In this podcast I sit down with the founder of Bourbon Barrel Custom Calls, John Mulligan aka Johnny Utah. We get into the spirit of Turkey season talking about his passion to bring a seriously rad new concept to the Turkey market. I have had a longtime passion for chasing turkeys in the Spring and also have always enjoyed others who share that passion. Johnny Utah is a cool cat with some fun stories from the industry.

In a recent R&D trip to Arizona, I sat down with Archery Legend and PSE founder Pete Shepley. Pete is flying high after a stellar 50th year as a company. However, he has so many more interesting adventures to talk about in addition to archery. In this podcast I get Pete to open up about his friendships with some of the prestigous Russian aviators and astronauts and also his years flying competition stunt plains. As always there’s plenty of stories about archery along the way and we get into discussion about what makes shooting archery so fun and the creation of target archery.

Podcast 292 is with Sean DeGrey of the Total Archery Challenge. As we head into the 2021 season we discuss this years events as well as some exciting new additions we have made to make these experiences even better! 

Podcast 291 is with an awesome buddy of mine codename SG-which i think stands for shredded guns (i made that up). He is fairly new to archery but a Veteran on the battle field and recently retired from the Teams searching for the similarities in his former military career and bowhunting. He recently flew out to HQ and got set up with a new bow and a few days of lessons. For this podcast we wanted to do a follow up about how he is doing after a few weeks of applying the new training back home. We start out with some friendly heckling but then go into deeper details about the parallels of archery, firearms, bowhunting prep and spec ops training protocols. We talk though technique and get his takeaways from our time training together. We cover topics specific to efficiency in archery, grip pressures, getting faster by slowing down, perishable skill sets, goal setting and more. 

Podcast 290 is with Pro Board Shaper Josh Hall and his wife Torie. These two are a west coast couple specializing in surfing the waves and super clean eating. Josh started archery a few years ago and I met him at the Nock On Experience TAC event. He then became a Bowhunter, shot a great bull that fall and keeps pushing. Torie is an author of The Mexican Keto Cookbook, which is awesome and also specializes as a nutritionist. She has recently dove deeper into archery and bowhunting as this couple continues to know where their food comes from. They both came to the School Of Nock for a weekend of lessons, instructions and good eating. 

Podcast 289 is with Rock N Roller Mark Schenker from the band KIX. Mark decided to embark on an archery journey and came to the Nock On HQ to learn how to shoot a bow. Mark has a amazing background in music/ song writing but is also a professional photographer, seasoned Jiu Jitsu blue belt, master diver and has a growing passion for field to plate. We talk about what he’s learned so far with archery in the first day of training but mainly go down memory lane of life in the 80s with Rock N Roll, Metal and everything in between. This was such an exciting few days for me because the 80s bands were such a huge influence in my life. 

PC 288 is with my good friend Caleb Copeland. We sat down and talk about our perspectives on outdoor content creation, the various platforms for content as well as how things in the outdoor content game have changed over time. We talk about where things started in filming hunts and some of how we got to where we are today. Most importantly we put a challenge out there to you content creators who want to get into this content business full time! Nock On HQ needs someone in Iowa for content creation as we continue to raise the bar. I have assigned Copeland Creative to find the perfect fit! This is going to be a full time position with pay based on experience. Applicants need to know their way around a video and photo camera as well as how to edit and use the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite of programs. We get more specific in the podcast about pro and cons for this roll. If you listen to the podcast and feel like you are the one for the job then send your resume and examples of work to [email protected] ! We are going to go through submissions and when we feel like we have some solid candidates then We will assign some digital task for you to prove you’re the right fit!

PC 287 Archery, Bourbon, Comedy - The ABC's with Andy Stumpf. Andy is one of my close friends that has an awesome background as a Navy SEAL, Base Jumper, Sommelier, Cleared Hot Podcast Host and Bowhunter. After a surprise visit to Montana to see my buddy we jumped in the Cleared Hot Podcast studio, poured some drinks, opened up the nock on Q&A dance and started catching up on the times. Andy has an amazing career and if I typed it all out there would only be more spelling areas so I’ll let you google him.

Podcast 286 is with Aron Snyder. There’s no telling what roads we can go down during our talks but this podcast is a good one for anyone who loves hearing about shooting better in the back country and on the range.

Podcast 285 is with Dan Staton from Elk Shape. I’ve respected Dan for many years and admire his dedication to bowhunting and fitness. He has a Masters in Exercise Physiology but focuses hard on preparing for the backcountry. We talk about shot process, his background in bowhunting, the importance of fitness and how it affects your success. We also talk about some hunting strategies for whitetail and elk