When I was about 12 years old, Santy Claus brought me a brand new solid fiberglass bow with 3 wooden arrows and a plastic quiver and that’s where my bowhunting career began. From that day on I was hooked on bowhunting and have never looked back.

But the one thing I have been looking for since that day is a good way to carry my bow to and from the woods on my vehicle.  With the old fiberglass bow, a little kite string or some electrical tape to secure the bow to the handlebars of my bicycle worked pretty well, but I needed something a little more sophisticated for the high dollar archery equipment of today.

Through the years, I think I have owned every kind of bow holder on the market and even constructed a few of my own making, but had never found one that I liked or that was satisfactory until I met a man named A.J. Williams at a local hunting trade show.

A.J. makes the finest gun/bow holder on the market in my opinion, the Sure Grip Gun and Bow Racks.  These racks come in a variety of configurations for most any application, from ATV’s to SUV’s and absolutely will hold your gun or bow in place under the roughest conditions. A.J. demonstrates this at the hunting shows by attaching the racks in various positions on a bright green Artic Cat ATV mounted on some sort of contraption akin to a giant paint shaker.

The ATV shakes like Elvis for hours on end with bows and guns mounted in the Sure Grip racks without ever slipping or falling out. He even mounts a rifle upside down in one of the racks and it stays in place throughout the shaking process.  I have one of the bow racks mounted to my Suzuki Samurai and have taken it over some of the roughest terrain the mountains of west Texas can dish out and have never had a failure.

With the price of guns and archery equipment you certainly need a mounting system that will secure and protect these valuable items.

Take a look at the Sure Grip Gun and Bow Racks website by clicking on the link in our “Sponsors” section of the website or go directly to their site at suregripracks.com you can also contact A.J. by emailing to aj@suregripracks.com or calling toll free 1-800-433-1757.

If you have the occasion to visit any of the hunting trade shows around the country, be sure to find A.J. and take a look at these great products. He’s not hard to find – just look for the bright green Artic Cat doing the watusi!

John Shelley

Pro Staff

Bowhunting North America, LLC