This week Alan Altizer is joined by his good friend Aaron Miller in part 2 of the “Secrets of the Wind” series. Alan considers Aaron to be one of the most knowledgeable whitetail hunters in North America. Aaron’s success with a longbow and wood arrows on mature whitetail throughout North America is the result of years of quantitative studies, field…

This week Alan Altizer begins the start of the “Secrets of the Wind” series. This five-part series begins by breaking down the physical components of the wind and how animals utilize them on a day-to-day basis. Alan stresses the importance of understanding the animal’s perspective, not the hunter’s, when hunting mature animals. Once the hunter unde…

TBM Owner, T.J. Conrads and former PBS President Jim Akenson introduce the newly formed Traditional Bowhunters Hall of Fame. The Traditional Bowhunters Hall of Fame Inc. was created to preserve the rich history of bowhunters who hunt with longbows, recurves, and selfbows. The organizational goal of TBHOF is to recognize and honor individual sportsm…

Gene Wensel graciously shares stories of floating Jay Massey's Moose John River in Alaska with his friend Paul Bruner in pursuit of moose and caribou. Jay was one off the incredible outdoorsmen in modern times and defined the best parts of traditional bowhunting while living the ethics of the hunt. So, pull up a chair and join Gene and Alan Altizer…

On this episode, Alan and Dalton talk adaption in the whitetail woods as the season progresses. Join in on this woodsman-centric conversation! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ethan Rodrigue and Dalton Lewis

Pull up a chair and join in on a discusion between Alan Altizer and Dalton Lewis on early season shooting, scouting, and setups in preparation for the opening of season. This is a continuation of Early Season Techniques which featured Nathan Killen in Part 1. These two buddies discuss their approaches and reasoning utilized to zero in on locations …

Hunting season is nearly here. Join friends Nathan Killen and Alan Altizer as they sit down to discuss advanced methods of scouting and setting up on whitetail, with a heavy focus on older class bucks. These two discuss in great detail their approaches to early season whitetail. This is woodsmanship at a top level. Learn more about your ad choices.…

On May 26, 2024, we lost our friend and PBS member Stanley Rodrigue. Stanley not only bowhunted the right way, he loved his family and friends as he lived his life the right way. Share with us this tribute to this good man's life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ethan Rodrigue and Dalton Lewis

This week Alan Altizer sets down with his friend Gene Wensel to discuss Gene's bow hunting career outside of the whitetail world. Gene has taken countless species with traditional equipment from Alaska to Africa. Gene not only shares many of these stories, but passes on some sound wisdom, laughs, and great life stories. Learn more about your ad cho…

This week, Alan Altizer is joined by Virginia bowhunter Rob Burnham. Rob is one of the most gracious members of PBS, freely giving of his time and talents in support of bowhunting. Having bowhunted since the 1970s, Rob's adventures have carried him throughout North American and Africa. Join us as Rob and Alan spend the early morning hours before ch…

This week Alan is joined by a great friend of Gene Wensel's, Chris Blaskowski. Chris has bowhunted throughout North America, having taken numerous species with a traditional bow. His successful career has led him to being named the Montana Bowhunter of the year on two occasions. But tonight, heavy attention is placed on lion hunting with a twist an…

Join us this week as Dalton sits down with Clay Epperson, a hog's absolute worst nightmare. Clay lives in Texas, and finds himself chasing hogs all night more times than not. His approach is unique, and extremely fun. He has been particularly successful in recent weeks, as environmental factors have had the hogs up early and often. We talk night hu…

On this episode, Dalton sits down with Mike Funderburk from Hunt Better. Mike is a new traditional bowhunter, having just completed his first full season with a stickbow, after years of being very successful with a compound. Topics covered include struggles of getting started, common problems for beginners, remedies, and of course a lot of laughs a…

We're all bears this week on the pod as Dalton is joined by Curt Cabrera, Cade Cabrera, and "BigEd" Schlimme. With that kind of crew there's bound to be some laughs! This crew will be headed north in a couple of weeks, so they talk stories from last year as well as strategies and excitement for this year. Check it out! Learn more about your ad choi…

We've heard it said before that a wild hog is a "poor man's Grizzly." However you want to describe them, they're a ton of fun and a great animal to bowhunt! On this episode, Dalton and Alan talk everything hogs with a canoe full of stories included! Check it out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

On this week's Woodmanship episode, it's all turkeys! Dalton and Alan sit down and break down a few woodsmanship details that could make all the difference for you this Spring! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ethan Rodrigue and Dalton Lewis

