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Welcome to episode 36. In this episode I'm attempting to get back into controlling my eating and starting to exercise regularly again and I discuss a crucial new step that I've added to my shot cycle in an attempt to improve my accuracy and consistency ready to start shooting EFAA.

Happy new year to you all. In this, the first episode of 2022 I talk about a review of UK crossbow laws ordered by Pritti Patel, I'm pleased to announce that the UK has a Darton Archery dealer with Ryan from The Archers Nest in Shropshire becoming the first official dealer in the UK and I've joined the English Field Archery Association in my quest to improve my archery, English Field Archery Assoc...

I'm back with Episode 34. We've had a bit of a crazy weekend with Storm Arwen giving us high winds and our first snowfall of the coming winter. I broke out the Mandarin Duck Black Hunter trad bow to shoot the Racoon Shoot at Paget and finally got a sight tape sorted for the Turkey Shoot at Liberty Archers. Listen in to find out how I got on.

In this latest episode I have attended my first yoga class with Say Yes To Yoga and thoroughly enjoyed it. I do a quick comparison between Skylon Instec, Easton Axis and Victory RIP TKO arrow shafts which range in price from £48 per dozen to £144 per dozen and I've got an addition to my Bohning Helix Tower fletching jig on its way direct from Bohning in Lake City, Michigan. You can find Chelsea's...

Welcome back. After an unintended sabbatical of around 4 months I'm back. In this new episode I discuss where I've been and what's been happening, including the postponement of 2 trips abroad and the cancellation of my favourite 3D shoot of the year. I look at the stalling of my fitness journey and a rediscovered energy and focus in my shooting practice. I also recount freeing a trapped deer in th...

Welcome back to the podcast and Episode 31. In this episode I have to face the fact that I'm not one of the cool kids and that I'm simply not consistent enough with a handheld release so I'm back to the old wrist rocket. I have some new budget arrow shafts on the way for shooting 3D and I have a new, very not budget friendly arrow rest on the Kuma. I discover the lengths that Ryan at The Archers N...

Welcome back to Episode 30 where I have a conversation with Chelsea and Mark Brownridge. Regular listeners will have heard me talk about Chelsea in earlier episodes in relation to her being a yogini. We talk about everything from yoga to coffee, beer to chasing dreams and medieval re-enactment (including the venerable codpiece) to Mark's digestive system and how it responds to copious amounts of G...

It's been a while since I recorded the last episode, but I'm back! Large as life and twice as gobby. In this episode I discuss a deer processing course I attended, talk about getting back to shooting in the woods with a new shooting accessory sourced for me by The Off Center Archers and Shooting Skulls and I offer my opinion on the Bowmar Nose Button, so join me for my uncoordinated witterings.

After a couple of weeks of sub zero temperatures, I finally got to start bareshaft tuning the Victory RIP TKO's with the Ethics Archery components, a friend in Colorado sent me some new reading material and the Curse of the Kuma strikes again.

It's been 3 weeks since my last episode and the UK's third national lockdown has started to have a negative effect on me. This hasn't been made any easier by the loss of a friend and clubmate to Covid. I discuss my struggle with staying focused on my goals but relief was offered by finally getting my paper tuner put together and starting work on my hunting arrows. Bareshaft tuning through paper ha...

In this episode I'm joined by my very first guest, friend and fellow archer Simon Thomas. Simon shoots a variety of classes in NFAS, all non-sighted and he enjoys diving down the arrow rabbit hole possibly even more than I do. Join us as we sit down for a chat via Zoom due to current Covid restrictions in the UK about how we first met, Simon's wooden arrow building technique, my planned trip to Te...

Well, I've made it to the quarter century! I hope you've all had a good Christmas and New Year. I had 2 weeks off work R&R and indulged in the pig and fish diet so I'm dreading getting on the scales.  I'm back exercising now and eating clean again. The majority of the components have now arrived to start working on the Texas hunting arrow build so I go through the process I'll be using to...

This is just a short episode to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year and to say thank you for your support. As the title suggests, it was recorded while under the influence of Jack Daniels and Coke :D We have a little musical interlude courtesy of Jeffro's Dirty Country Songs and a quick mention of some new goodies being released by TruBall Axcel. Apologies for the drop in audio qua...

In this episode I've had some good news from The Archery Shack. After all the chasing that they've done for me, the final parts for the Kuma have arrived with them. I discuss how close I came to falling off the wagon on my weight loss journey and start looking at how I'm going to get razor sharp broadheads when I go to Texas.

Welcome back to the podcast. In this episode I skinned my first deer, I've had an update on the Kuma and I'm closer to deciding on my arrow choice to take to Texas. I take a dive into the reported benefits of having an attitude of gratitude in life and it's possible effects on health, wellbeing and performance.

In this episode the UK is about to go into a second national lockdown, I get put through an NFAS assessment and I look at how some newcomers to archery have been treated on social media.

Well, I've made it to Episode 20. In this episode I vent my frustrations at Bear Archery, talk about some of the YouTube resources that I've found most useful to me, have a quick look at the perils of sitting for extended periods of time and give you a quick update on how my weight loss is going.

In this episode I go through my thought process for deciding on a hunting arrow to take to Texas with me next year. The specifications I'm hoping to achieve and the thought process that's helping me to decide which arrow and broadhead combination to go with. I'm also giving very serious thought to undertaking the NFAS coaching course.

In this episode I discuss my performance in my scoring rounds of the club championship at Paget and how Covid-19 has affected how we shoot the competition and I also delve into my initial thoughts on planning my trip to Texas with one of my listeners to bowhunt hogs next year.

In this episode, I look back at the weekend meet up held by The British International Bowhunters in Norfolk and try a breakfast recommended to me by Simon Thomas https://www.instagram.com/ramblingarcher/ I seem to use the word amazing a stupid amount of times in this episode so the weekend was obviously amazing.

In this episode my Bear Kuma has made it across the Atlantic to The Archery Shack in South Carolina for repair, I've got some arrows fletched with the 2.25" Bohning X3 vanes and after listening to a podcast from The Art of Manliness I discover why we over eat in an attempt to keep my weight loss on track after a week of struggling with my food intake.

After a fairly quiet week for me I hit a weight loss goal and take the time to thank those who have supported my efforts so far and talk about the Go Fund Me page started by the guys at The Wobbly Arrow Podcast for Heath McDonald of Young Guns Archery to assist in his ongoing battle with cancer. This is the link to the page - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-heath039s-fight-with-cancer

In this episode I talk about some new vanes that I'm going to try out, adding to my exercise routine and how an awful rookie mistake led to disaster for me.

In this episode I get a present from a listener and friend in the States, I've shot some more 300 rounds and I've switched releases plus the usual waffle and bletherings that I seem to do.

In this episode I take a look at exercises that I can do at home to improve my cardio fitness, what basal metabolic rate is (doesn't that sound interesting?) and have a moan about the ongoing Covid 19 situation and the inability of dumbasses to follow basic rules.