1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics. They'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. In my opinion, there really 6 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: is nothing better in the hunting world than hunting with 7 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: a bow. The vast majority of my hunts are done 8 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: with the bow. It's challenging, but the reward is really 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: hard to beat. I know, if I had to pick 10 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: one thing to hunt with for the rest of my life, 11 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: I picked the bow every single time. Now, I've got 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: a lot of questions from people about getting into archery, 13 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: and most are new hunters, but a lot of lifelong 14 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: hunters as well, And I think it's because the leap 15 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: and the learning curve into archery just seems so steep 16 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: that people kind of want to know where to get started. 17 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna be breaking down bow hunt over the 18 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: next four episodes, from getting started all the way through 19 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: advanced tactics to being consistently successful. So no matter your 20 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: knowledge level, your skill level, from beginner through expert, I 21 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: really think that you're going to enjoy this series. On 22 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: today's podcast, we're gonna open it up with what I 23 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: would call Archery one oh one, covering the basics of 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: what you need to get started, the different types of 25 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: Bose gear, finding the right fit, as well as jumping 26 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: into aero selection. But before we do that, I really 27 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 1: want to share my personal journey into archery. It's somewhat 28 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: laughable now, but you just don't know what you don't know. 29 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: I really wish that I had had this podcast when 30 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: I was starting out. I really didn't know a single 31 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: person that shot a boat or archery hunted, but I 32 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: knew that I really wanted to get into it. I 33 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: would say that my introduction to archery actually came from 34 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: watching In and Outdoors on the weekend. What that was 35 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: is on every Saturday morning, Tienna Network would play hunting 36 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: shows on essentially like cable. Now, that seems like you 37 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: can get hunting content wherever, Instagram, YouTube, you can even 38 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: find it on Netflix or multiple networks dedicated to hunting, 39 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: But back then it was just ten and Outdoors Saturday morning. 40 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,839 Speaker 1: I remember watching various real tree shows and they would 41 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: archery hunt for white tails, and I thought, wow, that 42 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: looks really cool. And then there was a guy that 43 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: would come on and his name was Byron Ferguson, and 44 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: he was kind of like a traditional archer trick shooter, 45 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: and you'd throw things up and shoot him, and I 46 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: thought that looks awesome. Now my parents had got me one. 47 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: I would say, like a kid's long be like kind 48 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: of like a fiberglass longbow. I would shoot it like 49 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: boy scouts or whatever, the kind of the same kind 50 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: of things you'd see around. And I got high had 51 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: one of those, and I didn't really have anybody to 52 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: show me how to shoot it, so I just kind 53 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: of would watch this trick shooter and his advice was 54 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: always be the arrow, b the arrow. So I thought, okay, 55 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: as long as I'm being the arrow, I should be 56 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: able to shoot this thing. What essentially he is talking 57 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: about is shooting instinctive shooting, so learning to shoot through 58 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: knowing the trajectory of the arrow and not really thinking 59 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: too much of it, but just becoming that shot. My 60 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: practice involved having a ball tied to a string in 61 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: the backyard, like a softball, and I would swing the 62 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: thing back and forth and just think, be the arrow, 63 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: b the arrow, and try to shoot the softball, shoot 64 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: balloons on targets. I had a little hay bales in 65 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: the backyard that I would shoot at, and I got 66 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: pretty decent with that essentially youth fiber glass longbow. I 67 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:47,119 Speaker 1: then kind of graduated to a youth model compound boat. 68 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: Had tiny wheels. I would say the wheels are probably 69 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: two inches in diameter. Pretty weak. It wasn't something you 70 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: can hunt big game with or whatever. But I got 71 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: that bow, and I knew nothing about sites or anything. 72 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: There wasn't even a place to put sites. It was 73 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: just a little bit more powerful than my fiberglass long bow, 74 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: and I shot at the same way be the arrow, instinctive, 75 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: shooting with my fingers. I could shoot a fair distance, 76 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: but not real far. I mean twenty yards would be 77 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: clearly the max of this bow. I took it hunting 78 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: just in places for small game, very small game. I 79 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: shot between that bow and the other bow, rabbits, quail, ducks, 80 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: maybe a goose, and I thought, this is this is 81 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: pretty cool. But you know, to graduate from that to 82 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: going into big game hunting, um, I wasn't even old 83 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: enough at the time to hunt big game, but I 84 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: knew that it was something that I wanted to eventually 85 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,799 Speaker 1: do so, as I got older, I progressed with the bow, 86 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: just using those same skills of be the arrow, look 87 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: at what I'm shooting at, and let the arrow fly 88 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: and let it hit the target. Now, when it got 89 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: a little bit older, I thought, okay, I wanted to 90 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: get into archery hunting. I wanted to start hunting deer. 91 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: So I got like a what would be my first 92 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: hunting bow, my first real compound bow. And then again 93 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: I knew nothing about the boat. We went to a 94 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: local sporting good shop. I picked out a bow that 95 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: would be strong enough to kill a deer, grabbed a 96 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: dozen arrows. They were all Eastern aluminum arrows, and just 97 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: they were full length. I knew nothing about spine weights. 