Podcast Description

We all tend to talk about how there is no youth to follow us up in this sport we as athletes all love and hold dear. We scratch our heads talking about how we can pull kids away from XBox and Nintendo Wii and get them out in the field to help them understand why we all LOVE the sport we chose to excel at - Archery Hunting.

What if we shared with you EXACTLY what you could do as a bowhunter to get youth "fired up" about shooting a bow? Well if you want to know how you can truly do your part in helping kids enjoy all the passion and excitement you have about bowhunting, listen in on this week's episode.

BowCast is joined by Roy Grimes from the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP). Roy has a stellar career under his belt serving the public as a Wildlife Biologist in a number of different roles; Most recently Roy was the Deputy Commissioner with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources for the last 12 years of his career before he retired and turned his energy and attention to co-founding and becoming the International Director of the National Archery in Schools Program.

Show Notes

National Archery in Schools Program

http://www.nasparchery.com/activea.asp

Special Announcement - Garret Armstrong on BowShout

Garret Armstrong will be on BowShout from 9pm - 10pm EST on Thursday April 24th to answer questions you all have around Metrao strings, technical archery equipment, and any other questions you have about G5 products. Get on BowShout this Thursday and enjoy the opportunity to pick the brain of a G5 and Archery insider!

Podcast Description

How good is your bowstring? Is it the highest quality? What does it mean to be a "high end" bowstring, and what goes on behind the scenes to make the best quality strings for your bow setup? Why are we so concerned with "pre-stretching" and what makes a serving on one string better than the next?

These are the questions answered by Garret Armstrong. Garret has had a long career in the hunting industry, and most recently has been serving as the G5 outdoors Brand Manager. Garret shares his knowledge of manufacturing high quality strings by showcasing one of the latest bow strings to hit the market - the Metrao bowstring by G5.

Join this in depth discussion on the importance of choosing a high quality string and how to make this distinction. In addition, Garret brings all the BowCast listeners inside the manufacturing process of a bow string, and showcases the Metrao "twist" on why "You are only as good as you can measure.". For the folks who have been making their own strings for years as well as the archery hunter who doesn't know the first thing about string material, this episode hits the target.

Show Notes

G5 Outdoors

http://www.g5outdoors.com

Metrao Strings

http://www.g5outdoors.com/metrao/

At the end of this episode Garret mentions a hunt where his "team" harvested 3 elk in a coveted Wyoming unit. Here is a pic of one of those elk (taken by Paul Vaicunas - VP of Parker Crossbows):

Garret with a bruiser buck:

Podcast Description

Aneal and Anthony have shared quite a bit about their preference for single pin adjustable sights to maximize accuracy at western hunting type ranges. But in reality, these sights are just not the best option for a lot of folks who maybe have a more steady diet of tree stand hunting for whitetails or shorter range shots at Turkeys. So, to contribute expert content related to the pervasive multi-pin sights, Aneal is joined by Darren Collins on this episode. Darren is a professional shooter, but focuses most of his energy bow hunting big game animals. In fact, back in 2005 Darren became only the 8^th individual in the world to take all 28 North American big game species with a bow. What Darren says about his choice in sights and why, is something we all should pay attention to. He will discuss how he gets both adjustability and accuracy by combining the best of both worlds (multi-pins and adjustability) with his Lethal Weapon sight by Sure-Loc.

Darren worked and consulted with Steve Gibbs (Founder of Sure-Loc sights) since all the way back in 1997. He has been on the Sure-Loc pro staff since 1997, and talks about why he has stayed with Sure-Loc sights, and why he specifically prefers multi-pin adjustable sights over a single pin. Aneal and Darren specifically review the Lethal Weapon sight from Sure-Loc and Darren shares some of the stories from his time putting down all 28 big game species in North America. This episode gives us all the rare experience to hear how a professional chooses his sight, sets it up, and actually uses it in the field.

Show Notes

Sure-Loc

http://www.sureloc.com/

Mathews

http://mathewsinc.com/

Easton

http://www.eastonarchery.com/

 Tight Point Broadheads

http://www.tightpoint.com/about.asp

Podcast Description

We are all aware of the importance of conservation groups like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. But for those of you inside and outside the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, have you ever wondered "Why should I care?" Are you aware of what it means to support a conservation group....not just financially, but on some of the many projects involved with maintaining wildlife habitat?

Come inside and listen to Bryan Tinsley, a 10 year volunteer with the Denver Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Bryan talks about his transformation growing up and hunting on the east coast, and how he has adapted his hunting style to go after the great Wapiti. Bryan shares his passion and experience working with the RMEF and the many projects he has worked on.

Show Notes

National Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

http://www.rmef.org/

Denver Mile High Chapter RMEF

http://www.rmefdenver.org/

We introduce the concept of the camo toolbox - every piece of camo you should consider to cover a wide variety of terrain and weather conditions. In addition, we cover some of the newer camo technologies and patterns on the market today.

Show Notes

We talked about numerouse camaflouge manufacturers listed below:

http://www.realtree.com/

http://www.mossyoak.com/

http://www.mothwing.com/

Anthony mentioned a new and upcoming camo company you want to check out - Sitka Camo:

http://www.sitkagear.com/

We are going to continue our camo discussion on episode #5 - as a preview to episode #5, Aneal will discuss this Coloraodo whitetail he took in November 2006 - See pic to the right.