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I just want to say how grateful I am that I found this community. I was able to get a lunchtime shooting session in today. I did some form warm up then did one of the challenges Grant had last year with the paper plate. I then switched to thirty shots varying the position, angle, and distance on every shot (more on that in a minute). For the paper plate drill I did one shot at a time, in rounds of three, for five rounds or fifteen shots. The pictures are from two months ago and today and show a measurable improvement in consistency and how many of the fifteen shots are in the inner 5.5” part of the plate. I was consistently a little left on this drill/challenge but interestingly that wasn’t the case for my warm up shots or the thirty position, angle, distance shots. After doing the challenge I decided to really focus on position, angle, and distance between 5 - 12 yds. No shot was repeated and I changed up the position (standing/sitting/kneeling), angle, and distance on every shot. I have 4” fletching on my arrows and every shot was within fletching distance of my focal point and almost all were half of that. My left/right was also solid across the thirty shots. Probably the thirty most confident shots I’ve ever taken with a traditional bow. Sorry for the long post but this is my third go at shooting traditional. I really think finding this group and the resources that are here have made a huge difference for me this time.

My name is Jenn Richardson, my husband, Grant Richardson and I created this group, TradBowhunter - Ethical Predator. We are from Ontario, Canada, I have had a love for the outdoors since I was little. My grandfather being a conservation officer in the United States and my other grandfather a trapper here in Ontario. I have been in Law Enforcement for over 26yrs, love the outdoors, marketing and business so decided to put all three together! This is a passion piece for Grant and I...My hubby being the subject matter expert with Traditional Bowhunting as well as an author, podcast host and 3rd generation traditional bowhunter. We wanted to bring like minded people together and create a place to share their experiences with traditional bowhunting. ----------------- Hey folks! Grant Richardson here - about myself... I was raised in a hunting family. I have Bowhunted with traditional gear all my life and started shooting bows when I was 3. I've been able to hunt all over North America and along the way this past 40 plus years hunting with trad gear I have learned that success is born not from tech or the latest camo but from long cold days in the woods and often- failure. Bows and arrows were always a part of my life and I was lucky to have an upbringing that emphasized time in the woods. I was able to see both the rise of Bowhunting in Ontario and the laws and regulations based on ethics & conservation formed- But - also to see them fall apart to an Industry that focused on the latest and newest tech or gadgets to bring wild game home and not the skillsets I was raised to respect and follow. The very fabric of those primitive weapon/Bowhunting seasons was based on the fact that it was harder to take game with a bow and arrow- simply that it was difficult- but there is the truth that many forgot or perhaps never learned. The Ethical Predator was created from those lessons learned all my life. I helped create this community seeing a need to bring folks from all over the world into a community that supported the old ways, from scouting, tracking & the heritage of Bowhunting I grew up with.

Since the weather is raining I decided to post pup pics instead of shooting! Let’s go!

Never thought my wife would let me post her on the internet, but she liked the arrows so much she agreed!