98 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: I knew nothing about cutting arrows. I knew nothing about nothing. 99 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: So I and I got a site on this bow. 100 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,239 Speaker 1: I thought, okay, this is cool, it's got a site. 101 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: My site was a square, like a square site housing. 102 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: It had a wire that ran down vertically and then 103 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: multiple horizontal wires, so it was like having a cross hair. 104 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: I actually don't think I had a peep site on it. 105 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 1: And I got that site, I shot with my fingers 106 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: using that site. I remember going out to the hay 107 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: Bill and I got this nice new bow. I thought, 108 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: this is awesome, got my compound bow. I got my 109 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: site like they've got on TV. I'm gonna be super accurate, 110 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: and I couldn't hit anything with it, so it was frustrating. 111 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: I would try to site it in. I was shoot 112 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: high and I moved the site and nothing was working right. 113 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: It's seemed like it was all backwards. So I just 114 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: took the site off and started shooting that same bow 115 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: open sites like I shot everything else, and thought, okay, 116 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: this will be good enough. Then as it got closer, 117 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: I got a little bit older. I was about to 118 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: venture out on my first archery hunt, and I thought, okay, 119 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: I want to for deer, and I thought, I want 120 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 1: to really get the site thing figured out because people 121 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: are shooting things further. And I just was, you know, 122 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: thinking it was open country, mule deer hunting spot and stock. 123 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: I had nobody I could talk to you about bow hunting. 124 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: I there was very little information that I could get 125 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: about it at the time, and so I just was 126 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: self teaching myself how to bow hunt from things I 127 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: saw on TV and just stuff that I learned on 128 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: my own. So I was in a sporting and shop 129 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: one day and I saw, oh, here's some accessories for 130 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: the bow. So I got it arrest and I thought, okay, 131 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: this will be good because I up until that point, 132 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: I was just shooting the arrows off the shelf of 133 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: my compound bow. Now. If you're shoot a bow now 134 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 1: and you think that's pretty funny because you know you're 135 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: supposed to have a rest to put the air on. 136 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: I knew nothing of this, but I saw it. I 137 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: was like, okay. It was in a clearance bin. It 138 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: was like half off, half off of the half off it. 139 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: I think I don't even remember. It was like what 140 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: would be the original Dick Sporting because just kind of 141 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: an all sports store. I think it was that. I 142 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: can't remember the name of it, but something like that, 143 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: kind of like a Big five type store where they 144 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: just had some leftover archery stuff and they're practically giving 145 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: it away. So I thought, okay, I'll get this, and 146 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: I got that, and I had my other site and 147 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: I was in the checkout line and a guy behind 148 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: me was like, oh, are you a bow hunter? And 149 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: I was like, well, I have a bow. I shoot 150 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: small game, but I'm wanting to deer hunt. He goes, oh, cool, 151 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: and he looks at the rest and he says, oh, 152 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: what kind of release do you have? Release? What's your release? 153 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: It's like, well, it goes on your wrist and you 154 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: can't use that kind of rest without a release. I 155 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: had no clue about the release or any of this, 156 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: and so this guy in the line at the sporting 157 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: goods store was just telling me all the things that 158 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: I needed that I had no clue. I need, oh, 159 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: a peep site. And then I'm like, I was talking, Yeah, 160 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: I don't have a site because when I was moving it, 161 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: I just couldn't get to be accurate. So I just 162 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: took the site off and I just shoot it off 163 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: the shelf with my fingers. He's like, oh, well, that's 164 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: because when you site in it's opposite you follow the arrow, 165 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: not like you're sighting in a rifle scope. You've got 166 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: to move things opposite. And then it dawned on me, Oh, yeah, 167 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: that makes sense, that's pretty much what it was doing. 168 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: But in the moment, I didn't even spend enough time 169 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: to try to figure that out. I had no one 170 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: to tell me, no way that I could look it up, 171 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: so I didn't even understand how to site the bow in. 172 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: But with this little bit of knowledge that I got 173 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: from the guy and the line in the random sporting 174 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: this store, I went back, I found a few items 175 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: that were cheaper, I re checked out, and now I 176 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: was on my way to going on my first archery hunt. Definitely, 177 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: over the years, I have learned a lot about bow hunting, 178 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 1: but most of my knowledge comes from a lot of 179 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: trial and error. If I think about my journey in archery, 180 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: I didn't have anybody that showed me how to shoot, 181 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: so I had to figure things out the hard way. 182 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean that I wasn't very successful, and that 183 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that I didn't have a high level of 184 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: skill in bow hunting. Is just that I had to 185 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: figure things out myself. And so I think that a 186 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: podcast like this is really going to help cut the 187 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: learning curve for a lot of people, not only in 188 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: how to start out, but when it comes to shooting 189 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: as well, because I know the mistakes that I've made 190 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: in the past, and I know ways that make things 191 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: a lot easier because I've tried so many different things. 