woodsmanship

This week the guys sit down to talk about lessons learned, lessons re-learned, what worked, and what didn't.  From the use of terrain to being to aggressive or not aggressive enough, we bowhunters should strive to learn something each and every time we're in the woods!

This week Maribeth has a great chat with Meredith Powroznik, a Virginia bowhunter with a passion for adventure.  In this episode, you can clearly hear Meredith's love for her father, family, and bowhunting with a traditional bow and arrow!  She and Maribeth have a great conversation from a ladies perspective on  whitetails, elk, family, adventure, and everything in between.  Be sure to give this one a listen, we think you'll love it!

This week our good buddy Tyler Ross with Timberninja Outdoors joins us to talk about native habitat, soil, Southern Appalachia forests, and explain what the heck a "destructive dependent ecosystem" is.  Tyler is a dedicated conservationist in the true sense of the word.  He's worked as a Soil and Water Conservation District Director in North Carolina, and has served in many capacities with several national conservation organizations throughout the years.  This is a great episode with tons of little nuggets every woodsman can store away in our toolbelts.  Definitely want to give this one a listen!

We sit down this week with our buddy Alan Altizer to talk about our favorite subject!  Alan talks specifically about patterning deer at specific times of the year, and lots of general great tidbits on learning how to become a better woodsman!

This week Alan and Ethan talk about what happens following the shot.  Lots of things happen in an incredibly short amount of time.  the guys talk about things to look and listen for and all the little clues gathered to make important decisions for retrieving animals.  Good woodsmanship discussion that probably doesn't take place enough!

This week Alan goes over lots of great woodsmanship lessons pertaining to early season.  It's almost here, and this is some timely information you don't want to miss!!

Chris Weist joins Dalton this week to talk about whitetails and making the transition from modern compound to traditional bowhunting.  Chris is a very accomplished mountain buck hunter from Pennsylvania, and this year he's going all in on trad!  The guys talk about the foundations of successful bowhunting and the added challenges of the stickbow!

Going back to the well with another woodsmanship episode!!  Great knowledge to learn or review, especially this time of year as our minds really start to get cranked up for fall, and we start to strategize about the upcoming season.

On this weeks episode Alan, Nathan, and Dalton talk everything from past experiences to woodsmanship.  Lessons learned play a big part in our success in life, and bowhunting is certainly no different.  They also make us who we are as people and as hunters.  Great episode to kick us off as we start to gear up seriously for the upcoming season!  

On this weeks episode Alan, Nathan, and Dalton talk everything from past experiences to woodsmanship.  Lessons learned play a big part in our success in life, and bowhunting is certainly no different.  They also make us who we are as people and as hunters.  Great episode to kick us off as we start to gear up seriously for the upcoming season!  

This week Alan and Ethan sit down with our buddy Tom Jenkins of Zipper Bows.  You'll never here Tom say it, but he is a killer on big whitetail bucks.  We invited Tom on to talk about the great buck he took this fall, but in typical Jenkins fashion the conversation quickly turns back to hunting in general and woodsmanship skills.  Which is always fine by us!  Hope you enjoy this one!

This weeks topic is all about the struggles of chasing whitetails in the month of December.  This time of year can definitely be a grind and it can be hard to stay positive.  We discuss some of the challenges and also some of the strategies for trying to seal the deal in this difficult phase of the whitetail season.

This week Dalton and Maribeth catch up with our buddy Bob Smith of Big Stick Archery.  Dalton, Ethan Henson and Bob recently returned from chasing whitetails in the land of giants and it's a fun conversation about their recent hunt, and Bob's following hunt where he arrowed a great mid-western buck.  Good ol' fashion deer hunting stories with a great guy like Bob.... what could be better?!! 

This week Dalton and Ethan sit down with Bill Thompson of Spartan Forge.  Bill spent a large portion of his 20 years of service in the military predicting the movements and targeting of the bad guys.  Using those skills, he has developed a mapping application that also utilizes decades of scientific research on whitetail deer to help hunters process information effecting deer habits and movement patterns.  Spartan Forge isn't your typical "when to hunt app".  Rather, it's a great tool to compliment a hunters woodsmanship skills and a single source for weather conditions, terrain features, moon phases, etc... and breaks down specific areas in the country to help hunters process the information that can help us to be more successful.  In this episode, Bill breaks down some of the scientific data that has come from research facilities from across the nation.

This week Alan, Maribeth and Ethan sit down to talk about identifying and hunting transitions, and how animals use them.  Transitions are key pieces of the puzzle and often times don't get the thought and study they should.  Alan goes over some of his favorite aspects of hunting these overlooked areas.

This week Dalton and Maribeth sit down with Robert Carter of Southern Georgia.  With decades of bowhunting and woodsmanship in the South Georgia swamps, Robert is a treasure chest of great information, and it doesn't stop with pigs!  Great conversation with a great guy!!  You can check out his youtube channel at "Robert Carter" for more great stuff!

This week we sit down with Allen Clark of Indiana.  Allen has hunted extensively throughout North America as abroad and remains a humble guy that has a deep passion for the adventure of traditional bowhunting.  This was a really fun episode filled with great hunting stories, adventure, and some perspective thrown in for good measure!

This week we sit down with our old buddy and co-host Nathan Killen, an officially welcome our friend and new co-host Maribeth Kulynycz to discuss an often overlooked aspect of bow hunting.  It's ok if the animals win, in fact they should and do win over 90% of the time!  That's part of what makes bowhunting so much fun!  Accepting that and learning from those "failed encounters" can make us much better bowhunters.  

This week we visit with Mike Roberts of Sauk Trail Archery.  Mike grew up in traditional archery with his father Jerry Roberts, starting the business in 1981.  Through the years Mike has seen a lot of changes come and go to traditional bowhunting, but through it all it's still the love of the chase, getting close, and the simplicity of the stick and string that gets him.  We discuss topics ranging from an 18 year old young man on his own in ten square miles of Canadian wilderness figuring out running baits for bears on the fly, whitetails and muleys, adventure, spending time with family.  Join us for a great conversation with a genuine, down to earth guy! 

This week our buddy Aaron Miller joins us for another Woodsmanship episode.  Aaron is an outstanding traditional bowhunter.  But more importantly, Aaron is a hardcore student of the whitetail and is extremely detailed about collecting data and learning from his encounters.  On this episode, Aaron dives deep into scrapes and moss position, as opposed to moon phase.  If you enjoy listening to knowledgeable stickbow hunters talking about using woodsmanship skills to become a better bowhunter like we do, you won't want to miss this one!