S1E6 Talking Competitive Archery Organizations and the National Field Archery Association with Chuck Cooley
Bowcast Podcast - An archery and bowhunting podcast.
Release Date: 02/07/2024
Bowcast Podcast - An archery and bowhunting podcast.
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 ." Give it a listen, the data driven...
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Wes Siler from outside Magazine comes on to chat about meeting the weirdest guy in a bar who invited him to hunt archery.
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Professional archery and dedicated hunter, Jack Wallace stops by to chat about hunting, shooting events and balancing it all.
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Malcom Jones, professional archer stops by to give us the low down on the steps he takes to get ready for these high intensity shoots.
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While perusing the Archery Wire, I came across a press release for this cool device that counted arrows and data that would help you become a better archer. I thought an interview on a show dedicated to the New School Archer would be perfect.
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Justin Ma, author of The Way of Archery, and Chinese archery historian stops by to talk about this ancient art form, he shares his experiences, tips for traditional shooting and a bit of interesting history.
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We keep going! This is Part 2 of our interview, if you haven't listened to Part 1, I encourage you to do so.
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My original plan for this episode was talking about home bow maintenance.
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Archery Pro Chuck Cooley sits with us and explains what the NFAA is, what they do, and why you should join.
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Michael Lee Vice President of Marketing and Outdoors at Lethal Products, and Co-host/Co-owner at Backwoods Life, stops by to chat about turkey hunting and how he's survived in one of the hardest industries.
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Archery Pro Chuck Cooley sits with us and explains what the NFAA is, what they do, and why you should join.
If you're interested in joining a professional archery association, you should listen to this episode!
- 1:00 Who is Chuck Cooley
- 4:30 what is the NFAA
- 7:00 A breakdown of the chapters of the NFAA, state vs national and how they run the events. And how both IFAA and USA Archery work in conjunction.
- 10:00 How the membership fees work and who grandparents your membership.
- 13:00 how to keep from getting overwhelmed and where to even start.
- 16:00 How the NFAA shoots are different from IBO (International Bowhunting Organization) shoots.
- 21:00 Chuck’s #1 piece of advice for someone interested in tournament shooting.
- 25:30 Thoughts on why women tend to not join these organizations (right or wrong). And how easy it is to forget the new guys are just new guys, and we were all new to archery once. As well as the state of the archery tournament scene with the pandemic turning everything upside down.
- 40:00 Links and information