Becoming a Bowhunter

This week Matty is joined by Mr Benny Fensom.

Benny is a traditional bowhunter and outdoorsman through and through.

This episode is filed with a heap of fascinating stories from benny’s adventures with his family and of course with his bow.

Podcast topics:

• Benny’s beginnings 
• Introducing kids to hunting 
• Hunting packs
• Traveling QLD and the Cape with the family 
• Hunting and fishing at Strathburn station
• Understanding how precious life can be
• Wood vs carbon arrows 
• Tuning arrows and what not to do
• Missed opportunities on BIG reds

And much much more

 Find Benny: 

@benny_fensom

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

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On this weeks episode Matty is joined by Corey from Dog and Gun Coffee.

The guys delve deep into Corey’s extreme life change and transition into not only bowhunting, but also his position at Dog and Gun Coffee.

Podcast topics: 

• Moving interstate for a dream. Job 
• Getting a start on hunting late in life
• Making god coffee 
• Hunting with others vs hunting by yourself
• Hunting boots
• Fast tracking your experience in the bush 
• Kayuga adventures 
• The bowhunters challenge 

And much much more.

Find Corey:

@coreox

@dogandguncofee

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Podcast sponsors:

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In this weeks episode Matty is joined by repeat offender Grant Randy Rand, His Brother Cameron Rand and the boys good friend Benny Fensom.

On the day of the interview the boys had just returned from quite a successful fox hunt…

which lead to a lot of the content for this episode. 

Podcast topics:

• Hunting beginnings 
• Hunting styles 
• Bow darts a game for the family to enjoy 
• From compound to recurve and beyond
• Foxy territory
• Calling in foxes
• Hunting foxes spot and stalk
• The boys hunt 

And much more…

Find todays Guests: 

@grant_randy_rand

@kayuga_broadheads

@benny_fensom

@ cameron_cambo_rand 

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Podcast sponsors:

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This week Matty is joined by Robbie Kroger of Blood Origins. 

Robbie and the team over at Blood Origins are fighting hard to promote the truth about hunting…

With a strong focus on hunters conservation efforts that have saved many species from going extinct.

This podcast is mainly centred around the attack we’re currently facing against bowhunting in South Australia. 

There are a few asks of you within this podcast.

Each one of them will help bowhunting in Australia… and hunting within the world. 

Help us to keep fighting the good fight. 

Find Robbie: 

@bloodorigins

https://bloodorigins.org/

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Podcast sponsors:

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This week Matty is joined by great friend of the podcast James Doumtsis.

James has just returned from and absolutely epic trip to Motana, U.S.A to hunt Elk and Mule deer…

And this is the complete unpacking of his hunt.

James lays out everything from concept to making the dream a reality… Plus lays out exactly what he did when his plans didn’t workout the way he thought they would.

S many great insights built into this absolute ripper of an episode. 

 Find James Doumtsis: 

@jamesdoumtsisoutdoors

@twin_elements

@spottedsafaris

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

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Podcast sponsors:

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This week Matty is joined by the legend Matt Williams (@fully_unqualified)

Matt has been a keen hunter for most of his life.

With a long history of chasing big toothy boars with dogs and a sticking knife.

However, in recent years the obsession has turned to chasing pigs with the bow.

Podcast topics: 

• About the hunt
• Matt’s prior hunting adventures 
• Hunting with dogs
• What makes a good pig dog 
• Buying a brand new bow - the process Matt just recently went through
• More on the hunt
• Dealing with skittish pigs
• What do you do when they all bunker down?
• Eating wild boars
• The butchering process 

And much more.

You can find Matt Williams:

@Fully_unqualified

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Podcast sponsors:

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Host Matty is joined by Jackson Crick @jackcriick also known as Jack Moon. 

Jack has become well known in the Australian bowhunting community for the great work he’s doing in his co-owned store Bowhunting only.

The boys have brought to life an inshore experience where all bowhunters are welcome to come and get fitted and firing comfortably before walking away with their bow, ready for their next hunt. 

Podcast topics: 

• Jack’s beginnings into bowhunting 
• Taking up traditional archery (then putting it down multiple times - before picking it up again)
• What it actually takes to be accurate with a trad bow 
• Styles of shooting with the trad bow. 
• Hunting mountain boars
• Access and opportunities
• Jacks favourite hunt… Hunting reds in the roar
• Future endeavours

And much more. 

Find Jack: 

@jackcriick

@bowhunitingonly 

@atlaswild

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Podcast sponsors:

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This week Matty is joined by returning guest Mitch Warren.

Mitch has enjoyed a life of bowhunting both in Australia and abroad. 

Mitch’s love for hunting knows no bounds. A few years back he became a guide @mitchell_cape_york_adventures

In this podcast the guys discuss: 

• Navigating covid as a guide 
• Hunting the Cape in 2022 wetter season. 
• The almighty scrub bull 
• Close encounters 
• Patterning un-pattern-able critters
• The perfect amount of time to boil a pigs jaw
• Boiling skulls
• Learnings as a guide
• Mitch’s shared knowledge to beginners 

And much much more. 

Find Mitch Warren:

@mitch.warren

@mitchell_cape_york_adventures

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Podcast sponsors:

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This week Matty is joined by Adam Barter @batsbowhunts

After a short back story into who adam is and how he got into bowhunting…

Adam quickly talks through a recap of a long awaited stick bow hunt that he recently completed.

After a 3 year delay Adam finally had feet on the ground and was chasing the almighty water buffalo.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Adam’s beginnings into the outdoors.
• The mentoring role adam has taken on for Matty 
• Transition from traditional archery to compound archery and then back again to traditional archery
• The biggest game changers to Adam’s form after investing in a coach 
• Getting to the hunt
• The hunting camp
• Buffalo patterns, characteristics and mannerisms 
• The hunt 
• What it takes to put a buff down
• The scrub bull adventure 
• It wouldn’t be an NT hunting trip without a big toothy boar.

Find Adam: 

@bartsbowhunts

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Podcast sponsors:

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On this week's episode, Matty gets interviewed on his Friend Isaak Hyde’s Podcast.

The gentlemen go toe to toe in somewhat of a debate on differing opinions on whether you should eat meat or not… and if you do why you should hunt it with a bow and arrow.

The interview actually takes many twists and turns. Including but not limited to: 

• Why Matty hunts 
• You can still love animals and hunt them to 
• Meat processing
• Why meat is healthier than plant based alternatives 
• Going vegan still kills animal 
• Differing perspectives to show a vegetarian why his may of thinking might be somewhat backwards
• Hunters saved African wild life

And much, much more. 

Find Becoming a Bowhunter:

@becomingabowhunter.podcast

@mattyafter

Podcast sponsors:

www.bowhunterschallenge.com

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Use the code “BOWHUNTER”

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