Becoming a Bowhunter

This weeks episode is a recap of a recent hunt Matty went on! It is a solo episode done on Matty’s phone on his drive home from the hunt… Although the audio may not be tip-top, the hunting stories are fresh and flowing! 

This podcast has some big takeaways and some good hunting stories to be shared! 

Find Matty

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Jarrah has been a keen spearfisherman for most of his life. He has recently stepped into the bowhunting world and absolutely loves the crossover and experiences both of these incredible outdoor activities bring! 

Podcast topics:

• A beginners guide to spearfishing 
• Courses to take to help with better breathing for spearfishing
• Getting into bowhunting 
• Success in months of starting bowhunting 
• Future trips both land and sea bound!

Find Jarrah: 

@spearfishing_international 

@ keepittropical 

Find Matty:

@mattyafter

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

Brett Meldrum joins us this week for a good talk about his bowhunting adventures. With many years of hunting on his side, Brett decided to get into bowhunting! Being a full-time farmer he’s always out among the wild and has come to learn the patterns of his local critters! 

Covered in the podcast:

• Brett’s 2021 Red deer rut
• Self filming bowhunting 
• Filming equipment
• Fallow doing fallow things 
• Slowing down in the bush 
• Future hunts Brett has planned! 

You can Find Brett:

@brettmeldrum085

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZiHsvRfus7s0nI03GMXdHQ

Find Matty:

@mattyafter

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

This weeks episode is with Kody Mackay. Don’t let the age of 17 fool you! This dude has put in HOURS in the bush… Since he could walk Kody has been by his dad’s side out hunting as a professional shooter… Which quickly turned into Kody being a keen young hunter himself. With the combination of pigging with his dogs and going out with his bow, Kody has knocked a heap of super amazing Critters!

Topics covered in the podcast: 

• Pig hunting with dogs
• Training dogs for hunting
• How can you tell if your dog has what it takes
• Kody’s Fallow Buck from this years rut!
• Hunting mountain boars with a bow
• Getting the wind right
• Goat commonalities 
• Kody’s new job and adventure up to the Northern Territory!
• Whistling foxes 
• Taking friends and newbies out bowhunting

Find Kody:

@kody.mackay

Find Matty:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

thebowhunterschallenge.com 

Jack Pogson from GetnOutdoorz.com joins us this week!

Jack is a keen outdoorsman. If he’s not out bow hunting, filming or photographing animals, he’s camping and surfing at the beach!

Topics of the podcast:

• Jack tells us his secret top and tail trick for making vanes last forever on your arrows! 
• Hunting rush, including tracking, their mating season, eating habits and more
• Filming and photographing hunts. Why Jack documents what he does! 
• Get n Outdoors Jack’s brand. Why he started it, what’s on offer, how you can get involved and support a local Aussie outdoors Business  
• Hunting Buff in Australia
• Adventures that hunting gives you! 
• Future endeavours 

The book Jack mentioned was:

RUSA

Rusa timorensis

By: Aaron Grant

Find Jack:

@getnoutdoorz

www.Getnoutdoorz.com

Find Matty:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

thebowhunterschallenge.com 

This weeks episode is a recap of Matty's 2021 Red Roar hunt. Matty adventured for a 4 & 1/2 day hunt. The hunt was action packed and full of great lessons for Matty... Lessons he hope to pass onto you!

Find Matty:

@mattyafter

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

This week Matty is joined by return guest Grant 'Randy' Rand from Kayuga Broadheads!

Grant fill us in with some of his recent hunts as well as some of the tips as to why he thought this hunt was so successful!

He then talks about the 2nd edition with the Kayuga broadheads... He explains what the new bleeder blades do and how to manage the weight change!

Find Kayuga Broadheads:

https://www.kayugabroadheads.com.au/

@kayuga_broadheads

Find Grant Rand:

@grant_randy_rand

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

www.bowhunterschallenge.com

This week Matty is joined by Emily Corbett (@emcorbett93).

Emily is a keen new bowhunter who is not afraid to ask for help!

She has studied bowhunting for the last few years and put her heart and soul into doing and learning more about bowhunting!

Find Em:

@emcorbett93

Find Becoming A Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

This episode is bought to you by The Bowhunters Challenge:

www.bowhunterschallenge.com

This weeks episode is a recording of a live call Matty did explaining what the Bowhunters Challenge is all about.

The program is a 12-week challenge designed just for bowhunters. If you’d like to know more details head to bowhunterschallenge.com

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

This week matty is joined by Dylan Smith @_wilderlife_

Dylan is an avid outdoorsmen and someone who is taking living from the land by the horns and running with it!

Dylan shares his experiences of hunting and cooking wild game as well as some great stories of fishing Murray cod. (since recording this podcast he has landed a new PB on the Cod).

Dylan has been successfully learning to use a traditional bow and explains his reasons and though patterns behind jumping from a rifle to a traditional bow out in the wild!

Find Dylan:

@_wilderlife_

Find Becoming A Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

This episode is brought to you by The Bowhunters Challenge

www.bowhunterschallenge.com