traditionalarchery

Everyone in the traditional bowhunting community has heard of Paul Shchafer and his many exploits in bowhunting as well as his Silver Tip Recurves.  Called by many "the greatest bowhunter that has ever lived", we wanted to hear from some that knew him best.   Barry Wensel and Scott Koelzer were two of Paul's closest friends and this week they share some of their memories of Paul from both past hunts, his humbleness, and life in general.  Pull up a seat close to the fire and join us for a great campfire chat!

On this episode, special guest Aron Snyder, owner of Kafaru packs, professional hunting guide and one of the world experts on hunting gear talks with Levi Morgan, Andy Morgan and Matt Elliott about broadhead performance, why he's shooting compounds again, his journey back into competition archery, clocking arrows, if it matters when your arrow weights are off from each other a few grains, why his truck matters, moving to Wyoming, construction, bass fishing and a whole range of other topics.   

On this episode the Ethan's sit down with Trent Wengerd of Wengerd Archery.  Trent has done some pretty amazing adventuring with bow in hand and this week he shares some of those tales with us.  If you like good hunting stories, you'll want to check this one out!  If you don't like good bow hunting stories..... well.... who doesn't like good bow hunting stories?!!

It's time to get ready for bow season, and that's exactly what we're doing this time on the Jay's Sporting Goods podcast.

Sam Austin is an expert bowhunter who works in Jay's archery department in Clare.

He has great advice on choosing a new compound or crossbow, setting that bow up and getting dialed in for the season.

Sam also has tips for bowhunters looking to save a few dollars, while still getting top quality gear.

Finally, Austin stresses the importance of not waiting till the last minute to visit the store.  He says traffic has already picked up and it's going to get even busier as the season gets closer.

SHOW NOTES

Topic: Bear Baiting from A to Z

Guest: Tyler Freel, bear specialist and host of Tundra Talk podcast. 

(Notably, Tyler Freel is probably the only man alive that's taken black bear AND GRIZZLY with a stone arrowhead and hand-made arrows!)

Bear baiting step-by-step: 

• Selecting a bait site
• Setting up a ground blind or treestand
• Advantages of bear hunting over bait
• Jumpstarting your bait
• Maintaining your bait
• Using trail cameras to monitor your bait
• Shot angles and opportunities over bait
• Tracking and recovering bears shot over bait

Wrap: Freel's favorite ways to eat bear

Tyler Freel's Tundra Talk Podcast

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On this week’s episode, I had the opportunity to chat with Cory Gulvas, from North Central Pennsylvania. Cory is a very passionate shed hunter and traditional archery enthusiast. Cory combs through many miles of rugged terrain on the public lands in 8 Pennsylvania counties during shed season, in pursuit of whitetail deer shed antlers. He has come to know many old bucks, but a few years ago he found a shed unlike any other he has found. Cory hunted this buck for the next three seasons but never encountered the buck in person, having only gotten night time trail camera photos of him.  Cory was able to capitalize on an opportunity at this old buck in the early part of the Pennsylvania archery season, and succeeded in killing this old buck, one that is currently one of the largest bucks ever taken in Pennsylvania. Cory shares the story of how he found this magnificent buck, and the details leading up until he finally encounters this buck. 

This week we sit down with our good buddy Jason Redd of Timber Ninja Outdoors.  We talk about how the season went, hunting tactics, and the great buck he took this year.  Jason is a stand up dude and is definitely our kind of guy!  No fluff, no hype, and pure bowhunting!!

Every serious bowhunter knows who Gene Wensel is.  His whitetail knowledge is legnedary.  This week we sit down with Gene and listen as he spins yarns about bowhunters from yesteryear, history, and bowhunting stories of old, as no one but Gene can.  You don't want to miss this one!