Today we're talking archery bulls but not just any bull with a bow. Giants only is the methodology Shawn Melland has subscribed to from day 1 and it's a rare breed that does that. His record speaks for itself with giant after giant year in and year out. No corners are cut and his focus is singular, find giant bulls on public land and figure out how to arrow one each September. The goal is simple, the execution isn't.

We sit down with Colby Adamek from Sierra Bullets and talk big buck hunting. Colby and Zack had just wrapped up a 6 day backpack hunt for mule deer and recap the hunt and discuss what it takes to try to kill old mountain muleys.

Travis, Jared and Zack are back at the trucks, this time with a second bull. Hear about how it all went down and get some insight into the latest film project, Immersion, shot for Mathews Archery and now available to watch on their YouTube channel. If you like hearing about big bulls taking arrows this is one to listen to.

Zack Boughton, Jared Miller, and Travis Boughton talk about the first few days of their archery hunt from September. With one bull on the ground there's lots to hear and you can now watch the film of this hunt on the Mathews Archery YouTube!

On today's episode Zack Boughton sits down with friend and fellow photographer and filmer Dave Gardner. They talk the craft of photography and film and what it's like to live that lifestyle of an adventure photographer.

Zack and Jared give a mid hunt update as they're out on the prairie chasing antelope with their bows.

Zack and Travis recap their most recent elk scouting adventure and their preparations for fall hunting and filming.

The boys get together for a mid summer update to catch us up on the going's on getting ready for hunting season and they answer some of the most requested questions from the listeners.

The precision rifle professor Carl Ross joins us for another deep dive on ballistics, shooting in the mountains and how hunters should train for their best chance of success.

8 days in to a planned 10 day bear hunt over in Idaho, the boys sit down to record a podcast and come to the realization that the cutthroat fishing is currently much better than the bear hunting. They recount the positives and negatives from their backpack hunting and discuss how success is defined when making hunting content.

The boys recap the first few days of their Idaho Spring Bear backpack hunt. A bear was missed, miles were hike and cheeks were chapped.

The man, the myth, the legend! Our friend Joel Turner blessed us all with a solid knowledge bomb on this podcast. They covers all the topics from target panic, terminal ballistics, bear defense and Joel shares some methods for how to practice the mental aspect of shot execution.

The boys run through a little Q&A session before diving into Jared's most recent bear hunt and how he missed a bear, where he thinks he went wrong and how to be better. Lot's of rifle talk in this one.

Eric Stecker, COO of Extreme Group, joins us while at the Defiance Anti Social NRL Hunter match in Belt, Montana for a deep discussion that touches on life, purpose, owning our mistakes, family and eventually the guys talk about the future of Defiance Machine and McMillan Stocks.

Serge flew to Montana to shoot the Defiance Anti Social NRL Hunter match with Jared. The boys sit down with Zack after shooting Day 1 to recap their performance, talk about their rifle builds and dive deep into the behind the scenes of Abel Co Suppressors.

Local Bozeman legend amongst all things precision rifle joins Jared to talk about his history with precision rifles, moving out west and hunting with smaller calibers. Carl uses extensive testing to challenge traditional beliefs about rifles, bullets, scopes and terminal ballistics to see what is actually true.

Jared shares his experience of the last 72 hours when a once trusted barrel suddenly stopped shooting and what he had to do last minute to get a new barrel ready for the Defiance Anti-Social that he is shooting next weekend.

Dane Fletcher joins Zack in the garage to talk about Dane's history of playing for the New England Patriots, moving back to Bozeman to start The Pitt gym and his more recent deep dives into fishing and archery elk hunting.

The boys have a good chat about their most recent film drop, The Mexico Method. They also cover bow builds, gun builds and 3 dumb things, possibly a new segment where the boys cover some topics they'd like to see themselves and others do better at.

Jared sits down in the garage with Zack to get the details on Zack's coues deer hunt in old Mexico.