Blog Entries tagged 'anthony dixon'

BowCast at the Bird Pictures

matthewblog@bowcast.com — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0100

All I can say is that I��am counting the days until next year!� The shoot was intense, a learning experience but most of all a fun time!� Here are a few pictures.� More to come!

For me this was the best shot on the course.� A Dall at ~116 yards, shot for ~80 yards.� Anthony below did a great job in visualizing shots that were extreme, challenging,�realistic and�educational.� If you didn't know what�the�bubble level in your sight was for or why your 3rd axis�was so important, you learned quickly on the�elite course.� The�shots on the elite course pushed everyone physically and mentally.� I had the pleasure of shooting with Anthony Dixon and Curt Wells on Saturday.� I learned invaluable information about form and equipment, but most of all I enjoyed the company of two experienced archers and two great men.

The Dall was shot from a small ledge right after a 100 yard shot at a mule deer!� If I ever get to go Dall sheep hunting I will be practicing this type of shot so that when a 60 yard shot presents itself I will be more than confident that I can make the shot.� That is what this shoot was all about!

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We gave away a Z28 and GT500 from Elite Archery.� Yes guys she shoots and yes there were girls that hiked the elite course without complaining.� There was even one guy who went bare foot part of the way!�

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This was our base camp where you could shoot Elite bows, look through Nikon glass, learn about Easton arrows, buy Addiction apparel, and even get some new arrows made.� Below Curt Wells is giving a great talk about equipment and photos.� Everyone learned some great tips!

This is a just�one feather from the Bird.� I can't wait to see more pictures and videos.

Matt

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2 New Arrow Saws from Easton

aroney@bowcast.com — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:00:00 +0100

Have you ever thought about cutting your own arrows to get them right and save a little money?� Well Easton Archery has just come out with 2 great new products - the Arrow Pro Saw and the Elite Arrow Saw.� The Arrow Pro is more of their professional version, and I am personally excited about the Elite Arrow Saw because the price tag is more fitted for the home bow shopper.

Anthony went through the two saws on the video below.� Check it out, and if you have any questions or comments, please post it here and we'll either answer them directly, or get our friends at Easton to pitch in!

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Shoot Straight,

Aneal

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BowCast Listener Enjoys FMP Consultation

aroney@bowcast.com — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:44:56 +0100

Many of you die-hard BowCasters probably know, or will remember when I was somewhat surprised on an Episode of BowCast when Anthony offered up to spend time with anyone who may find themselves in the Salt Lake City area during the off-season and wanted to shoot with him. As I have been a beneficiary of some consultation on form and technique from Mr. Dixon and the entire FMP team of sharp shooters, I immediately had visions of guys lined up around the block of Anthony's house looking for a "free lesson". At the time, Anthony assured me that his offer was geniune and we left it at that.

Several weeks ago, BowCast (and more specifically Anthony) was contacted by Matt McCampbell who hails from Chicago indicating that he was "going to find himself in the Salt Lake City area.....and could he take Anthony up on his offer." Matt and Anthony exchanged a few emails nailing down some logistics, and I received an email from Anthony indicating, "One of the BowCast listeners is going to be in SLC to shoot with us - how cool is that?".

Well, I thought it was very cool, but as you will see from the email I received from Matt this morning, it was beyond cool. It is the very essence of why Anthony and I began a podcast on archery hunting almost a year and a half ago - because we love to "bro down" with folks like Matt, share our experiences in the archery hunting world, learn a little along the way, and make some really great friends as we have done with all of you on BowCast. Below is the email from Matt detailing the opportunity he had to shoot with Anthony, Launch, Robbie, and "G". Enjoy!

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Sunday, June 08, 2008

I am sitting on Southwest Flight 3506 on my way back to Chicago from a terrific weekend in Salt Lake City experiencing that great mixture of exhaustion and excitement weekends like this generally inspire. The exhaustion comes from the fact that I was out in SLC visiting a good friend whom I had not seen in years, and, as is often the case, we tried to relive our younger lifestyles only to wake up Sunday realizing what a mistake that was. The excitement is a result of the 5 or so hours I was able to spend with Anthony Dixon, Shawn Monsen and Robbie Anderson from Full Moon Productions on Saturday morning at the Utah Archery Center.

As many of the BowCast listeners know, a while back Anthony made a standing invitation to anyone that if they came to SLC he would be willing to give them a free archery lesson. As I was going to be out there already, I emailed Anthony to take him up on his offer and it was definitely time well spent.

I first met up with Anthony at the local IHOP for coffee and conversation prior to heading over to the archery center. Any fears I had about Anthony being different in-person than on BowCast were quickly laid to rest; he was the same easy going, refreshingly direct individual I had grown accustomed to hearing. After a breakfast sandwich and an incredibly awkward conversation with our waitress we headed over to the archery center.

While I am relatively new to the sport of bow hunting; I believe that spending time with people as knowledgeable as the FMP crew can do wonders for anyone at any level. Perhaps the single largest benefit for a relative newcomer like me is that I am still in the learning stage and have not built up a set of bad habits yet, nor do I want to. Practice does not make perfect, practice makes permanent, only perfect practice makes perfect.

The next and perhaps most obvious benefit of my time with them is that short of using a camera it is difficult to watch yourself shoot and even then you cannot get real-time feedback on your form. Having an additional set (or 3) of eyes on my form was helpful; but what’s more, those eyes belonged to guys who really wanted to help me and had years of experience to draw from. Anthony and team quickly spotted some fundamental issues, including my hand placement and release technique, which I would never have caught on my own. Simply shifting the placement of the riser in my hand by an inch made an immediate difference in the horizontal groupings of my shots and left only the vertical placement to work on. In all honesty, had this been all I learned, it would have been worth the trip.

After Anthony and crew helped me adjust the fundamental issues the next logical area of focus was my bow set-up; after all, if your form is not correct, there is no equipment in the world that can help you. Again, the changes they made, (shortening my sting loop and shortening my draw length) while minor in nature, had a large impact on my accuracy.

Once my form and my equipment had been corrected it was time to learn how to properly practice shooting. Initially, I thought I had that part down; I mean how tough can it be: (1) Post a target, (2) Shoot at the center of it, (3) Repeat as needed, right? Wrong. As I quickly learned, shooting 3 arrows at the same spot is not nearly as effective for improving your accuracy as shooting 3 arrows at 3 different targets. This simple change, in addition to some other drills Anthony showed me, will no doubt help me continue to improve.

This whole process took about 4 hours from start to finish and ended with us filming a short clip for the BowCast website (on a side note; I never knew how many details were involved in creating a video clip) and then grabbing some lunch. At the risk of signing Anthony up for weekend after weekend of lessons, I encourage anyone interested in becoming a better archer to look up Anthony and crew if you are ever in Salt Lake City; I promise you it is well worth your time. Finally, I want to sincerely thank Anthony, Shawn, Robbie and G for taking time out of their weekends to hang out and help me become a better archer.

Matt

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Anthony's 2007 Mule Deer

aroney@bowcast.com — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:29:15 +0100

2007 was a great year for the Full Moon Productions team. The following deer that Anthony harvested will be show cased in a feature article in "Western Hunting Magazine" in the summer of 2008. In addition, you all will be able to catch the footage of this hunt on the next DVD from FMP in summer of 2008. As always, Anthony wanted to give our BowCast community a sneak peek at this very awesome buck.

Anthony shot this buck at 61 yards with a 12 degree cut. The deer was shot on 10/22/2007 at 9:10 AM and recovered at 5:20 PM the same day. The deer scores 190 4/8 inches.

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