Episode 80: Being Proficient

About this episode

Dan Pickar and Todd Helms discuss proficiency in hunting and the ethics surrounding it.

In this episode Dan Pickar sits down with Todd Helms. Todd is the editor for both of Eastmans magazines, EBJ and EHJ. Todd is a wealth of knowledge and experience and him and Dan are friends. They have a great conversation about proficiency and making good decisions. They get into ethics and morals around rifle and bowhunting. The conversation gets interesting as the guys have differing opinions on a few subjects. It's a great listen this week on Eastmans Life Of A Bowhunter. Cutter Stabilizers - https://bit.ly/CutterStabilizers-Eastmans Eberlestock - https://bit.ly/Eberlestock-Eastmans Matthews - https://bit.ly/MathewsArchery-Eastmans On Glass - https://bit.ly/OnGlassAdapter-Eastmans Stealth Cam - https://bit.ly/StealthCam-Eastmans Team Lodge - https://bit.ly/TeamLodge-Eastmans Yeti - https://bit.ly/YetiCoolers-Eastmans

People in this episode

Host: Dan Pickar

Guest: Todd Helms

Topics covered

• proficiency
• ethics
• bowhunting
• rifle hunting
• decision making
• morals

Keywords

• proficiency
• bowhunting
• rifle hunting
• ethics
• decision making
• morals
• hunting

Sponsors

Cutter Stabilizers, Eberlestock, Matthews, On Glass, Stealth Cam, Team Lodge, Yeti

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eastmans, EBJ, EHJ

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