Hey folks! Fireside Chat tonight at 7PM ET!!!...Grant is also hunting today, so who knows he just might get a deer & have to be going live in the woods tonight! 🦌 FIRESIDE CHAT Please comment below who is showing up!...also if you are new to the community, the Fireside Chat is a 1hr live video call hosted by Grant. (all our welcome - zero pressure to turn the camera on too guys, you can just listen in and post questions that can be addressed on the call) For those people who have attended the Fireside Chats in the past, throw some comments below and let people know what you think of the Fireside Chat!!!

My dog, Sadie-May is just a year old now. This is her first season. I've never trained a bird dog before but luckily I got a super smart one. The grouse have been sparse this year but for her sake ive been making a point to do a grouse day whenever I can. She has done 5 retrieves now. Today were two perfect ones. But the second one today was more than I could ever ask for. My first shot missed right by an inch and I didn't see exactly where it went but it buried in the spagnum. My second shot hit hard and took that bird off the stump. I turned around to get my dog who was still in the truck. And in that time the bird disappeared with my arrow in it. There was a pile of feathers and no bird anywhere. I felt so sick about it but I told my girl, go find that bird. She took off and went all over. Back and forth, in and out of the timber. I was worried it wouldn't happen. But then I heard her off to my right about 25 yards out and a grouse flap it's wings. I yelled bring it back, and out came my girl with a dead ruffle in her mouth, right to my hand. I was pumped. We took the picture and then I asked her to find the arrow, she led me back to another pile of feathers in the woods where my arrow was sitting, and then, I asked her to find the other one which I thought was a lost cause, but I showed her the general area, and she sniffed it out under the spagnum and dug it up for me. I feel blessed to have this friend. Best hunting buddy ever.

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.