Pope and Young Podcast

Jason and Dylan are joined by Allen Bolen and his son Jake, to talk Allen's new WORLD RECORD! Allen recently shot a new world record velvet typical sitka blacktail, and he is here to tell us all about his 108 1/8" GIANT!

Join us for a discussion with Youth Coordinator Justin Broughton, youth committee member Kia Gjorrass and longtime P&Y member Dan Evenson. We discuss increasing youth involvement within The Club and the launch of the Junior Outdoors Program.

Join us for a talk about the upcoming 2020 Pope and Young Convention in Chantilly, Virginia. This is the first year P&Y has gone to an annual convention and the amount activities, speakers, sights and surprises are very exciting. Executive Director Jason Rounsaville and Event coordinator Heather Knight discuss all the ins-and-outs of the convention and give visitors a great idea of what to expect next month.

Another episode in the series of species profiles for the North American 29, this show is focused on Coues Deer. The smallest of the North American deer species, Coues deer inhabit the desert of the Southwestern US and northern Mexico. A small, cagey critter, Coues deer offer one of the most difficult challenges for bowhunters today. Arizona resident and Coues deer veteran Miguel Morales joins us today to chat about his passion--bowhunting Coues deer.

Join us for a special episode with bowhunter Ray Howell. Ray has chased animals all over North America and Africa with bow and arrow, but his real calling came two decades ago when he started Kicking Bear Foundation. Kicking Bear helps disadvantaged kids from all over the country to get exposure to the outdoors. The Foundation has touched the lives of countless children since its inception.

The last podcast from the P&Y convention is with the guys from Bowsite.com Pat Lefemine and Charlie Rehor. Bowsite is one of the largest archery/bowhunting websites on the internet and has been since it began in 1996. Listen to Pat and Charlie talk about the changes in bowhunting and the internet over the past 23 years, their long-standing relationship with P&Y and how closely the two entities are related. We also discuss one of the highlights of the convention--the Bowsite meet-and-greet!

This episode is about DIY bowhunting with a couple Wyoming residents Ron Niziolek and Jason Stafford. Ron and Jason have hunted all over the Western US for more than two decades with great success.  We discuss choosing a reliable hunting partner, having confidence to do an out-of-state DIY hunt and then have a little fun while raising more than $13,000 for the P&Y conservation fund!

Join us on episode 15 as we sit with Neil Summers, Mark Buehrer and Jay Osting from Bowhunting Safari Consultants. BCS has been a long-time supporter of Pope & Young and helped hundreds of bowhunters over the years to have adventures of a lifetime. We talk about the past and future of bowhunting, rising costs and some of the threats to hunting culture.

On this episode, we sat down with the president of the Nebraska Traditional Archers Vince Smith. Vince talked to us about hunting the great state of Nebraska, traditional archery and getting youth involvement in archery.

Join us as Alaska bowhunter Frank Noska talks about bowhunting at the latest P&Y convention in Omaha.  Frank is the only bowhunter to take all 29 species in North America twice. Over the years, Frank has also entered more than 150 animals into the Pope and Young records program.