Dan Forster VP and Chief Conservation Officer for the Archery Trade Association stops by to discuss a report "State-by-State Hunting Data, 3.7 Million Bowhunters in America"

"The ATA worked to determine an accurate number of licensed bowhunting participants in America and is happy to report the nation had 3.7 million bowhunters in the 2021-22 season. This is the first time ATA or any other entity has gathered a complete set of state bowhunter estimates. As a benefit to ATA members, the ATA put the data set into an easy to read, single-page spreadsheet available here."

Give it a listen, the data driven conversation is way more interesting than I thought it would be, Dan was a great guest!

• State-by-State Hunting Data, 3.7 Million Bowhunters in America
• Archery Trade Association

Wes Siler from outside Magazine comes on to chat about bowhunting Black Bear in the suburbs of Seattle, and meeting the weirdest guy in a bar who invited him to hunt archery.

As it turns out there’s an archery only hunting land in the suburbs of Seattle.

Wes tells us about hunting bear, how to hunt them, common sizes and how the best place to hunt them is right above a nudist colony.

He explains how they hunt the bears in plain clothes and shares a funny story about coming across a couple of nudists.

He shares his favorite recipe and what temperature you should cook it to so you don’t end up with worms.

And lastly, he shares his one tip for bear hunting black bear in Washington.

"Jack Wallace - Repeating the Meaningful Shot"

Professional archery and dedicated hunter, Jack Wallace stops by to chat about hunting, shooting events and balancing it all.

Timestamps:

1:30 Introduction to Jack, how he got into archery and how he met fellow professional archery Sharon Wallace.

9:30 favorite tournaments

11:00 Hunting vs Tournament Archery

13:00 Jack's favorite species to chase, how he stays in shape and tips for separating the two mentally.

21:00 Directional focus

22:00 the equipment he's shooting.