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Dec 4 2025

Episode 136 – With Special guest of Oliver from Hemlock archery

I have a very special guest in this episode of the podcast. I am delighted to have Oliver Lewis the owner of Hemlock Archery.

For those of you who don’t know of Hemlock Archery, they are a UK based business selling a variety of archery related products but most noticeably Hemlock wooden arrows.

In the episode we talk about topics from, how it all started, to why Hemlock wood as his wood of choice for arrow shafts. With Oliver offering his top tip is for any wooden arrow shooting archery out there.

As always you can listen to the episode on Spotify or Amazon music

I suggest you take some time and check out Hemlock Archery website and see some of the amazing wooden arrows Oliver produces. They really are quite amazing and below you can see a small selection.

As always thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the episode. I have a couple more guests lined up for future episodes.

Have a great Christmas and New Year.

Aug 31 2025

Episode 127 – Shoot Report – Lyme Valley

Several weeks ago, we ventured to the Lyme Valley club for the first time in what seems like years. Only now have I’ve finally got round to writing this shoot report. Sorry guys for the delay.

This would be a 36 mixed target course with some cracking shots and some JVD faces (I really don’t like the old JVD faces. The course is situated in a valley, hence the name, not far from Stoke on Trent. Being in a valley the course offers a variety of gradient based slots, both up and down hill, something few clubs can offer.

One great shot was the grizzly and fish from the top of the hill to the screen below. This was a double shot where you would shoot both the Grizzly 3D and fish 3D from the red, then if needs be you would take shots from the white. Etc

Another shot worth mentioning was the 3D polar bear, where they had positioned white sheets and duvets, making it look like the bear was exiting a cave.

Check out the podcast for a full breakdown of my thoughts on the course and shots.

I’m afraid I can’t embed Amazon music on this page but can provide a link https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/c649e917-695a-4c30-aa50-d99742ccd824/episodes/c314e454-dad9-41a1-9812-ecf3b66655e4/off-the-arrow-shelf-episode-127-%E2%80%93-shoot-report-%E2%80%93-lyme-valley

I much preferred the shoot through for lunch, with catering being central in the woods than the old situation where you would stop at 12.30 for 30-40 minutes.

Overall it was a good shoot with some interesting shots.

Thanks for reading.

Jul 15 2025

Episode 123 – special guests Austin and Courtney of St Joe River Bows

I am very fortunate in this episode to have two very special guests grace the airways with me. Austin and Courtney Motte of St Joe River Bows, over in Michigan United States.

They took time out of their very busy schedule of making bows to record the episode where we get to spend the time talking about everything from bow making, shows they have been too and are heading to and being a British podcast we briefly discuss the weather.

If you are in the states and heading over to ETAR this year, they will have a stand there.

They are a lovely couple and huge supporters of young archers in the traditional archery community. Please take some time to check out their website (https://stjoeriverbows.com/) which is packed with photos of some of their lovely looking bows. I’ve been fortunate to see some of their bows up close and being shot and been very impressed.

St Joe River Bows
St Joe River Bows
St Joe River Bows

If you are interested you can contact them via the website or their Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/stjoeriverbowsoffical/

As always there is a link to Amazon music (https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/c649e917-695a-4c30-aa50-d99742ccd824/episodes/9f2e4818-f1bb-46aa-aa45-09e9e5eb5511/off-the-arrow-shelf-episode-123-%E2%80%93-special-guests-austin-and-courtney-of-st-joe-river-bows) and Spotify

As always thanks for listening.