Archery Geek Outdoors

After an unusually long interval between episodes due to a recently acquired speech impediment, I'm finally back - lol! In this episode, I look back at the weekend shoot at Liberty Archers in Suffolk in July. This is the traditional Paget summer holiday & this year was no exceptoion as we took around  20 archers to Suffolk. I was 5 months into my traditional archery adventure and attempting my first competition with a single string bow. On the Friday I had to make the decision to either put in the reps on the pracrice range or, after an invitation from Maddie, jump on the opportunity to shoot with Matt Zirnsak from The Push as he was in the UK filming with Maddie. Will I regret delaying gratification and deciding to put in the reps? I hope you enjoy my latest ramblings.  

Welcome to Episode 76, where I'm blessed to be joined by Danish indoor longbow champion, Danish national 3D team member & traditional bowhunter, Klaes Andersen. We spent almost 3 hours in conversation about his start in archery, how he sets up his bow and arrows, bowhunting, consevation, the joys of swearing, smack talk and deciding whether to rename Trad Sniper (The Black Bowman) The Emo Bowman. (Sorry Lee... Hahaha). Sit back, relax and enjoy the chat.

Klaes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/klaes_andersen_dk/?hl=en

Klaes on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@klaesandersen4987

Welcome to Episode 75. This is a very special episode where we got previous guests and a couple of new ones, to sit down face to face and record an episode while we were being hosted by the amazing Alex and Beck at Hybrid Archery in Norfolk. We had an amazing weekend doing target, 3D and skeet archery, air rifle shooting, slingshot making and shooting, knife and axe throwing aswell as an awesome BBQ on Saturday, followed by a recording session of just over 3 and a half hours. We covered everything from the upcoming adventures of Maddie Mads, the diet and fitness regimes of Big Buff Tom, archery coaching techniques, Lady Trad Sniper's first experience shooting a compound bow and just about everything in between, There were many laughs, lots of learning, new friendships made and existing fiendships reinforced. If you want to find out more about what Alex does at Hybrid Archery, look him up on Facebook.

Welcome to Episode 74. In this episode I look at my first 12 weeks of shooting a single string bow and figure out how I'm already 3 bows deep. I go over an amazing gift from Austin & Courtney Motte of St. Joe River Bows to two young archers hete in Great Britiain. I also discuss some of the resources that I've found invaluable on this latest leg of my archery journey including the Three Rivers Archery spine chart and the full Shot IQ course, which has been hugely helpful in my progress so far. Links to the above can be found below.

St. Joe River Bows

https://stjoeriverbows.com/

https://www.facebook.com/st.bows/

Shot IQ Course

https://shotiq.com/

https://thepusharchery.teachable.com/p/controlled-process-shooting

Three Rivers Archery Spine Chart

https://www.3riversarchery.com/pdf/ArrowCharts.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOormuWwD4queAyck8MBDnK62ohPS4nVNlhwVUvo7P6rCSIRwwuxw

Welcome to Episode 73 of the Archery Geek Outdoors podcast where I'm joined by traditional archer and NFAS coach Rob Jones. We spent 3 and a half hours discussing everything archery from his first steps through his coaching and the development of his website and podcast. https://offthearrowshelf.com/https://www.facebook.com/offthearrowshelf/https://www.instagram.com/offthearrowshelf/https://www.youtube.com/@UCP9TZikgZjhkYpRQTVOHjIA

Welcome to Episode 72 of the Archery Geek Outdoors Podcast, where I'm joined by Ian Edwards, current World Archery European & World 3D longbow champion, Join us for a conversation lasting just under 3 hours where we cover Ian's background in the outdoors, from hunting to fill the freezer, his introduction to archery and competing at the highest level onthe word stage. We also discuss his discovery of sculpting and his career as an incredibly talented sculptor. Ian also covers his competitive side and busts some common archery myths. We had lots of laughs and the recording was only brought to an end by a powercut in Ian's studio. Youcan find Ian at the links below.

https://www.ianedwardssculptor.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ianedwardssculptor/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/sculptorianedwards/?locale=en_GB&_rdr

Welcome to Episode 71, where I'm honoured to be joined by Austin & Coutney Motte, the owners of St. Joe River Bows in Holt, Michigan, We d spent almost 3 hours discussing their backgrounds and how they came to own St. Joe River Bows and become custom bowyers. We also discuss hunting, wooden and carbon arrows, generational differences in work ethics, the incredible friendship and support found in the traditional archery community and anything else that happened to come up. You can find them at the links below.

https://stjoeriverbows.com

https://tbirdarchery.com

https://stjoeriverbows.com/trade-in-program

https://www.facebook.com/st.bows/

Welcome to Episode 70. In this episode I go through the start of my transition to shooting single string and some of my plans for 2025. Although I love shooting my compounds, I'm putting therm to one side for a few months while I focus on learning to shoot a trad bow. I go through my choice of equipment and why I chose it. I also go through the early plans for the podcast in the coming year.

Paul Chittenden (Dirty Gnome Leather) on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kentish_toxophilite/

The Push Archery Centre Of Knowledge (PACK) - https://thepusharchery.teachable.com/

Eagle Archery - https://eaglearchery.co.uk/

Welcome to Episode 69 where I'm joined by the Trad Sniper for the last recording of 2024. We catch up on his adventures over the last few months including his switch from recurve to English longbow and his new custom longbow, his goals with it for 2025.We talk about him deep diving into wooden arrow builds to make perfect match grade arrows. We also discuss his trip to Agincourt, my decision to give single string shooting a try and the possibility of a get together with previous guests on the podcast in summer 2025 to do some shooting. BBQ'ing and record a round table episode. It was a conversation that lasted over 4 and a half hours peppered with lots of laughs and the usual inappropriate humour. Happy New Year one and all.

The Trad Sniper's Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/trad_sniper/

Adrian Hayes Longbows, the bowyer who built Lee's new longbow

https://www.adrianhayeslongbows.com/

Welcome to Episode 68 where I am truly blessed to be joined by Joel Turner of Shot IQ. Joel is a former SWAT team member and sniper who was aso a lead firearms instructor and a  a two-time RMEF World Elk Calling Champion in the Professional Division, who developed Controlled Process Shooting, a system that addresses the mental side of archery and shot anticipation (or the dreaded target panic). In 2023, Joel's son, Bodie, smashed his way onto the world stage by winning The Vegas Shoot in the Championship Male category at just 15 years old. After my nerves settled, we discuss Joel's system, non-hunting societies and the joys of silence in a conversation that lasted just over 2 hours. Joel can be found on the links below.

https://www.shotiq.com/home

https://www.turnermodel.com/mindiq

https://www.instagram.com/joelturneractual/

https://www.youtube.com/c/SHOTIQ

https://www.facebook.com/joelshotIQ/?locale=en_GB