Bowhunting Soul

If you have a stirring interest in dabbling into the ILF traditional bow game, there is no better person to talk to than Matt Zirnsak. Matt and Tim Nebel run The Push Archery website, podcast and YouTube channel. In just a few short years, they've turned the traditional archery world on it's head (in a good way). They offer coaching courses, discuss tech and tuning and really dive into the science of what makes an arrow fly. Today I talk with Matt about how to get started in ILF. What is it? What to look for? What to avoid? What are the benefits of ILF? Can you hunt with an ILF rig? We also discuss how a last name can be a verb. You'll just have to listen! 

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The Push Archery website: https://www.thepusharchery.com/

The Push YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/tnebel20

Bowhunting Soul YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo_8BAE7Z6y49xJoUZS2nPQ

This week I'm joined by bowyer Bob Smith of Big Stick Archery. Bob not only builds some amazing reflex/deflex longbows, but he's also an author, having published, "A Quiver Full of Arrows" last year. We talk about his start in bow building, his out of state hunts, successes, failures, writing a book and even hunting out of a Nissan Versa! Bob is a fun and outgoing guy and we had a great conversation. Thanks for listening and PLEASE remember to leave a rating! Super important!

Emrah

If you'd like to check out Bob's bows or his book, check out his website: http://www.bigstickarchery.com/

If you'd like to buy some sweet Bowhunting Soul T-shirts, check them out on our Teespring storefront: https://teespring.com/stores/bowhunting-soul

Boy, what a weird couple of months. We've gone from Covid 19 to turkey hunting, all but skipped murder hornets, and went right into riots and looting. A few minutes of politics in the beginning, but this episode is a re-cap of my turkey hunting season. It was a truly exciting season for me. I had some very cool encounters, learned a ton about scouting, calling, ground setups and had one very incredible encounter where I got a shot off at 9 yards on the ground in a ghillie suit. Hope your season was a productive one!

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Emrah

In this week's episode I'm joined by Nick Viau. Nick is a traditional bow hunter with a preference for the longbow. He is also an author, having self-published his book "Life and Longbow" a couple of years ago. The book is an honest story about his journey into hunting, and more specifically, hunting with a longbow. Nick is creative, open and very humble and approachable about a variety of topics. This was a longer podcast, and honestly, we could have talked for a few more hours. Check out Nick as the co-hose of the Traditional Outdoors podcast with Steve Angell. Be sure to give him a follow on Intagram (Nick_Viau) and check out his book which can be purchased through Amazon or through his blog, "Life and Longbows". 

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Nick's Book: https://lifeandlongbows.wordpress.com/bookshelf/

Bowhunting Soul Apparel:https://teespring.com/stores/bowhunting-soul

On this episode I welcome Isaac Jestus of the Limb Driven TV YouTube channel. Isaac and I dive deep into just about every topic under the sun. Ashby studies, arrow builds, FOC, broadeads, tuning, and even argumentative curmudgeons and haters on social media. This was a long but fun episode. If you like it, please like, share and subscribe. And please leave a review! Thanks for listening!

Limb Driven TV: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2xEMrBRBmGImW0PpJYt96g

Bowhunting Soul Apparel: https://teespring.com/stores/bowhunting-soul

This week I'm joined by Jason Wojciechowicz (Wojo!), owner of Tuffhead Broadheads. Jason is an arrow and broadhead tuning nerd. He lives and breathes this stuff, so naturally I was incredibly jacked to have this geek-out session with him. We talk about the various broadhead offerings from Tuffhead, along with a host of other products designed to build an absolutely bulletproof arrow. I wish we had more time to talk, but had to limit it to one hour. I'm sure I'll have him back on the show in a future episode.

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What do you do with an old abandoned church in the middle of Arkansas? Turn it into a waterfowl lodge of course! Today, Jonathan Wilkins joins me to talk about his lodge and brand Black Duck Revival. We discuss his passion for hunting, the story of the Black Duck Revival lodge, southern hunting heritage and even touch on racism and what it means to be an African American hunter in the south. This was a very interesting and enlightening conversation for me, and I hope it is for you. 

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Follow Jonathan on Instagram @blackduckrevival and on his website www.blackduckrevival.com

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Cliff is a repeat guest. I had him on the show last year when he was a budding archer preparing for his first deer hunting season. On this episode, we catch up and discuss how his first season went, what he's learned, what went well, what went wrong and how he's changed is approach to hunting and a variety of other topics. Cliff also jumped into the podcasting game and now hosts the "When The Hunt Calls" podcast. I really enjoyed catching up with him! 

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This is a podcast I've been looking forward to for a long time. Jason, who has the Traditional Bowhunting and Wilderness Podcast (and YouTube channel) has been pivotal in my decision to start a YouTube channel, a podcast, and many other ventures. He's a wealth of knowledge and there is no one in the traditional bowhunting world who is as open, approachable and helpful. I've leaned on him for most of my ventures over the last few years and consider him a friend. We talk everything from Coronavirus craziness, to prepping, to hunting deer, hogs, backpacks, mobile hunting, bow styles and a bunch of other stuff I can't even remember. Be sure to check out his podcast and YouTube channel, both called "Traditional Bowhunting and Wilderness Podacst".

If you like this episode, please be sure to like, share and subscribe. and PLEASE leave a rating! Super important! Thanks for listening!

Emrah

With all the craziness of this coronavirus outbreak, I think I've managed to coin a new term: Pandasshole. A pandemic asshole. Don't be one. Be kind. Be positive. And as much as I DESPISE the term (and the corresponding shirts) Keep Calm And Carry On, I think it's appropriate here.

Emrah