Bowjunky archery podcast

BigGP does his annual Vegas review. Greg goes over the 2026 Vegas shoot from start to finish, explains how and why certain issues happened and talks about each shooting hall, vendor show, holes in the wall...again and yes the PH live ticket issue and shoot off issues.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with Professional archer Robert Householder about how his ethical decision to call his own arrow out in the Vegas shoot off resulted in his elimination. One of the most ethical decisions on archery's biggest stage and he never hesitated!

BJM's Greg Poole talks with the 2026 Vegas Championship young adult winner Chloe Nelsen. Chloe discusses her archery career since she started at 9, her father Andy's dedication and influence, 120X's at indoor nationals, 900 at Rushmore Rumble, scholarships and of course Vegas win.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with the 2026 Vegas shoot champion Mike Schloesser about his 3rd Vegas title, how being a husband & father has changed his perspective, how his career started along with how he managed to stay so consistent and how he felt each day & in the shootoff during the 2026 event.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with the 2026 Vegas Shoot champion Ella Gibson from Great Britain about her huge win claiming the most coveted title in archery. Ella talks schedule, training, working out and how each days round felt.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with left coast female Pro and archery staple Heather Gore about her archery journey and how archery became on of her life's passion. Like millions of archers around the world, Heather travels and shoots for the love of the game, not as her living.

After BJM's Greg Poole's trip to Vegas this last weekend for planning meetings, he talks with Bruce & Brittany from the Vegas shoot about the new promotions, programs and Scholarships they are implementing this year at the 2026 event! Including wagering on Championship top 3 podium shoot offs, youth scholarships and a youth shoot off in addition to new targets and barriers to prevent so many holes in the wall.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined be the Vegas shoot/NFAA's Bruce & Brittany to discuss the upcoming 60th Vegas shoot. We discuss the growing pains and learning curve being in a new facility, unexpected costs and everything in between. Bruce discloses there will be NO MORE INSIDE OUT in the shoot off and lets us know about 2 NEW TARGETS for the Vegas shoot off!

Carbon Express's Zach Godwin talks about the reemergence of the brand, the decision Feradyne made years ago that ultimately removed CE from contention in the category and the new personnel involved leading the charge. Greg & Zack discuss product, manufacturing, inventory, dealer & staff programs and all of the other topics the archery community at large has been wanting to know.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by ATA President Jeff Poole for a real conversation about the upcoming 2026 ATA. Greg & Jeff discuss the past misses by the ATA, the critical role media plays in the event, how the ATA is reading the room to learn from the past and how the Org plans to transition into the future.

BJM;s Greg Poole is joined by the GOAT of female archery Paige Pearce to discuss her new project called Insight Mental Programming. Paige has used this mental training process to become the greatest female archer to ever play the game and this methodology has far reaching benefits for people in regular life as well.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by 2 of the best female archers to ever play the game. Paige Pearce & Ella Gibson discuss the sponsorship & public perception archers appearance puts forward as a sport leading into LA28 and the potential ramifications from entities outside the archery world. The ladies also discuss their competitive natures, how they became 2 of the best ever, shooting schedule and other equipment topics.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by World Archery champion, former World #1 Ella Gibson to discuss her Health journey that has her down 41 pounds, the Olympic games, federation funding and the work it will take to achieve sports ultimate prize in LA28.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by World Archery #1 Mathias Fullerton to discuss the changes he made to his set up this year, The India archery League, Compound in the Olympics and how he manages stress during events.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by digital content creator Nate Illingsworth to learn more about him, his fitness & outdoor journey and how he has managed to carve out a space using his unique style of entertainment.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by long time professional archer Tim Gillingham to discuss the sale of Gold tip & Bee Stinger to Escalade sports Bear Archery. Greg & Tim discuss the battles he has faced internally the last several years and how excited he is to be working with the new team.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with the president of Bear archery and now president of Gold Tip & Bee Stinger after the Escalade acquisition. Greg & John discuss the purchase of both brands and how intends to bring both brands back to their previous standing in the industry.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by UFC Legend Jim Miller to discuss his most recent SM videos regarding BJJ training online experts and how social media has skewed reality. Greg & Jim discuss the topic further as the same mentality applies to archery and life in general.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with newly elected World Archery President Greg Easton to discuss his emotions during the vote and several topics WA is currently navigating including the AIN athlete issue, the transition of Greg's team and other topics.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with Anil Kamineni about the new Archery Premier League that has started in India. Greg & Anil discuss the leagues origin, archer selection, historical & Cultural significance of the team names and how the new league can help grow the sport through global expansion of the format.

