SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android Okay friends! On this episode of Gritty Bowmen we hang out with our Central Oregon friends Randy and Candy Yow. Randy and Candy are not “show” names--they’re real names. Randy and Candy have been on the show once before and we had them back again because we like them so much. Randy and Candy are down-to-earth cowboy and cowgirl cattle ranching type folks who love hunting. Together they created a TV show called Extreme Desire TV. New episodes...
May 22, 2016•1 hr 12 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android Okay friends! On this episode of Gritty Bowmen Mark Brownlee and myself hang out with our friend Greg Munther at the annual (BHA) Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Rendezvous. Greg is from the older generation… like he’s 72 years old. But he doesn’t seem that old--he’s still getting out and killing big horn sheep, coues deer, mule deer, and elk with his stickbow, which he’s been shooting his entire life. Greg tells us how he uses Llamas to hel...
May 19, 2016•30 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android This episode of Gritty Bowmen was recorded a year ago on the ferry ride home from Prince of Wales island Alaska on the Alaska Marine Highway System--traveling from Ketchikan, Alaska to Bellingham, Washington. On this episode of Gritty Bowmen I am joined by my long-time friend and college roommate, Chad Nelson and by my brother, Brent. We talk about some of the logistics in getting to POW island and returning home again with hundreds of pound...
May 17, 2016•1 hr 9 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, Mark Brownlee and I do a little Heather’s Choice taste test. Heather’s Choice is owned by Heather Kelly. Heather was on episode 114 of the Gritty Bowmen podcast--and on that episode we geeked out on nutrition and talked about her backcountry meals. On that episode, the Gritty Scotsman and I said that we would do a little taste test of Heather’s Choice meals and report back to you. We also said, we would go o...
May 12, 2016•45 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen Jason Phelps shares a few more choice bits of Elk wisdom. How to Call Elk with Jason Phelps....
May 11, 2016•15 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, Aron Snyder, Anthony Spencer, and myself hang out with the veritable, authentic, what-you-see-is-what-you-get, sheep hunting adventurer Bryan Martin of Asian Mountain Outfitters. Bryan has hunted all over the world--from Canada and the U.S. to the Asian countries of Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and more. On this episode of Gritty Bowmen we discuss rugged mountain hunting--our topics ran...
May 10, 2016•44 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, we hang out with our friend Cory Miller, owner of xXx Archery, at his bowshop in Rainier Oregon. We talk to Cory about compound-bow tuning. This podcast has some visual footage that you will want to watch if this stuff is new to you. At the very end of this podcast we inserted some video footage of Cory teaching my cousin Ben how to properly grip and hold a compound bow when shooting. In Cory’s experience as...
May 10, 2016•53 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, we hang out with traditional archer, conservationist, and film producer Clay Hayes of Twisted Stave Media. On this podcast we on location at the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Annual Rendezvous. Clay makes his own bows and hunts with them--he carves them out of a piece of wood. He’s a “real” hard-core traditional archer. He and I and Mark Brownlee get to know each-other on this podcast. We talk about his fi...
May 03, 2016•43 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, Brian and Aron meet with Tom & Danny Clum of Rocky Mountain Specialty Gear....
May 03, 2016•1 hr 15 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen I travel to Boise Idaho and visit with friend, Russ Meyer and his wife Carole. This podcast is about relationships--it’s about life AND hunting. It’s about balance. The balance between the drive to be outdoors, often away from the ones we love most, and time at home with family. Many couples struggle when one person in the family has a passion for hunting that the other doesn’t understand. And it goes both wa...
Apr 29, 2016•1 hr 25 min
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Apr 27, 2016•20 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen I travel to Boise Idaho and visit with friend, Corey Jacobsen, multiple time world elk calling champion and owner of ELK101--ELK101.com. In this podcast, we have a good time answering elk-hunting questions that new, and old, elk hunters commonly ask. It’s GRITTY stuff....
Apr 25, 2016•1 hr 11 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen Aron Snyder shares his latest Turkey Hunt in Kansas with his Trad Bow....
Apr 22, 2016•1 hr 21 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen Jason Phelps shares more of his Elk Nuggets of wisdom. What is Jason's go-to calling sequence? How can you set the scene Bob Ross style? phelpsgamecalls.com...
Apr 21, 2016•15 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen we hang out with Heather Theresa Kelly. Heather Kelly is an evolutionary sports nutritionist. She is the owner and operator of OPENutrition and the creator of Heather's Choice. She attended college at Western Washington University, where she was a two time NCAA National Champion in women's rowing. She was born and raised in Alaska and she loves adventuring in the backcountry; she is an all around badass. And ...