192 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: So I think that that's a good basis for starting 193 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: out before we jump into the tips and the how 194 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: twos for this archery one on one. To get into archery, 195 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: I think the first major hurdle is understanding how do 196 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: I get a One of the questions that I get 197 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: asked more than anything probably comes down to what's the 198 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: great beginner bow? What bow should I start with? How 199 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: do I get into archery? And so I think the 200 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: first step is, obviously it seems very simple, but you 201 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: need a bow now. If you don't understand or don't know, 202 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: it can be very daunting because there's so many choices, 203 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: there's so many things, there's so many opinions archery just 204 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: like every other little niche of every type of thing 205 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: that people do, there's so many different opinions. Everybody's got 206 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: their own expert opinion. Certain people like certain things, bad 207 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 1: mouth other things, and you know, when it comes down 208 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: to the brass tacks of it, I think that everybody 209 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: it's it's great to have different opinions, different things that 210 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: you like. I personally love shooting all kinds of bows. 211 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: I I like traditional bows, I like shooting a long bow. 212 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 1: I like shooting a recurve. I love shooting a compound bow. Um. 213 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: The first step is just understanding bows. So let's just 214 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: go through a little history of and maybe the types 215 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 1: of bows. So the simplest bow a bow, but it's 216 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: simplest for him. Obviously, everybody knows what a bow is. 217 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: It's got a string, it's got limbs, a rise or 218 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: something you hold onto, you draw it back, and you 219 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: shoot an arrow forward. The most primitive, I would say, 220 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: probably the most primitive form of a bow would be 221 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: what was called a self bow. Of actually looking at 222 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: mine right here, what a self bow is is. It's 223 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: just a bow made out of a single stick. There's 224 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: no lamination of limbs, there's no it's just essentially like 225 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: what you would think of an original bow. Somebody took 226 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: a stick, they made it bend, they put a string 227 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: on it, and they shoot an arrow. Pretty simple, not 228 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: a lot to it, not super complicated, but also not 229 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: super accurate, not a lot of power. You have to 230 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: be quite close, um, compared to other bows. So now 231 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: let's let's step up one more notch. We're gonna go 232 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: to a long bow. So through history there's been so 233 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: many different changes in bows, and different regions have different 234 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: types of bows. But you know, the long bow is 235 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: essentially like a self bow, but it's got more laminated limbs, 236 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: a little bit more power to it, maybe a shelf 237 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: on it to rest an arrow, maybe a leather grip, 238 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: but very very basic, very very simple, a string, a bow, 239 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: and arrow. Then you go to the recurve. The recurve 240 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: is that bow that looks like if it was destrung. 241 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: The tips curve back away from the direction that you pull, 242 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: so as you draw back, those limbs actually are curved forward. 243 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: I would say, just kind of give you a mental 244 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: picture of it, which generates a little bit more power. 245 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: So it's a step up from the long bow, but 246 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: still also very basic. Now with the recurve, you could 247 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: also add sites. These are more traditional bows. They're shot 248 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: with fingers, so you use your fingers, you use a 249 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: tab or something else like that. Then we're gonna kind 250 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: of step up to the next level of bows, which 251 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: will be considered a compound bow. These are bows that 252 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: have the wheels on them. Those wheels generate a lot 253 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: higher velocities and a lot more accuracy than your traditional 254 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: type gear. I would say that the compound boat is 255 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: probably one of the better bows. Well, I'm in two 256 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 1: camps here. It's a great boat to start hunting with 257 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: because you're going to advance and become more accurate a 258 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: lot faster, But you also need a lot more equipment 259 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: to get those bows going. There's a little bit more 260 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: technicality to them. Um, it's not as simple as just 261 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: grabbing it and starting to shoot. It can be, but there's, 262 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of things that you need to 263 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: understand when it comes to purchasing the right bow. I 264 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: think when you're thinking about getting into bow hunting, you 265 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: first just gotta say, Okay, what kind of archery hunting 266 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: do I want to get into? You know, I personally 267 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: started shooting a simple traditional boat, and it's a great 268 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,239 Speaker 1: way to start bow hunting or start getting into archery 269 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: at probably a lower price point with a lot less 270 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: gear needed. However, you need a lot more skill to 271 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: be efficient. So you can kind of jump into the 272 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: game with a compound bow a lot sooner and be 273 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: a lot more efficient than possibly with a traditional bow, 274 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: But you also need more equipment, You need more things, 275 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: you know, with anything, it's a little bit more complicated. 