Episode Details

This week Matty catches up with Holly Boon

Holly fell back in love with the wild in her early 20s and decided to start going on solo camping adventures.

This soon lead to a desire to pick up a rifle and hunt while out on adventures…

Which then lead to picking up a bow.

Holly gives some incredible tips for women looking to get into hunting in general but in particular bowhunting.

Podcast topics:

• The innate calling back to the wild
• Getting close to wild animals with Andrew Ucles
• Persistence hunting - outrunning animals
• Intro to archery
• Drawing backbones is hard 
• Different hunting approaches
• My girlfriends don’t understand hunting 
• Learning to butcher 
• Getting help from the locals 
• Picking up her first bow
• Training to be able to draw back the bow
• What poundage do you need to shoot for hunting?
• Dragging deer is hard
• Sharing deer camp with experienced hunting
• The Sambar adventure 
• Asking for advice - don’t be afraid to do it

…And much, much more.

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