Bowyer Podcast

On this week’s episode I sit down with Dan Santana to continue our Bowyer in the Making series. During Volume II of the series we discuss bow design and layout, tools, bow woods, making board bows, drying bow wood, and prepping the back of the bow. Stay tuned for Volume III of the series which should publish in mid-December. 

Reference Videos:

Quick Drying Bow Wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZNfGMDLvKg&t=129s&pp=ygUXZGFuIHNhbnRhbmEgYm93cyBkcnlpbmc%3D

Board Bow Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htMTnZiRcHk&t=1225s&pp=ygUVZGFuIHNhbnRhbmEgYm9hcmQgYm93

The Back of the Bow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soc6zGGqHXk&list=PLi5Xnel2aIJbu4eFn1MvC_w7cGVIPCFwD&index=2&t=1843s

Find Dan on his website, YouTube channel, or the r/Bowyer forum.

www.dansantanabows.com 

YouTube.com/DanSantanaBows

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bowyer/

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Mark Sasser is a life-long Californian and outdoorsman. He lives in Fresno CA with his wife Alicia and their youngest of 3 children. After being introduced to archery with a bear longbow as a 4th grader at YMCA camp he started traditional bowhunting in 1990. In the last 34 years Mark has hunted the west from southern Arizona to Alaska. As a co-owner at Bwana Bows Mark is constantly working to deliver custom longbows and recurves to the Tradbow community and enjoys watching customers become friends as he becomes a part of their adventures.

Find Mark on the interwebs:

Instagram: @california_tradbow_hunter 

Bwana Bows:   www.bwanabows.com

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Matt Tyler has grown up in Georgia his whole life, bowhunted for over 20 years, and been strictly a traditional bowhunter for a decade now. He is most passionate about introducing new people to the sport. Over the past three years Tim Channell, Jake Reese, and Matt have leveraged their own podcast called Inside Twenty to intentionally do just that. We spend more time talking about the important aspects of life, such as family and faith, but we liberally sprinkle in traditional archery also. 

Check out Matt:

Instagram: @insidetwenty 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@insidetwenty   

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Ron is a Native American/ Italian traditional bowhunter and craftsman from Ontario Canada. He was given the spirit name Standing Wolf by a Native Elder prior to the creation of Standing Wolf Archery. He started by making accessories that he personally wanted (beaver silencers being the first) and decided to give selling them online a try with some ecommerce help from his brother and feedback from friends at the local archery range. One thing led to another, now Standing Wolf is making many badass accessories for traditional archers all over the world.

Find Ron at:

Instagram: @standingwolfarchery  

Website: www.standingwolfarchery.com   

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During this episode Dan Santana and I introduce our multi-part series “Bowyer in the Making,” where we walk through the various processes of making your own selfbow, from choosing a tree to acquire a stave, hand tools, bow design, tillering, and finally putting a string and employing your new bow.  Dan is a master bowyer and YouTuber who wants to teach the world to make bows. He’s obsessed with self bows, their rich past, and the community dedicated to making them. He loves explaining the craft and sharing this rich art form with everyone he can. 

Find Dan on his website, YouTube channel, or the r/Bowyer forum.

www.dansantanabows.com 

YouTube.com/DanSantanaBows

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bowyer/

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Better late than never! Dave Darling and I sit around the campfire at the Eastern Traditional Archery Rendezvous (ETAR) and generally BS for a while. Our discussion is very organic, with a few interruptions from our feral kiddos. We discuss Dave’s origin story, Kalamazoo Bow Works, and the upcoming Kalamazoo Traditional Bowhunters Expo. Dave Darling is a  husband and father of 6. He served 12 years in the MI Air National Guard, spent another 10 years as a first responder. Dave received his first longbow at age 3, and grew up among legends in the traditional archery domain, to include his father Greg Darling. David is the founder and owner of Kalamazoo Bow works, where he makes beautifully crafted and fast shooting longbows and recurves. Dave is also the owner of the Kalamazoo Traditional Bowhunters Expo, which hosts a variety of bowyers, traditional archers,makers and vendors each year in Kalamazoo Michigan. 

Find Dave at:

Kalamazoo Bow Works: https://kzoobowworks.com/wp/

Kalamazoo Traditional Bowhunters Expo: https://kzoobowworks.com/wp/expo/

Instagram: @kalamazoobowworks 

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On this episode I sit down with my two pals Chris Guiadiz and repeat guest James Wood. Both of these guys are avid traditional bowhunters, but reside in completely different sides of the country. But alas, the welcoming world of traditional archery provided a good platform to these two guys to partake in fellowship and a little hunting as they tried their best to harvest a variety of invasive species on the Hawaiian Islands.Follow along for a hunt recap. 

Find Chris at:

Instagram: @curlykoa77 

Compton Traditional Bowhunters Quarterly Journal ‘Walk in the Woods’: https://www.comptontraditionalbowhunters.com/be-a-member

James:

Instagram: @woodsoutdoors 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gunghobows

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Steven Bieber is a talented bowyer, family man, and forager who lives in central Florida. He teaches first-grade at an unorthodox, nature-based school where he gets to inspire young minds while embracing his love for nature. Steven is known for his ability to make beautifully crafted longbows, recurves, and reflex/deflex bows all under his side hustle Provision Longbows. If you’re in the market for a handmade bow that shoots 170+ FPS, give Steven a shout. 

Find Steven at: @provisionlongbows 

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During this episode Matthew provides a daily recap from his recent bear hunt in Manitoba, Canada. This was Matthew’s first time hunting north of the border, but certainly will not be the last.  In part of the episode, Matthew is joined by fellow hunters Mark and Bob who he met in bear camp where they briefly detail their hunts. If you’re a trad hunter and  looking for a great Canadian bear outfitter look no further than Stickflingers Manitoba Hunts.

Find Matthew at:

Matthew Morris Instagram: @songdog_stickbows 

Check out Stickflingers for your next bear hunt: https://stickflingers.com/

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Correy is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast, Marine Corps veteran, and the owner of Organic Archery. He’s been making selfbows for over a decade, and became a full time professional bowyer in 2018. He specializes in historical reproductions and recreates selfwood bows from many regions and time periods. Four years ago, Correy and his wife opened a bowmaking school where they teach both basic and advanced courses, and have since hosted over 100 students. Correy was a competitor on Season 7 of History Channel’s Alone, and later won the History Channel’s Ultimate Marksman. Correy aims to make simple, durable bows to the best of his abilities, and to teach the art of bow making to as many people as possible. If you have the desire to learn the craft of bowyery, reach out to Correy. 

Find Correy at:

Instagram: Organic.Archer

Website: www.Organicarchery.com

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