276 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 1: So I think you first got to decide what kind 277 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: of bow do you want to shoot? Now let's go 278 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: into when it comes to getting a bow archery. I 279 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: like to think of it like this, like if somebody's 280 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: brand new to archery and then they don't know anything 281 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: about a bow. You know, they go, oh, let me 282 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: shoot your bow. I want to see if I want 283 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: to bow hunt, can I shoot your bow? And the 284 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: answer is probably not why because every bow needs to 285 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: fit the shooter. I can't give my bow to my 286 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: friends to shoot. Do you even see if they like it? 287 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: Because it won't fit them. Every bow is pretty much 288 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: custom fit to the shooter, especially when it comes to 289 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: compound bows. So I'm gonna be now kind of going 290 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: down this path of compound bows, and we're going to 291 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: kind of break out some of the things you need 292 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: when it comes to getting a bow. So the first 293 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: thing is going to be understanding sizing. Bows are sold 294 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: by a couple of combinations of things. So you've got 295 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: your draw length, which is the length of essentially your 296 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: arms drawing back to put that arrow at full draw, 297 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: and then the weight of the bow, so that's the 298 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: amount of poundage that you're pulling back. I guess a 299 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: really good question would be will what weight and what 300 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: draw length should I shoot, and it really just depends 301 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: on the individual. A very popular draw weight for people 302 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: that shoot a lot is around seventy pounds for men 303 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: and probably fifty five pounds on the high end for women. 304 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: You know, the draw weight really just depends on your strength. 305 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: But also people just getting started are not going to 306 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: have the necessary muscles to draw back seventy pounds, is 307 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: my guess. I've had a lot of friends over the 308 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: years that like, I want to get into our tree, 309 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: let me draw your bow back. And these are people 310 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: that are fit and then we'll really good shape. Yet 311 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: it's very difficult for them to draw seventy pounds back, 312 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: while I could do it with my feet up in 313 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: a chair, like no feet on the ground, um, in 314 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: an awkward angle in my sleep, you know, because you 315 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: develop certain muscles for it. So the trouble is when 316 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: you buy a new bow, there isn't a lot of 317 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: options for it to grow. But you can also back 318 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: the weight off on um whatever the maximum draw weight is. 319 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: So if you get a seventy pound bow, you might 320 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: be able to back that out to sixty pounds and 321 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: get started if you're you know, in decent shape, pretty strong. Um, 322 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: you should be able to work up to it pretty quickly. 323 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: But it's just good to keep in mind that bows 324 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: are sold on weight and draw length. So the first 325 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: thing we're gonna do is decide, Okay, how do I 326 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: understand what draw length I'm going to be looking at, 327 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: because I think a lot of people getting into it 328 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: start to think, um, well, i'll buy a used bow, 329 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: or I'll look online or oh they find a bow 330 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: that's a good price, and then they buy it and 331 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: then they quickly realize that that bow doesn't fit them. 332 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: So a good starting place and this is by no 333 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: means accurate, and you'll kind of find out why here 334 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: in a little bit. But um, what I do is 335 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: you put your arms out. So we've got to measure 336 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: our wingspan first to kind of get a starting point 337 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: for a drawings. So a great way to do this 338 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 1: put your fingertips in the corner of a wall, stretch 339 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 1: your arms out. You don't want to like overstretched, like 340 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: you're really reaching, just natural open wing tip to wing 341 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 1: tip distance, and then divide that by two point five. 342 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: That should be a great starting place to understand where 343 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: your draw length is. Now to get a really accurate 344 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: understanding of your draw length. You're gonna also probably want 345 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: to go to a bowshop, draw a bow back that 346 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: has some kind of measurement on it, and get to 347 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: where you can anchor and it feels comfortable and go 348 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: from there. But it's a good starting point, I think 349 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 1: for people out there. You know, using that rough measurement 350 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: dividing by the two point five should give you an 351 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: idea of what your draw length can be. Now, what's 352 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: comfortable for you to shoot. You might have to fine 353 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,199 Speaker 1: tune and adjust that draw length over time where you 354 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: find things are more comfortable or not. My draw length 355 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 1: is thirty inches, but I've found over the time that 356 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: I actually shoot a twenty nine and a half in 357 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: straw boat a little bit better. I personally like a 358 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: lot of bend in my elbow. I don't know, it's 359 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: just how I like to shoot, and I shoot better 360 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: that way. So I've shot everything from twenty eight and 361 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: a half to thirty and a half in straw lengths, 362 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 1: and I find that that twenty nine and a half 363 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: is better for me. But you know, it just depends 364 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: on the boat too. So sometimes I've got bows there 365 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: a little longer to axle to axle and I like 366 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: the longer draw with those, but when they get a 367 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: little bit shorter axel to axel, I don't like the 368 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: angle of the string for that draw length, so I 369 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: kind of end up going with a shorter draw length 370 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 1: as the bows get shorter. That's just me personally. I 371 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: don't think that