This week we're joined by our good friend Tim Jones to talk about calling bears. In many areas of Appalachia, baiting bears isn't legal and bowhunters have to learn to rely on other tactics. Tim discusses how he utilizes woodsmanship and predator calls to draw them in close! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

This week we are joined by two fellow PBS members, Eric Lindner and Ethan Neidhart. Eric is a long time traditional bowhunter. Ethan is a 19 year old bowhunter that decided to start building bows at the age of 16, and took it upon his self to learn the craft. As fate would have it, he then met Eric and the mentoring began. This is a great story and…

At the recent PBS gathering in Lexington, we had the pleasure to meet a couple of great guys that are as ate up with traditional bowhunting as we are! Fernando and Poncho operate Stickbow Hunts, MX in Durango, Mexico. They offer hunts for Gould's turkey, Coues deer, hogs, and javelina. After visiting with them in Lexington, it didn't take us long t…

This week Norm Johnson joins Ethan for a recap of the 2024 Lexington, Ky PBS Gathering. It was a fantastic time had by all and one of the most successful gatherings to date. With record attendance, donations, and new attendees, it was a lot to keep up with but very much worth the effort! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice…

I'm switching to a compound until I fill my freezer. Hypocrite? Sell Out? Or something else?

This week we'll be in Lexington for the Bi-Annual PBS banquet in Lexington. We figured we'd re-release one of our older episodes with Joey Buchanan to listen to some turkey stories! Joey is one of our favorite guests, and is hilarious to boot! If you like chasing turkey or not, you're gonna love this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg…

This week the guys sit down to talk about lessons learned, lessons re-learned, what worked, and what didn't. From the use of terrain to being to aggressive or not aggressive enough, we bowhunters should strive to learn something each and every time we're in the woods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

This week our good buddy from Australia, Jack Spinks joins us for the podcast. Anyone familiar with Jack knows two things, he's hilarious, and he kills way more than his share of critters with a bow and arrow! Jack and his mates recently returned from what can only be described as an EPIC Asiatic water buffalo hunt. Along with more fun than should …

On this week's episode, our friend Matt Stoutjesdtk takes the helm for us and visits with Jerry Brumm and Rick Shephard of Great Northern Bowhunting. Both Rick and Jerry's history in traditional bowhunting goes way back. These guys have contributed to the traditional bowhunting world more than most probably realize, and we are absolutely stoked to …

On this week's episode, our friend Matt Stoutjesdtk takes the helm for us and visits with Jerry Brumm and Rick Shephard of Great Northern Bowhunting. Both Rick and Jerry's history in traditional bowhunting goes way back. These guys have contributed to the traditional bowhunting world more than most probably realize, and we are absolutely stoked to …

This week Cade Cabrera joins Dalton on the podcast to talk about an often overlooked topic. Cade grew up grounded in the outdoors, especially bowhunting. Like many young people, high school, college, and starting the process of finding your way in life can lead to drifting away from that love. Fortunately, those distractions tend to ease a bit and …

This week our buddy Michael Arnette of Tall Tines Archery and his lovely wife Amanda join us to talk about hunting with your spouse. Michael and Amanda discuss the challenges and benefits of that, as well as managing expectations and some advice for getting started. They also share some pretty cool hunting stories along the way! Learn more about yo…

This week our friend Mike Mitten joins us on the podcast. Mike is a well respected bowhunter and well known for his solo wilderness adventures. That solo spirit was shared by the late Bart Schleyer of Wyoming. Bart lived an incredible life and was very likely among one of the best bowhunters and woodsman to ever carry a stick and string. As well as…

This week we're joined by Matt Beisswanger of Pennsylvania. Matt has been hunting a small farm in the Midwest for over two decades. In that time he's learned the property intimately, and puts a ton of time into scouting, learning individual deer, and keeping up with the subtle changes on the farm and the surrounding area... all part of great woodsm…

We're back! Hope everyone enjoyed a great Christmas! Our good friends Bryan Burkhardt and Ben Pinney had a great adventure on Kodiak this past season. They were kind enough to record their adventures for us, and we think you'll really like it. Time spent with good friends is always time well spent, but time spent with good friends on a wilderness a…

This week Nathan joins us to talk about the importance of sticking it out! As hunters, we all make plans for our hunts. As traditional bowhunters especially it usually takes a while for those plans to work out. This episode is all about hanging in there and giving things time to play out, increasing your chances by playing the odds, and enjoying th…

This week Noah Booth joins us on the podcast. Noah is a great young man that hales from Illinois where he chases big mid western stud whitetails using woodsmanship and hard work. He's had a fantastic season this year taking two bruiser bucks, including one absolute giant! Noah shares that story as well as some of his elk hunting adventures. In a wo…