BJM's Greg Poole sits down with the owners of Truth Archery Brain Quaca & Justin Cook to discuss the current discussions between themselves and Bowtech related to the Dead Lock system from Bowtech and the Kevin Strother KSET system.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by Eric Griggs owner of Gas Bowstrings, ACU archery and the recent acquisition of Archery tooling concepts Spike Press. Greg & Eric discuss the in's and out's of manufacturing Bow presses, draw boards, ACU Archery products and GAS Bow strings ALL in Kentucky! We also discuss Eric's recent videos regarding GAS strings leads times.

BJM's Greg Poole hosts a Q & A format podcast with World Archery Presidential candidate Greg Easton to answer questions submitted by archers & coach's from around the world. Greg discusses changes to WA formats, increased compound presence in the Olympics and many other questions presented.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with one of Archery's G.O.A.T.S Jesse Broadwater about why he stopped shooting tournaments, how his business competition archery products is doing, his health, moving multiple times and he reason for going dark for most of 2025.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with the man himself Mr, Greg Easton about his run for World Archery President. Greg & Greg discuss some of Greg's ideas for WA, where he thinks improvements and changes need to be made and how his lifetime of experience running companies and building the best teams will allow him to help the sport.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by new father, World archery #1 and one of the greatest archers in the sport Mike Schloesser to talk about becoming a father and winning the WC in Spain. Greg and Mike also discuss the Olympics, mental management, Hoyts Concept X and his transition from the Spiral cam, his Easton X-10 arrow builds and many other topics of interest.

BJM's Greg Poole talks with World Archery ranked #1 Female compound archer and World Cup Spain Gold medalist Ella Gibson. Greg and Ella talk Compounds in the Olympics, Her win in Spain and discuss her Easton arrow of choice and her MyBow 37" bow set up.

BigGP talks with The GOAT of 3d archery and world renowned hunter Levi Morgan of Bowlife TV to discuss his latest announcement with Element Outdoors! Greg & Levi also discuss the changes Levi has made to his life with reducing Social media exposure, focusing on his family and what lead to this decision.

BJM's Greg Poole gives his personal opinions and explains after reading the entire 63 page lawsuit filed against the ATA and entire archery industry claiming price fixing and collusion. Greg goes through multiple items listed in the suit and addresses many of the claims and references stories from personal experience.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by ATA President Jeff Poole & NFAA's Bruce Cull to discuss the new ATA/Rushmore Rumble partnership. We discuss the floor layout, schedule, selling on sight, dive into some of the historical issues the ATA has had and what Jeff is doing to reinvigorate the Org to make it productive while also sustainable.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by Bodie Turner to discuss his signing with Mathews Archery for his first bow contract ever. Bodie has 2 Vegas, 2 LAS Classic and an Outdoor nationals wins to his resume at only 18 years old along with other notable finishes. Greg & Bodie discuss his financial future, negotiating with Derek Phillips and how he is addressing his new life as a full time professional archer.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by Bruce & Brittany from the NFAA to discuss the new partnership with the ATA that will have the Rushmore Rumble taking place at the ATA show in Indy next year. We also talk very in depth about our "Report card" from Caesars and how Vegas will look moving forward amongst many other Vegas & Indoor nationals topics.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by the GOAT of female professional archery Paige Pearce to discuss her incredible 10th win in Redding. Greg & Paige discuss the injury she sustained during the event and the mental toughness to continue shooting despite needing and getting 24 stitches!

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by USA Archery CEO Rod Menzer to discuss todays announcement that Compound archers will be competing at the 2028 Olympics in LA. 12 Mixed teams will take part in the games as a start to full compound inclusion. Greg & Rod discuss what the compound archers will be shooting for distance and speculate on how the selection process will be formatted.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by the 2025 Vegas shoot women's champion Gracen Fletcher to discuss her incredible win! Greg & Gracen talk about her family's influence on her archery career, past success and also get into her equipment and having never shot even a 300 in Vegas, yet managed to shoot 3 in a row for a perfect 900 at the Superbowl of archery and take the win!