that's a hard and faster rule. I'm 372 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: sure everybody is different, but you know, I just want 373 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:52,959 Speaker 1: to say that to say that, you know, things can 374 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 1: vary a little bit between individual shooters and where you're 375 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: getting started, but that's a good place to just kind 376 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: of set your baseline, say this is my draw length, 377 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: and then it just from there. So now let's jump 378 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 1: into all the stuff you need on your bow, because 379 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: there's a lot of different items that are needed to 380 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: make this whole archery thing a successful venture. And I 381 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: think it's a great place to start is just understanding 382 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: what you're gonna need. So once you understand, okay, I've 383 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: got this is my draw length, You've measured your arms, 384 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 1: you know your draw length, and then you've got an 385 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: idea of probably your size and strength and your draw weights. 386 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: So for most adult males, you're gonna be start. I 387 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: think personally, you're gonna want probably to get a seventy 388 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: pound bow and back it off to round sixty pounds, 389 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: especially because a lot of the new bows, the pull 390 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: weight might be heavy, but you know the hold weight 391 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: isn't as much because you've got what's called let off. 392 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: So a compound bow has What happens is you you 393 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 1: draw back and you're pulling back the draw weight, but 394 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: once you get a full draw, when you're anchored before 395 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: you shoot, it's a percentage. You're only holding a percentage 396 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 1: of the way that you're drawing back. Whereas a traditional 397 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 1: bow like a long bow er recurve, you're holding of 398 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: the weight of the bow at full draw. So you 399 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: might see a bow that says let off. What that 400 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: means is of the weight of that poll is let off. 401 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,719 Speaker 1: While you're holding the boss. You're really only holding of 402 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: the weight that you're pulling back. So that's why you 403 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: can hold a compound bow back longer. Being able to 404 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: hold it back longer means that you're able to focus 405 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: in longer. Focusing in longer means that you're going to 406 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: be more accurate, and they're faster as well. But you're 407 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: gonna be more accurate over distance and probably getting started out. 408 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: So the things you're gonna need for compound bow are 409 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: going to be arrows. Obviously you need something shoot and 410 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: with those arrows you're gonna need tips, practice tips, and 411 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: then later on hunting tips. On the bow. Standard bow 412 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: is set up with arrest, which is something that holds 413 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: the arrow, a site which is just like it sounds, 414 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: a site. It's mounted that you look through a name 415 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 1: gonna have a peep site, so this helps you align 416 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: your eye with the site and allows you to look 417 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 1: through the string. Then you're gonna need what's called the 418 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: release aiate of some kind. There's many different kinds of 419 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 1: release as. So these are mechanical device that holds the 420 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: string or actually holds what you call your D loop, 421 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: So you don't actually have your release on the string itself, 422 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: but you have it on a loop of string comes 423 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: off of the string that just protects your string and 424 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,199 Speaker 1: can be a little bit more accurate that way, so 425 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: what that wears out as opposed to your bowstring wearing out. 426 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: So then you've got your D loop, and there's multiple 427 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: kinds of releases. There's a wrist strap release which has 428 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: a strap around your wrist and then something that comes 429 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: out with a trigger on it, so it's more of 430 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 1: a post type thing that comes from the wrist and 431 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: then as a trigger. That's what I use. I find 432 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,719 Speaker 1: it really good for hunting purposes. Some people that end 433 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: up developing target panic with those kind of releases because 434 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: the end of your finger is extremely sensitive. You have 435 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: a lot of nerve endings on your finger, and jen 436 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: really most target panic, if you hear the word target panic, 437 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: comes in because your brains reacting to knowing that something 438 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: is going off and then makes a quick move or 439 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: an adverse reaction to that and causes you to shoot poorly. 440 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: So there's other releases on the market that try to 441 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: limit that, which are more back tension style releases. What 442 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: that means is you're pulling straight back and the tension 443 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: of your pull allows the boat to go off. There's 444 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 1: ones that have thumb buttons where you're kind of pulling 445 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,959 Speaker 1: and the tension against that string cause it to go off. 446 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: And then there's pure back tension, which essentially releases itself 447 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: when a certain amount of weight is applied to the release. 