Painted Arrow

Devin shares his rocky road with his knee surgery and recovery plan. Nate and Devin discuss the Michigan Turkey opener and their plans for success.

On this episode, Nate and Devin discuss their opinions of the new law passed in Kansas that prohibits the use of trail cameras on public grounds in the state of Kansas. We want to hear your opinion on this!

Nate and Devin challenge the listener to get a turkey on the ground, with no blind, on the ground! We also discuss our new transition from using an index style release to a thumb button release.

Nate and Devin discuss property improvements on a piece of ground Devin recently acquired. Topics discussed are food plot architecture, food plot blends, food to bed transitions, select cuts, rabbitat, much more. If you are looking to make some property improvements to your ground and need some things to think about, check this on out!

On this episode, Nate and Devin begin discussing land management for whitetail deer and specifically dive deep into CRP. CRP stands for the Conservation Reserve Program that runs through the USDA at a local level. Land management takes all different shapes and sizes and forms but have you ever thought of enrolling your ground into a paid program? CRP pays out per acre of ground enrolled. Tune in to see if this is something for you!

On this episode, we talk with Beau and Harley Sampson with Mob Squad Bow Fishing Charters. This is a bow fishing family operation that is completely next level. Beau has the world and Maryland state record for largest Butterfly Stingray harvested with bow fishing tackle and shares the story with us. Harley is a master captain and brings a lot of experience to the conversation to help us and others better understand the art of bow fishing. Don't miss this one!

"Scooter" Barnwell with Precision Archery Outfitting LLC joins the podcast today. Nate and Scooter have a great conversation surrounding the hunting culture in South Carolina, how to begin fine tuning your bow, fletching and making custom arrows, and much more surrounding custom bowhunting rigs. Also, Scooter shares the in depth tale of the #1 buck shot in 2022 on the MAG-PRO. Don't miss this one!

On this episode, Dean and Dave Giarizzo from team TAGNBRAG join the show. We really take time to get to know one another. Dean and Dave are originally from Ohio but do a lot of hunting in New York. These boys are a positive, home grown, big deer killing combo that we think you will like!! Check this one out!

On this episode, we reveal the MAG-5 from the 2022 hunting season. The MAG-5 is a celebration of the top 5 video submissions sent into Painted Arrow from the past hunting season, all filmed using a cell phone on a MAG-PRO! Tune in to hear about the top 5 hunts!

This week we discuss a new video that is LIVE on the PAINTED ARROW OUTDOORS Youtube channel that was filmed entirely using a smartphone. We have been constantly asked if we could show a feature film highlighting our magnetic mounts and we have delivered. Listen to some behind the scenes details before watching the video!

Today we document impressions after our first day of the ATA show in Indianapolis. We are newbies to this show and share our impressions and some encounters we had at the first day. 

On this episode, Nate is joined by Aaron Olsen who is a whitetail enthusiast and Youtube film maker for all things whitetail deer. Aaron travels around the country every year looking for deer to chase and lessons to learn. Aaron talks through his 2022 hunting season in depth and shares all of the intimate encounters he had throughout the year. Don't miss this one!

This episode reveals one of the major product releases for Painted Arrow in the year 2023; the MAG-PRO X!!! If you are a crossbow hunter or know someone who shoots a crossbow this is a must listen episode! The MAG-PRO X is the first of it's kind! This product allows users to film their hunts with their cell phone to better help them recover more game! Don't miss this one!!

This episode breaks down the number one deer encounter that Nate and Devin had during the season this year. We dissect each and every move the deer made as well as ourselves to better understand behaviors of the hunter and the hunted. This is a deep dive on two encounters from the 2022 fall season.

On this episode Nate and Devin discuss how important it is to have family support when pursuing game at a high level. The boys also spend a good amount of time discussing a recent post made on instagram that got a lot of traction because of the frontal shot taken on a deer. We take time to break down the hunt so folks have more context to what really went down. 

This episode is a very important one for Nate and Devin, it is all about reflecting on the goals that were laid in place before the rut. We discuss what personal growth goals we achieved and came up short with. These are our personal goals and should not reflect your hunting goals. Everyone is on a different trajectory as a sportsman or woman and we merely discuss what goals we felt we hit and missed throughout the 2022 whitetail rut. 

This episode puts a cap on the MOMENTS Series. Devin shares the story of Beckham, a big Michigan 7 pointer, that he has had tons of history with and over 200 pictures. This deer was harvested on the evening of the 15th. Also, Nate shares a close encounter with a large 10 pointer he and his dad had on the same evening of November the 15th. Super good episode, listen to it all the way through!

This is the fourth episode in the MOMENTS SERIES. This episode dives into detail on the buck Nate took on the morning of November 9th. This Michigan buck gave the crew a super hard time on the recovery/blood trail and required the assistance of a dog tracker. This is a very good episode to remind bowhunters how important it is to not remain completely dialed until the deer is in hand and tagged. Great listen!

Episode 3 of the MOMENTS SERIES, Nate and Devin give a MID-DAY Rut Update for November 7th. Coming off a fresh couple of kills, Nate and Devin share their plans for the next 24 hours on how and where they will hunt. The RUT is ON!

This is a good old fashioned buck killing story coming out of the great state of MICHIGAN. November 4th had some pretty crazy weather factors that made hunting interesting; 70 degrees and 30 mph winds are anything but ideal deer hit the ground nonetheless. This is the second episode of the "MOMENTS" series our crew is running from the 4th through the middle of November.