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by professional archer Chris Perkins to discuss his podium finish at the 2025 Vegas shoot. Greg & Chris discuss some of the bow, form and arrow changes that made things click for Chris and allowed him to finish 3rd after the first ever Vegas shootoff that went to inside out X scoring. Chris also discusses the overall impression of the new 2025 Vegas venue and the facility where the shoot offs were held.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by the 2025 Vegas Shoot Senior championship division winner Grant Schleusner to discuss his incredible indoor season where he won the Rushmore rumble, Indoor nationals & Vegas where he became only the 2nd senior to ever shoot a perfect 900! Greg & Grant discuss his long career as a pro, his ups and downs and some of the people and techniques he has learned the last few years that have made him the archer he has become.

BJM's Greg Poole gives his thoughts and review of the 2025 Vegas shoot including the new hotels, shoot off venue and other particulars about the new location.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by the 2025 Vegas Champion Bodie Turner to discuss his incredible win after 16 ends of shoot-offs that ultimately went to an amazing inside out X scoring!!! Bodie discusses his mental game and how he has developed into one of the best indoor shooters the sport has ever seen at the young age of 18. Greg & Bodie go over his entire indoor set up and discuss some of the changes he made recently that gave him the confidence he needed to win his 2nd Vegas title.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by professional archer Jacob Slusarz to discuss his win at the 2025 LAS classic after shooting a perfect 660 in qualifications. Besides being one of the nicest guys on tour, he has also proved himself to be one of the up and coming stars of the sport winning multiple 3D events in 2024 including the ASA classic & IBO worlds. Jacobs honesty and straight forward approach to himself and the sport is a refreshing reminder of what the sport represents to archers around the world.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by Bow disciples James Visser to discuss his journey into the Archery world and how he has managed to succeed in the incredibly difficult space of outdoor content creation. James & Greg talk about his archery shoot heading into its 3rd year and some of the industry difficulties hunters face when trying to become a profitable content creator.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by professional archery standout Bodie Turner about the record breaking 23 end shootoff at the 2025 Rushmore Rumble against Mathias Fullerton. Bodie & Greg discuss his senior year in school, contract situations and his plans once he graduates. Bodie goes into great detail about the amazing shootoff that saw hit him 69 X's in a row in the shoot off to take the win. Per usual Greg & Bodie also go over his entire bow set up.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by Beast Broad head engineer and former professional archer David Houser to discuss his career as a pro and how he transitioned into the engineering space and ultimately designed the Beast broad head that has revolutionized the mechanical category.

BJm's Greg Poole is joined by Eric Griggs the owner of GAS bowstrings to announce the new SystmX strings. The new SystmX is a patented material manufactured by BCY that provides the foundation needed for GAS to incorporate platform specific strands and serving lengths to achieve an average of 5fps gains for the near 150 approved bow & cam configurations.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by Eddie Astorga the manager of Arizona Archery Club in Phoenix AZ. AAC is an incredbile archery shop that covers 13,000 square feet with nearly 2/3 of that being indoor ranges! Greg & Eddie discuss AAC's history, when he startyed and the owners dedication to the best shopping/customer service and shooting expereince possible for their customers. Eddie is a dedicated hunter, tournament archer and has established himself as a fantastic archery shop manager.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by long time friend and professional archer Paige Pearce to discuss the differences between tuning a hunting bow vs a target bow. We get into the similiarities and differences and how the unit of measure just isnt the same, yet alot of the techniques cross over. Paige also talks about her move to Easton arrows and there new 5.0 & FMJ MAX!

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by Hoyt Engineering manager Brian Gold to discuss the new 2025 Hoyt Concept X target bow. Greg & Brian talk about Hoyts unprecedented run with cam 1/2 technolgy and how the engineering team made the paradigm shift to the 4 track cam system while also developning an all new limb design to link the longest target riser they have ever made to the all new SCTR cams. Brian also explains in detail the thought process behind how Hoyt implemented every feature on the new platform.

BJM's Greg Poole is joined by the creator of the Super Sabre vane and owner of DCA custom arrows Kyle Davidson to discuss his vane design and how he has started a new family of vanes now being emulated by other companies. Kyle is a mechanical engineer by trade with a knoweldge of fluid dynamics and aerospace design umparralled in the vane industry.