards of 3 million YouTube views.

“They think I’m crazy, but they can’t help but like me,” Turtleman says of his growing legion of fans. Though the thought of going mano a mano with a 40-pound snapper may seem a bit unnerving, Turtleman would have it no other way. He won’t use hooks or any other instrument that may cause harm and he encourages watchers to “respect the turtle.”

“I don’t kill it – I only catch it,” he says.

Hopefully, Turtleman will trade us a few of his “Snapperlicious” logo T shirts for some stylish BuckedUp hunting clothes. If you see him out at the expo, be sure to send him to the BuckedUp Apparel booth. And be sure to stop by yourself for the best looking hunting clothes available.

Ernie Brown, Jr. aka "Turtleman" and BuckedUp Apparel will be at the Kentucky Hunting, Fishing & ATV Expo August 14-15. www.turtle-man.com.

Ruff Creek is among the acts providing live entertainment at the 2010 Deerassic Classic. BuckedUp Apparel and the BuckedUp Girls will be there.

The NWDEF Deerassic Park Education Center was built with a mission in mind: “To reconnect youth with the outdoors and all of nature through innovative and exciting educational programs.” These programs include classroom presentations and field trips for public and private schools, home schoolers, church youth groups, youth organizations such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and 4H clubs plus at-risk youth.  The 117-acre Deerassic Park Education Center near Salt Fork State Park is home to a herd of beautiful whitetail deer, features hiking trails and is the site of the planned Ohio Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum complex.

The 2010 Deerassic Classic opens with live entertainment by Tom Jackson and Frankie Ballard on Thursday, August 5. Lo Cash Cowboys and Ruff Creek play on Friday; Daryle Singletary and the Double Barrel Tour with Andy Griggs and Rhett Akins on Saturday. Outdoor celebrity appearances include:

• Chris Brackett (Arrow Affliction, Brackett Outdoors)
• Ralph and Vicki Cianciarulo (Archer’s Choice TV)
• Keith “Doc” Ainsley (Doc’s Team Extreme)
• Heath Painter (Sportsmen of North America)
• George Winslow and Russ Walker (Bullseye Outdoor Adventures)
• Mike Stroff and Jamie Satterfield (Southern Outdoor Experience)
• Ray Howell (Kicking Bear Founder)
• Irlene Mandrell (Mandrell Sisters)

Register to win Harley Davidson motorcycles, ATVs, boats, trucks, vacations, guns and a stash of cold hard cash. And be sure to stop by to mingle with the BuckedUp girls and see all the latest from BuckedUp Apparel. Get your tickets and secure your camp site now. Call 740-435-9500 for more info.