In this episode I cover my thoughts on the excellent Uukha product demonstration at Merlin Archery on Tuesday this week. I was fortunate enough to obtain a ticket for the presentations where Uukha representatives went through the company history, product design, manufacture and development along with their new range of products, covering the risers and limbs.
This was a great opportunity to hear how their product differs from others and to try the bows. The one downside was they didn’t have the 19 inch riser which they are producing for 2026. The reason I mention this is because of the ability to shoot it off the shelf which is an obvious appeal for me.
With my engineering head on , it was interesting to hear the difference in the production of the products, with the differing levels and quality of carbon used in the limb range. I really like the look of the yangi limb.
Here are a few photos from the day
As always the episode is live on Spotify and Amazon music
I do feel that Uukha need to produce the flying squirrel as a soft toy as it stole the show in the video walk through of their factory.
Huge thanks to Merlin Archery for organising this event, which seemed to go very well.
As always thanks for reading, listening and supporting this site.
I’ve recorded this episode of the podcast as a video on my thoughts on the National Field Archery Society championship faces (NFAS). It seemed more logical to record a video when talking about target faces than just having it as an audio podcast.
For those that don’t know NFAS produce a selection of target faces specifically designed for the big game round used at clubs across the country and at the National Championships in September.
It is available on Spotify, Amazon, Music and YouTube, the latter being shown below.
In the video I cover the positive and negative points of the targets faces, along with my thoughts specifically on the mess version we use at our club. We have been using these styles of faces for a couple of years and in our experience they work pretty well, especially in wet conditions but there are a couple of negative areas where they could be improved. There is one downside you need to consider and that being, the faces are printed on a white mech fabric and can suffer from being shot out, with the threads breaking. I show a couple of examples in the video.
There are currently 80 target faces, 20 per group, which means you could set 2 full 40 target courses and not repeat a face. We’ve used quite a few of the Group 1 target faces on our open shoots and they have been very well received. I especially like the Tiger and Golden Eagle faces, though the African lion I struggle will as it melts into the background.
You can order these directly from the NFAS website, where in the downloads section you will find the order form. https://nfas.net/downloads
Let me know what you think of the faces. Does your club use them?
Overall I think the quality of the images is great, with it being nice to see some NFAS specific faces. There has obviously been a lot of work involved in putting these together.
The mess works well for us at the club as it out last the equivalent paper face. Like all target faces they will get shot out over time, especially if you have a number of good archers nailing the centre time and time again.
Personally I would like to the scoring lines to be marked in a darker colour, so they are more easily seen as the light grey doesn’t work well on many of the faces.
In the video I mentioned a top tip I recorded in a YouTube short a while back, when it comes to securing the mess faces to target bosses.
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Most of all remember to enjoy your shooting and as always thanks for listening, watching and supporting.
Welcome to the last podcast of 2025. How crazy is it to think 2025 is almost over. It’s that strange time between Christmas and the New Year, where we lose track of which day of the week it is and its still festive but not Christmas.
In this episode, where I dare to be in front of the camera, rather than just a voice, I give a quick review of 2025 from Off the Arrow Shelf HQ, also known as my office come fletching room, but more importantly I get the opportunity to say thanks to all my followers, listeners and subscribers. I’ve uploaded it to YouTube, Spotify and it’s on Amazon music.
There is my YouTube channel where I have been uploading more content this year, both shorts and longer form recordings of 3D reviews, gear review and more. If you enjoy the content, please hit the Like button and consider subscribing to the channel.
Two videos that have seen a lot of feedback have the the breakdown of the NFAS shooting styles for Barebow and Traditional Bowhunter. I hope to do some more of these covering different shooting styles.
I have been very fortunate to have some fantastic guests this year from the world of archery, scouting and beyond.
I would also like to give a special thanks to my friends who have been amazing this year. A year that has been very emotional with the recent loss of of my Mam
As for 2026? I have a few ideas for some more 3D target reviews along with some coaching topics including how to use a range finder to aid your archery development, along with working on videos I mentioned earlier. I might even get to do some archery, if I can decide on which bow to shoot. In the meantime remember to enjoy your archery.
If you have any questions or queries you can drop me an email on or via this website
Most of all remember to enjoy your shooting and as always thanks for listening, watching and supporting me over the past year.
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