Apr 20, 2016•1 hr 23 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, we recap the highlights of the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Rendezvous in Missoula, Montana. I’m joined by Jesse Wise, our friend from Train to Hunt, Justin Klement, the man behind the Gritty Bowmen Newsletter, the Gritty Scotsman, a.k.a. Mark Brownlee, my brother B-Rent and my brother in-law Bryce Lofts. Featured on this podcast: https://www.backcountryhunters.org/ https://www.facebook.com/2percentforcon...
Apr 19, 2016•56 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, Mark Brownlee and myself visit with Ryan Callaghan and Kenton Carruth of First Lite at the annual BHA Rendezvous. Since 2007, First Lite Clothing has been dedicated to building the best hunting gear on the market out of the most reliable materials and fabrics. Aron Snyder has been a long-time proponent of First Lite gear and for good reason. Not only do they make top quality technical clothing--the company i...
Apr 15, 2016•1 hr 25 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, Mark Brownlee and myself visit with Randy Newberg and Jeff Sposito. Randy Newberg is the host and producer of the TV show Fresh Tracks with Randy Newberg--a show about self-guided hunting on public lands. Randy is also the host of Hunt Talk Radio, aka, Randy Newberg Unfiltered. As an avid conservationist, Randy advocates on behalf of hunters, educating his audience in the role hunters have played in restorin...
Apr 14, 2016•1 hr 43 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android Okay Friends on this episode of Gritty Bowmen I sit down with Aron Snyder and we talk about sleeping bags and pads. We get into some stuff about water bottles vs. nalgene bottlesand so on. It’s a pretty good podcast, but we screwed up on the audio and when I say we I mean I screwed up on the audio. So it’s not as crisp as it usually is. So forgive me on that. But, it’s a good podcast so I hope you get some good info out of it. I did. -Stay G...
Apr 14, 2016•1 hr 15 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen we meet with Tim Burnett of SOLO HNTR....
Apr 13, 2016•1 hr 18 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen Amanda and Jesse Wise share their story of competing in Train to Hunt competitions. Amanda shares how competing in Train to Hunt helped her and Jesse to communicate and be more unified in their marriage....
Apr 08, 2016•1 hr 2 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen I visit with Mark Kephart and Kevin Merrow of Tradgeeks—http://tradgeeks.com and the Tradgeeks podcast. These guys have a passion for traditional archery and I always enjoy hanging out with them. Currently, Mark and Kevin have some films in the 2016 Kuiu Film Festival. Look-up Kuiu Film Festival and find their films and watch them. I particularly enjoyed their film titled, TWENTY FIFTEEN in the Pro-Long divis...
Apr 08, 2016•1 hr 28 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, Anthony Spencer and myself visit with our friends Bryan Marshall and Cameron Stuart of Wishes for Warriors. These guys are always fun to be around. They inspire us to make a difference in the world we live in—because they gave it all… wishes is giving it back. If you haven’t already, go to Wishes for Warriors and find out how you can make a difference. http://www.wishesforwarriorscorp.org...
Apr 07, 2016•57 min
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Apr 07, 2016•24 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, I took a break from running the show, and in my place, Aron and Anthony interview Aron’s long-time friend, Ryan Avery, co-owner of Rockslide. These two have know each other for years, and can rib each-other like only good friends can. If you’re not already logging on to Rokslide and checking things out, give it a look. The site is packed with top-notch backcountry hunting information....
Apr 06, 2016•31 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen Aron Snyder and I talk cook stoves. Aron also shows us some of the latest Kifaru backpacks coming soon and the winner is announced for the Kifaru Apollo Backpack....
Mar 30, 2016•1 hr 16 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, A-ron and myself hang out with his long time friend Marc Smith, AKA Muley Slayer. Marc Smith has, in Aron’s own words, “killed more things than small pox.” Specifically, Marc is all about Mule Deer. Marc gives us get a glimpse of a less experienced Aron Snyder and how he first cut his teeth on colorado mule deer. And Aron shares some great stories from their past....
Mar 29, 2016•49 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, Jason Phelps shares some Elk Nuggets of wisdom. Stay tuned for more episodes each week....
Mar 28, 2016•22 min
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, Anthony Spencer and myself sit down, for second interview, with my good friends Ty and Rihanna Cary at the MTN OPS booth at the Northwest Hunting and Conservation EXPO in Salt Lake City Utah. We discuss Ty’s film production company, Standing Buck Productions. Ty tells us about camera gear and filming hunts with Jim Shockey and about Ty’s upcoming projects. Ty and Rihanna are cool. They truly love the outdoor...
Mar 28, 2016•1 hr
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS / Stitcher / Podbean / Android On this episode of the Gritty Bowmen our friend Jason Phelps shares some elk calling techniques. Watch for more Elk Nuggets from Jason Phelps coming soon....
Mar 25, 2016•21 min