448 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: Those are really good for target archery. Um A lot 449 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: of people hunt not so with back tension, but with 450 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 1: the thumb release kind they kind of look like a 451 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: brass knuckle and you you kind of put your hand 452 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: in it. Some of them have straps on them or whatever, 453 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: but it's more held in your hand. There's other kinds 454 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: of releases, hinge releases and other things. I would say, 455 00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: starting out, you know, everybody you talked to fifty differ 456 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: and archers, they've got fifty different opinions. I really think 457 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: that the wrist strap is a good way to go 458 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: for hunting because you can allow it to go off 459 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 1: at any point, But I also understand that it can 460 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: be not so great for starting out because you can 461 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: develop bad habits. So I'd say the second best one 462 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: would be a thumb triggered release, like a back tension 463 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: style thumb triggered release. That's another great option to get 464 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: into starting out. So once you've got your release, you've 465 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: got your bow, you've got your site, you've got your rest. 466 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: Now you're ready to start shooting. But before you get 467 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 1: to that point, you're gonna have to buy some arrows. Now. 468 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: Just like choosing a bow is very specific to your 469 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: draw length, your draw weight, and everything, arrow selection is 470 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 1: extremely important as well. There's specific arrows that you need 471 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 1: for your specific bow. It's kind of like thinking about 472 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 1: buying a gun for if you're a firearm hunter, you 473 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: would never put uh to seventy round in why it's 474 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: just not gonna work. You know, there's specific ammunition made 475 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 1: for specific guns, and arrows are sort of like that 476 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 1: in a way. That one, you need the arrow to 477 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: fly accurately, so it has to be the right what's 478 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: called spine, so the right stiffness for that bow to 479 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: shoot it correctly. You also need it for safety reasons 480 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: because a bow that's severely underspined or flexes too much 481 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: for the amount of draw length and weight of the 482 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: bow could actually snap. So you have to pick the 483 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: right arrow based on the right bow. I've seen people 484 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 1: that get into archery, and this is the kind of 485 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: the confusing party. They find a bow online, they buy 486 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: a bow, they don't understand sizing, so they get something 487 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: that doesn't really work for them, and then they just 488 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: go and buy the cheapest arrows they can find, which 489 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: could be severely underspined, could be the wrong kind of 490 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: arrow for the type of bow that they're shooting, and 491 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: could be dangerous as well. So when you go to 492 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: buy arrows, you need to find an arrow that's that's 493 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 1: right for your bow. Almost every manufacturer has arrow charts 494 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: out there, and what it is is it'll give you 495 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: your draw length, your draw weight, and then it'll suggest 496 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 1: the spine for your bow. And this is a really 497 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: good starting point. So what an arrow does is as 498 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: the arrow gets shot, it flexes. It's being pushed from 499 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: the back through the knock and propelled forward. When that happens, 500 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: that arrow is moving and you want a certain amount 501 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: of flex, not too much, not too little. So you think, oh, well, 502 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: I'll just get the stiffest arrow. But a lighter bow 503 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: shooting like a like a really stiff arrow that's too stiff, 504 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: it's over spined, is going to cause it to not 505 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: be as accurate as a bow that's shooting the correct spine. Now, 506 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: you're also going to have to factor in the weight 507 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: of your tips. So just starting out, if you're shooting, 508 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 1: I would say in that fifty two seventy pound range 509 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: of weight for bow, you're probably gonna want to shoot 510 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: hunter grain tips. Now, hunter grain seems to be the 511 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: most standard. It's like the gold standard of tip weight 512 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 1: is a little bit heavier. Some guys with higher poundage 513 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: bows will shoot those, or guys that want a little 514 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: bit more weight forward will shoot those. And then really 515 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: light bows, like if you're a kid or um female 516 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: or you just have a lighter bow, you could go 517 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: sub hundred grain. But I think hunter grain is the 518 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: easiest to find, and so I kind of suggest shooting that. 519 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: It's kind of a standard for a lot of different bows. 520 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,439 Speaker 1: So if you're just getting started, that's probably the one 521 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna be looking for, and then you'll find your 522 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: arrow spine dependent on your draw length and your draw 523 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 1: weight for your specific bow. Now, the length of your 524 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: arrow is important as well. Just getting started, you could 525 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 1: always if you if you wanted to shoot a full 526 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: length arrow, but you're gonna have a little bit more 527 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,719 Speaker 1: weight out there, but you're also um gonna lose speed. 528 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 1: So when it comes to selecting an arrow without getting 529 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: I mean you could there's guys that just are all 530 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: about arrows selection. They talk about wait, forward, front of center, 531 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 1: all this stuff. The way that I think about choosing 532 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: arrows is me personally, I like a good arrow for hunting. 533 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: That's my main purpose. So guys that shoot targets a lot. 534 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: If if all you want to do is to get 535 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: into our tree to shoot targets, I would say go 536 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: with a real lighter arrow because it'll be faster, it's 537 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,679 Speaker 1: gonna drop less, but you also lose kinetic energy for 538 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: impacting the target. To shoot foam, you don't need a 539 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: lot of energy out there. Um. I've found that heavier arrows, 540 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 1: while they might go slower, they have more mass. That 541 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,360 Speaker 1: more mass has more energy, so it actually you get 542 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: deeper penetration. You can maybe hit the shoulder and it 543 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: goes through the shoulder and makes a clean kill as 544 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 1: opposed to getting stuck in the shoulder. I learned that 545 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: the hard way when the whole rage was using faster arrows, 546 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: faster bows, faster this. So I lightened my arrow up 547 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: by you know, it was still spined correctly, so it 548 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: flecks the right amount from my boat is accurate. But 549 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 1: the man wasn't fast, and because it was fast, I 550 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: had a lot less drop or less pin gaps. So 551 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 1: the difference between shooting twenty and thirty yards was smaller. 