The latest episode of the podcast is now live on Spotify and Amazon music.

This marks the 5^th year of the podcast. I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since I started this. I hope you are enjoying it.

This one is a bit of a recap of what I have been up to for the last few weeks, including playing around with a 4 fletching combination on the Carbon Legacy arrows for my traditional bowhunter set up.

They fly well but I am going to experiment a bit more with a standard 90 degree setup and have bought a new jig to play with this so it doesn’t mess up my existing fletching jigs. Watch out for a review of the Cartel Fletching jig in future episodes.

The main focus of the episode is to highlight that it is very easy to feel swamped or as I put it drown in all the information out there about how to shoot, what you should or shouldn’t do in your draw cycle or release.

My advice is to all archer whether newbies or experienced is to take a moment to stop. Take a breath and remember what may work for one person may or may not work for you. Everyone is different and this is why there is so many different bow styles out there.

Some archers will love shooting a single string longbow, others will want a more technical approach with an Olympic recurve. The important thing is to find something that you enjoy shooting and you can do it safely and successfully.

By safely I don’t just mean safe in so far as being a danger to others, but safe for you physically and mentally. I’ve had archers come to me with injures due to being overbowed (draw weight too high for them) because they have been advised to shoot at least a 45lb draw weight or more. This has an impact on their muscles and how they struggle to draw and shoot but also on their heads too and the approach to how they feel about shooting, as it is highly likely to cause frustrations and annoyance.

If you stop enjoying it then you are less likely to continue and we want people to enjoy the hobby at whatever level you compete at.

There are lots of useful sites, podcasts and YouTube channels available for archers to review, far too many for me to mention them all. The important thing is take your time to read, watch and try things.

Thanks for reading and listening.