This week Maribeth has a great chat with Meredith Powroznik, a Virginia bowhunter with a passion for adventure. In this episode, you can clearly hear Meredith's love for her father, family, and bowhunting with a traditional bow and arrow! She and Maribeth have a great conversation from a ladies perspective on whitetails, elk, family, adventure, and…

This week our good buddy Tyler Ross with Timberninja Outdoors joins us to talk about native habitat, soil, Southern Appalachia forests, and explain what the heck a "destructive dependent ecosystem" is. Tyler is a dedicated conservationist in the true sense of the word. He's worked as a Soil and Water Conservation District Director in North Carolina…

This week our buddy Aaron Miller joins us to talk about a recent successful hunt on a beautiful mature midwestern whitetail. Aaron is as woods savvy as they come and this story is full of little golden nuggets of woodsmanship! You don't want to miss this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Every serious whitetail hunter knows about Mel Johnson's world record typical archery buck, scoring 204 1/2". Many of us older bowhunters can remember staring wide eyed at glossy images of Mel and the giant in the pages of Outdoor Life and bowhunting magazines long ago. But not to many people likely know much about Mel himself. Humble and very down…

Join us for part 2 of Bryan Burkhardt and Jim Eeckhout's Alaskan Moose hunt campfire chat and recap! Jim and Bryan have spent considerable time in the Alaskan bush over the years. This recap is a great perspective on adventure and what's really important on a remote bow hunt. Special thanks to both Bryan and Jim for taking the time to share this aw…

Our good friends Bryan Burkhardt and Jim Eeckhout were kind enough to record live updates each evening on their recent moose hunt. And once again, we are excited to bring it to you! So sit back and enjoy the fire side chat of another great Alaskan Moose Adventure! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

We sit down this week with our buddy Alan Altizer to talk about our favorite subject! Alan talks specifically about patterning deer at specific times of the year, and lots of general great tidbits on learning how to become a better woodsman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

This week Jeff Holchin joins Dalton and Alan to talk about his recent solo moose adventure. Jeff is the epitome of a down to earth, blue collar, good Christian man! Jeff recently returned from a successful Alaskan adventure. Jeff shares the story and discusses the adventure, enjoying the entire process, and getting charged by a mad moose! Learn mor…

This week Brian Wessel joins Alan and Ethan for a great conversation a bout faith, family, friend, balancing life and bowhunting. Brian has traveled extensively bowhunting critters from Alaskan grizzly bears, African game, and everywhere in between. Brian is a very humble guy that loves everything about bowhunting, and definitely loves the pursuit …

This week Alan and Ethan talk about what happens following the shot. Lots of things happen in an incredibly short amount of time. the guys talk about things to look and listen for and all the little clues gathered to make important decisions for retrieving animals. Good woodsmanship discussion that probably doesn't take place enough! Learn more abo…

Episode 21, re-release On this episode we sit down with two of the most knowledgeable woodsmen we know. Alan and Nathan discuss in detail the skills we can all improve on to become better woodsman. If you're new to traditional bowhunting or hunting in general, or a seasoned veteran you can gain a lot of information from this one! Learn more about y…

This week Alan goes over lots of great woodsmanship lessons pertaining to early season. It's almost here, and this is some timely information you don't want to miss!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ethan Rodrigue and Dalton Lewis

Allan and Ethan are joined this week by Flip Pallot and Don Davis. Don and Flip have been friends for years and have chased all kinds of critters from pigs with a bow to tarpon with a fly rod. As Don likes to say, "he enjoys sticks and strings and sharp feathered things"! Topics were wide ranging from the changes Florida has seen over the past deca…

Nate shares practical experience using his Grizzly Stik Arrows that have been designed with Dr. Ashby"s research in mind. For more on Grizzly Stik and Dr. Ashby Check out... https://www.ashbybowhunting.org/ and https://grizzlystik.com/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Nate Bailey

Time is drawing near and soon those bachelor groups we've all been watching will start disbursing, antler will turn hard, testosterone will increase, and food sources will start to change. As bowhunters, our job is to figure out how deer will adapt and relocate them. There are a lot of subtleties that effect how animals move and use their surroundi…

Gage sits down with Nate and talks about switching from the Compound Bow to the Traditional Bow. The Advantages of switching, and the Drawbacks of Switching. He discusses the trials and tribulations of picking up the traditional bow to hunt with and how much different it is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Chris Weist joins Dalton this week to talk about whitetails and making the transition from modern compound to traditional bowhunting. Chris is a very accomplished mountain buck hunter from Pennsylvania, and this year he's going all in on trad! The guys talk about the foundations of successful bowhunting and the added challenges of the stickbow! Lea…