Toby Essick, one of the owners of Black Widow Bows, gives some insight into the craftsmanship that goes into making a traditional bow.

Black Widow Bows

Since 1957 Black Widow Custom Bows has been building traditional archery equipment.

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If you have questions on what bowstring to put on your bow, then give this episode a listen.  Or ask the fine folks at America's Best Bowstrings.  Thew would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

America's Best Bowstrings has been manufacturing high quality custom bowstrings since 2006. With a foundation based on serving God, we strive to be ethical archers and bowhunters, and to respect the great outdoors. Our commitment to the never ending search for perfection has been the driving force behind ABB, and leads us to be innovative in our pursuit and development of quality products. This never ending drive to be the best has once again led us to raise the bar in custom bowstring manufacturing. We have made significant improvements to our technologies and developed new process including EST, ACCU-SET, and FIBER-LOC. Along with technology improvements, we have expanded our manufacturing capacity so that we can deliver more quickly. At the end of the day it is our goal to improve your bows performance and make your archery experience more enjoyable.

Aron and Frank were in the office briefly and recorded a quick update on thier latest hunts.

John Dudley joins the podcast to give a detailed account of his successful Mule Deer Hunt in Eastern Colorado.

With days of zero wind we went back to traditional mulie hunting of long hours glassing open and bedding country. Thankful that @aron_snyder came over to glass with me on the morning that my buck was spotted. This bucks safe place area was super deceptive!! Although this looks like a flat tumbleweed pasture it was actually a diverse section with a lot of unseen pockets and rolls and drainages unseen to the eye. The section was filled with 2 year old corn stalks under the dead grass, volunteer dried wheat, thorns, sand burs, dried switchgrass and head deep entanglements of tumbleweeds. It was a mess. What made it worse is when I got close enough for a shot after hours of of a stalk I just couldn’t see the bucks vitals and arrow deflection was no doubt a problem. Getting archery close to this buck once with all the other eyes in the field or bedded animals you didn’t expect was hard enough. But I had to do it THREE times over two days. The key here was just be so methodical and take advantage of the brief pockets of wind gust. Honestly this is where I praise Yoga and ability to balance while crouched and on one leg for a long period of time while I would be slowly trying to weave my foot that was up in the air down to the ground through the mess without making a noise. I’m proud of this one because it was a level 10 chess match.

Nock On Archery

A spur of the moment call from Aron Snyder leads to a two hour conversation with Robby Denning, covering a multitude of subjects, including PC culture infiltrating the hunting industry, ethical shots, troublesome forums, Game wardens, and much more.

Hunting Big Mule Deer: How to Take the Best Buck of Your Life

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Aron is joined by Cody Greenwood for an in depth look at Trad bows.  This episode holds a bounty of impressive information for those looking to pick up a Trad bow for the first time, or looking to upgrade from their current bow.

Bow Tests:

My goal is to continuously improving myself as an Archer, the Archery Community and our Sport.  The Trad Community  at its core is made up of selfless people that help one another.  I hope this  effort maintains that spirit and adds value.   

God Bless,

Cody Greenwood

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Bows covered in this review:

Hoyt Axius Ultra

Aron is back from the field, albeit briefly.  This podcast covers his elk hunt in Colorado as well as updates and growth for Kifaru as a business.

Frank Peralta recently embarked on his first ever Muzzleloader rifle hunt.  The hunt was filmed by professional photographer, and new Kifaru employee, David DeAustin.  We will have a film of the hunt released in the next couple of weeks.  For now, enjoy listening to the recap of the hunt.

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Aron Snyder talks about his recent hunt using Danny Ferris' decoy, and discusses the proper use of the decoy in high winds.

Ultimate Predator Gear

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