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Ralph Cianciarulo
Ralph was born in 1960 and grew up in a household without much hunting. He fell in love with archery in his younger years and ended up starting an archery shop in the suburbs of Chicago! In the 80’s, he began making productions of his hunts around the world. In the 90’s, he and his wife, Vicki, closed the shop and pursued a full career in filming their hunts.
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Vicki Cianciarulo
Vicki grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and is definitely an 80’s girl! Growing up she had worked at a newspaper and various other jobs until she finally found her place at an archery shop called Archer’s Choice… Yes, that Archer’s Choice! For many years, Vicki has kept Ralph’s head straight and is the real boss in the company! Hahah!
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RJ Cianciarulo
RJ is Ralph and Vickis’ son and has grown up living the outdoor lifestyle. He was never forced or pushed into this lifestyle but with his parents always being his biggest mentors and the people he looks up to the most, he walked right into it and hasn’t looked back!
Merry Christmas From Our House To Yours!
How can it be almost Christmas? It’s been a crazy year here, and it has flown by at light speed. As we all realize that 2019 is almost over, let’s take a moment to remember the reason for season. With all the hustle and bustle we…
Listen to the Warning Signs….Please!!
First off, thank you all for the prayers and well wishing! You don’t know how much that meant! So here is a quick 411 on what happened to me this past week… Friday morning I had woke to a strong feeling like someone was stepping on…
April Updates From Ralph And Vicki
This year is flying by, and it’s already been a busy one!! Trade shows are pretty much done for now, then we went to New Zealand and now it’s turkey season!! So we have a bunch to catch up on…
Ralph & Vicki’s 400th Episode!!
Wow!! 400th Episode! We started producing and airing Archer’s Choice with Ralph & Vicki, 18 years ago on Outdoor Channel and then started The Choice with Ralph & Vicki 5 years later. We would have never though that would have been possible, and yet here…
This Warden Is Working Hard For His Bird!
This Warden is working hard for his bird! It’s our second deacon for Illinois turkey and Vicki & I didn’t have tags for it, but one of our local game wardens did and he was pumped to get in the woods for himself. This second turkey season…
Turkey Hunting - Home Grown Gobbling Getting!
Turkey hunting in Illinois 1st season. So as many know, this spring turkey hunting season was not like the normal mild weather. We had snow, cold, high winds and freezing temps. Yes, if one more person tells me about global warming I am going to strangle…
Turkey Hunting.. Colder Than Cold Gobblers
It still is dang cold outside and it’s middle of April…
2 Years Later… Ralph’s Heart
This was a b blog that Ralph posted 2 years ago (4/29/15) right after he had 2 stents put in for his heart. We want to remind everyone to please remember to listen the warning signs. If you are not feeling right, have it checked out!!…
Turkey Hunting Youth Season Sleeping Tactics…RJ & Ralph
Yes, this turkey hunting season has definitely been a bit different than the past here at home camp. We saw colder temps than normal and this made for some very chilly morning hunts so far. RJ was up first with one of his last few home…
Ber N’Down - Never Say Never
Spring Bear Hunting and Patience! Spring has sprung early this year and talking with all our outfitters and friends in the great north they are all saying the same thing,” It’s going to be an early spring season and the bears will be active early.” So what…
Make Quebec Your Next Destination!
We who love the outdoors and participate in it as much as possible know the value of good management, respecting the habitat and the animals itself. Some states and provinces back away from marketing to passionate hunting and fishing enthusiasts’ but not Quebec and…
Late Season Food Plots And Trail Cameras
Late Season Food Plots and Trail Cameras We work hard in the summer at putting in food plots for this time of year, and between putting in the plots and setting up out Spypoint Trail Cameras, we can see we have some great late season deer hunting…
Utah Elk Hunting With Kevlar Ranch Outfitters (KRO) Sept 2016
Utah early season Elk hunt with Clint Kearl of KRO. It’s August 31st and the plan was Kenneth would meet up with us at Ohare, but as usual that didn’t happen. His flight from NC took a sudden landing for there was an emergency medical issue….
Sitting In The Bear Blind!
We are in our Ameristep ground blind on our first afternoon here in Alberta with Don Lind and the boys of South Peace Outfitters. It’s good thing we are in the blind cause it’s raining pretty good. We have done the best we can for our…
Teaching Ralph On How To Post On His Blogs…
Technology is a wonderful thing, unless you are Ralph, who hates it!! Ok, hate may be a bit strong for his feeling to it, but there’s a definite dislike to it. I’ve been posting Ralph’s Ramblings, he’s been writing stuff and sending it to me, well…
Playing Catch Up
It’s been a crazy fall season and it’s not slowing down much. We have had a great hunting season so far and we are a bit behind in getting the ‘office’ stuff done. Production meetings, filming and just trying to generally catch up. We have a new…
Wednesday Ramblings…5/20/15
It’s Wednesday and wanted to let everyone know I’m doing well. This past weekend was crazy wet, but today we are putting in our Hunter Specialties Velvet clover mix. We are almost kicking off our spring bear camp and I got the OK from the doctors to slowly…
Keeping Busy In The Mancave!
Ok, Ralph has sometime on his hands so he is in his “Man Cave” and working on some gear. He took his Beman Classic Shafts, put on the NAP Quickfletch AC Flo orange & Flo yellow wraps and put on his favorite Trueflight Flo barred…
Ralph’s Ramblings… May 4 2015
Hi everyone!! Ralph here. first off want to THANK you all so much for the prayers and well wishing!! You don’t know how much that helps! All is good here. If all works well, the guys will be filming Vicki and I for some new show opens…
Our First Blog… Or is It Just Ramblings…
We are starting another new adventure, blogging. We aren’t really sure how this will go, but we are going to give it a try. Ralph and I will blog about a bunch of different things, archery, hunting, critters, technical things, food, and if you have….