552 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: And the difference you know, from twenty to fifty yards 553 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,919 Speaker 1: was smaller than a heavy arrow. And it was all 554 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: well and good until I got out in the field 555 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: and made a great stock on an animal and shot 556 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: and hit it in the shoulder, and the arrow went 557 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: in about two inches, and the animal ran off and 558 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: didn't kill it. It just hit it in the shoulder. 559 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: And later on the arrow fell out, and I saw 560 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: that animal walking around the next day or two days later, 561 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: just going back to his daily routine. But I knew 562 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: that years prior, if I had hit an animal in 563 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: that same exact place with that same bow, with that 564 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: heavy arrow, it was all over. I would have been 565 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: punching a tag and packing out backstraps as opposed to 566 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: having to re stock that dear a few more times. 567 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: So understanding that I prefer a little bit heavier arrow 568 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: than a light faster because my intentions are all hunting based. 569 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: Later on, when it comes to broadheads, you're gonna be 570 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: hunting with. So you're gonna start out when you're just 571 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: getting started, you're gonna want field tips. These are just 572 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: tips that go into a target. Now, obviously you're gonna 573 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: need a target or somewhere to shoot, and then as 574 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: you progress and get into hunting, then we're gonna kind 575 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: of switch that tip into a broadhead, which will be 576 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: your hunting type. Tip. One of the questions that I 577 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: get asked a lot is what's a good bow for 578 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: a beginner? And in some ways I have a good answer. 579 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: In some ways I don't really know, because the bows 580 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: that I use are always based on really high performance. 581 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 1: I haven't shot a lot of what I would consider 582 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: beginner bows because I haven't needed to. Um. I moved 583 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: through that stage pretty young in life, and so I 584 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: kind of moved with through beginner bows as a teenager, 585 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: as a kid. Um. But I will say that, in 586 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: my opinion, here's some really good things to look for. 587 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: Many of the major bow manufacturers have what would be 588 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: like a an underlying brand, so they've got their their 589 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: main brand, Like Prime bow that I shoot has an 590 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: underlying brand called Quests, so it's more of just an 591 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: entry level bow, and they're they're still high quality. Matthews 592 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: has I think their line is called Mission bow Tech 593 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: has a Diamond. So a lot of these major bow 594 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: companies have these lines that are a little bit better 595 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 1: price point. Um, there's still really good bows, but they 596 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: just maybe don't have all the bells and whistles, maybe 597 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: not as you know, demanding on skill or you know, 598 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: a lot cheaper price point than some of their higher 599 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: end like mainline bows. Also a really good thing to 600 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: look into is, you know, you go to some of 601 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: these stores and you see what I would consider a 602 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: kit bow. It's got a bow that has completely set 603 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: up with a site arrest and you know everything you 604 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: need a quiver. I forgot to add quiver to um 605 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 1: the other stuff. You need something to hold your arrows in. 606 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: UM a quiver and they're kind of set up. They've 607 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: got all the bells and whistles, they got everything you 608 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: that's a great way to get into it. Another great 609 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: way is there's a lot of people that just love 610 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: to have guys that are really into bow hunting that 611 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: want a new bow every year, and so you can 612 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: once you understand your draw length and in a good 613 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 1: draw weight, you can start looking for those used bows. 614 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: That's another great way to get into a really good 615 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: bow or a more advanced bow, a faster bow, maybe 616 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 1: a bow that you can progress with better at a 617 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: better price. And then there's the other school of thought 618 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: where it's like, hey, I'm the type of person generally 619 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: when I get into something, I just go all out. 620 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: So it might not be a bad idea to just 621 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,959 Speaker 1: get the bow that you want two years down the 622 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: line now, something that you're going to progress into, um 623 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: and really dedicate to you and maybe just get you know, 624 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: higher end bow. It's just like anything, you kind of 625 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: get what you pay for. In some aspects um the 626 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: main bow companies, I think a new bow set up, 627 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: it can be very expensive. In thousands of thousand dollars 628 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: plus with the whole everything is not uncommon, So I understand, 629 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: you know, if you're trying it out, just getting into it, 630 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: maybe look for a better price bow, maybe a kit bow, 631 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: maybe a used bow. That's a great way to kind 632 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: of get started. Now. One thing that I will say 633 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: is that as bow hunters, bow shops are needed in 634 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: a very integral part of the archery experience. So just 635 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: kind of like anything that's very custom, having a bow 636 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: shop or somebody that's an expert in setting it up 637 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: and getting you started is just a part of the experience. 638 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: I remember the first really good bow that I got, UM, 639 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: I got from a local bow shop. He set it up, 640 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: we ordered it, you know, we measured my draw length. 