Its been a while and for good reason. I've been dealing with more heart issues that finally culminated in a quadruple bypass surgery in early October. Seven weeks later, with the help of my future son-in-law, Aaron I tested it out by packing into an Arizona Wilderness with my llamas for a rifle coues deer hunt. In this episode Aaron and I talk about the hunt and a bunch of other stuff. It was his first time on a big game hunt and he got the full experience.

I apologize for some low quality audio. I recorded it straight from the built in mics on a portable recorder outside in the wind. We also captured llamas humming and birds chirping for ambiance.

I hope you enjoy it and learn something as usual. Thanks for listening, and feel free to comment and contact me at closerangehunter@gmail.com.

I managed to get down to the border for a couple days of archery hunting opening weekend. Lance showed up for an evening even though he isn't archery hunting this year. We finally got around to the wrap up for last year's archery deer and bear hunt. Spoiler alert animals were harmed! We also talked a little early season archery bear from two weeks ago. The audio quality is a little wonky in spots because I was recording off the built-in microphones on the recorder. The crickets in the background are a nice touch though. I tried to get Lance's buddy Fabian, who was also hunting, to join in but he's too shy. They guy is a very good bowhunter so I'll keep working on him. This was just a fun conversation. I hope you enjoy the stories.

In the last few years I've climbed out from under my rock and tried to engage more with the traditional bowhunting community. In this episode I describe my experiences with the Colorado Traditional Archers Society High Country Shoot (it was fantastic!), and the Professional Bowhunters Society Odd Year Gathering in Wyoming. These events and the Compton event I attended in March have really helped me get more psyched about tradbow hunting again. In addition, myself and four other Arizona tradbow guys are trying to start a new state organization cleverly called, Traditional Bowhunters of Arizona. I also give my opinions on things like crossbows, the North Rim forest fires and a quick report on how archery deer season is shaping up for me. I hope you enjoy. Thanks.