Oklahoma Archery

The one word everyone is tired of hearing about is covid. This time it spurred something good for the archery world. Out of that, we all got a new archery shop, a revolutionary way of staying up on scores live during a tournament, and a new tournament that is making a splash in the the south central US. Learn all about this and more.

Josh Jacobson has been hunting for a very long time. In the last few ears he has taken up tournament shooting. In this short time he has grown to become a force to recon with. Listen in while we get some really cool insights of his set up thoughts, what he shoots, and just all around archery talk.

Jeremy is a rookie Pro this indoor season, but shoots and has the mind set of a 10 year veteran. We start with with his history of shooting, his equipment, and his love of field archery. There is a lot of discussion of his recent indoor tournament where he gave all us Okie's a mud stomping. With true fashion we do geek out a little on equipment.

Ryan is a Pro Shooter for Darton Archery based out of Lawton OK. We get to started talking about him and his history in archery. We dive into his beliefs if shooting 12's, practice, tournaments, and so much more. Ryan has a wealth of knowledge that will soon be available at his Archery Academy that will soon be launching.

We open the program talking with Andrea Waldridge. Her youth group has organized an indoor youth shooting tour. She will give you the details of that along with the fast approaching Frozen Okie Indoor shoot. Then comes the BIG news. We get to introduce the new ASA Oklahoma Director. It is our very own Neil Cooley. He lays out the steps that ASA has asked him to do. He is working on and with the Facebook pages, shoots, clubs, shooters, and even going to start something new in OK. So listen in and see whats up with ASA in OK.

Chisum Johnson is a member of the Oklahoma Blood Trackers Association. Its DEER SEASON and these guys will be handy ti have in your back pocket. Chisum tells us about the rules for using dogs and what the hunter needs to do when tracking. The OBTA just doesn't allow anyone to be a tracker. They have a certification process, witch is a safety net for them and the hunter. So much information here for the new hunter and old hunter.

Ty Dameron is first a hunter and we discuss some great hunts he has been doing. He is also known on the ASA 3D circuit and one great shot. Bringing home several big checks. His daily is running an archery shop called Ty Bows. Listen in while we ask questions.

WOW, This conversation has been on my radar from day one of this podcast. We are talking with Tom Stevenson. He is the President of Stevenson Analytics and the developer of the ArcheryPath Performance Analytics & Equipment Tuning Optimization platform, after of over 50 years of experience in Olympic Recurve archery. He holds a BS in Engineering and an MBA in Entrepreneurship. He has spent over 30 years in software development and engineering consulting, working with such companies as Boeing, Allied Signal, and Easton. Along with George Tekmitchov, he was part of the design team that developed the Easton X10 arrow shaft. He has served as President of USA Archery, a USOC board member, and a board member for the NAA Foundation. As a competitive archer he has represented the USA internationally, has been on the USAT many times as a collegiate, senior and as a Master. He has won over 20 national championships during his competitive career. He is a Level IV NTS coach and currently coaches the Oklahoma Storm JOAD Team and has worked with many top archers to optimize their equipment to shoot as well as they do. His website is www.archerypath.com.

If you have a child that could benefit from being on Tom's and Kathleen's Team please show up this Saturday between 3-5pm at H&H Shooting Sports in OKC.

This conversation should have been a 10 part show. Rick has been winning national titles in archery since the 1960's. He is very methodical in his way of tuning. We cover that very thing along with digging up some gold nuggets he drops on us. Also we need to let everyone know that The Oklahoma Storm Joad team will be hosting open tryouts for the team. They only allow a limited number of team members so that each shooter gets proper coaching. Tryouts will be from 3-5pm on October 21st at H&H shooting Sports. For more information please contact Coach Tom Stevenson at [email protected].

Today we invited Wendell Souza on the show. Wendell has been shooting a very high level national and regionally. He holds record high scores in CA and the NFAA. He also host his own podcast called Archery Unfiltered (go check it out also, but after you listen to us). The three of geek out on tuning, shot activation, practice routines, and we even let Neil give us a lesson on moving in the stand from his recent big buck kill.