641 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: He put in the peep site. Because to work on 642 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: a bow, you need a bow price. There's a lot 643 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: of things that you're gonna need to know that starting out. One, 644 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: most people don't have the equipment and to most people 645 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: don't have the knowledge. That's a very common thing. So 646 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: I suggest you know, when you're thinking about purchasing something, 647 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 1: it's always better to spend a little bit more, but 648 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: go to a bow shop where you're going to have 649 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 1: the help getting it set up. If you just buy 650 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: a bow off of a guy on e Bay, you're 651 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: gonna need someone to set it up for you. And uh, 652 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 1: I think that it often gets overlooked how integral bowshops 653 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 1: are to the sport of archery and to getting people 654 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: into archery as well as people that are very experienced. 655 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 1: I don't have a lot of the equipment to even 656 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: work on my own bows. I've got friends that have 657 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: the stuff, so I can go over and use it 658 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: or whatever. But you know, having a bowshop that knows 659 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: what they're doing and can set things up for you 660 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: is really part of the archery experience as well. And 661 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: I know kind of COVID slowed some of that stuff down, 662 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: but it's a great way to find a bowshop near you, 663 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 1: maybe one that has a range a league other things, 664 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 1: because that's a really good way to get in and 665 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: make sure you're getting the right stuff, getting the right knowledge. 666 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: I think a lot of those people are very apt 667 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: to seeing a lot of people that maybe just getting 668 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: into archery and know nothing about it. So I think 669 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: that that's a really good place to start. Just understanding 670 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: the basics of archery and what you're gonna need to 671 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,479 Speaker 1: get into it. I think puts you leaps and bounds ahead, 672 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: or at least gets you pointed in the right direction. 673 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 1: I know for a lot of people that reach out, 674 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: sometimes all you need is a nudge in the right direction. 675 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: And so I hope that this kind of breakdown. This 676 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: is just the simplest, most basic, but it gets your 677 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,760 Speaker 1: mind thinking, and it's really something anybody can do. Getting 678 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: into archery is not hard. It's just there's kind of 679 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 1: this barrier of understanding all the nuances, understanding what you 680 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 1: might need, an understanding where you might go to get 681 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: into it. But I think that the first step is 682 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 1: just understanding this is something that I want to do. 683 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: It's not hard to get into. I mean I got 684 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,279 Speaker 1: into it as a child by myself, with no one 685 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 1: to show me anything, and look at me now, Mom, 686 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: the top of the world. No. Um, you know, I'm 687 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,480 Speaker 1: hunting and and doing it and I figured it out. 688 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: But I think that if you do it the right 689 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: way and take some of this advice and just kind 690 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,600 Speaker 1: of really put your mind and your focus on this 691 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:48,879 Speaker 1: is something I want to get into. I think that's 692 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,840 Speaker 1: the first step, and then going out and acquiring what 693 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 1: you need, and then we're gonna go over over the 694 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 1: course of the next few weeks how to kind of 695 00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 1: build that skill and go from this stage of wanting 696 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: to get into it to being consistently successful. Next week 697 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: is going to be archery one oh two. We're gonna 698 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,840 Speaker 1: be covering everything for shooting. This is great advice for 699 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: anyone starting out in archery, or really just any archer 700 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:17,240 Speaker 1: in general. We're gonna be covering things like repeatable consistency, 701 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,680 Speaker 1: the difference between accuracy and precision, and then some of 702 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: the nuances when it comes to maintaining a bow, like 703 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 1: tuning your bow. That's all gonna be next week. We're 704 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: gonna be getting into the nitty gritty and really the 705 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,280 Speaker 1: fun stuff of taking that bow out shooting being better 706 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,279 Speaker 1: so when you go out into the field, you have 707 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: the right kind of practice and the knowledge to make 708 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,919 Speaker 1: a perfect shot. I also really wanted to just congratulate 709 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 1: all the winners for my Christmas giveaway. I want to 710 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:45,360 Speaker 1: make sure that I could contact everyone and everybody's replied. 711 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: I got things sent out, but before I announced them, 712 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 1: I just want to make sure everyone was contacted, because 713 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:53,279 Speaker 1: otherwise I was gonna pick alternate winners. So congratulations on 714 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: our mug winners, Justin, Andrew, Mike, Ernest, Dakota, Seawan, just 715 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,120 Speaker 1: to name a few. And then we've got our our 716 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,880 Speaker 1: bino winner for that Looking Forward photo contest was p 717 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 1: J Great Photo, and I did I picked quite I 718 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 1: picked about fifteen and my favorites and then did a 719 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 1: random draw on that. So he's getting sent a new 720 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 1: pair of Vortex binos. And their knife winner was Andrew. 721 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,359 Speaker 1: I went back found a good knife post Um pick. 722 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: He actually got to design a custom Grauber knife. Turned 723 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,799 Speaker 1: out awesome. I'm stoked on that, so that'll be he'll 724 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 1: have that shortly. Thank you all of you guys for listening, 725 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,839 Speaker 1: for playing the game. I appreciate it. It was a 726 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: lot of fun. Um So until next week, get that 727 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: bow and get ready to live life. At full draw, 728 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:42,919 Speaker 1: Catch you guys later.