Life as a Traditional Bowhunter: Harold Fahrenbrook

About this episode

The episode features Harold Fahrenbrook discussing his life as a traditional bowhunter and his experiences in the field.

Traditional Bowhunting is hard. It is a life style for many of us, but for a few, it is their life. Harold Fahrenbrook is one of those few whom the trad life is their life. Harold has taken game throughout the world. From Cape Buffalo in Africa to sheep, mountain goats, and brown bear in Alaska to mention a few. When he isn’t hunting with his recurve, he is guiding for sheep and brown bear. During the off-season Harold is a taxidermist. While guiding an archery brown bear hunt last year he received a minor injury during a confrontation with a brown bear that resulted in several debilitating surgeries. This episode is full of exciting hunts, dangerous encounters, and the passion of traditional bowhunting. “The Stickboys” want to get this one out in an effort to bring our trad community in support of Harold’s situation. If you love bowhunting, you should enjoy this one.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dalton Lewis, Alan Altizer

Guest: Harold Fahrenbrook

Topics covered

• traditional bowhunting
• hunting experiences
• guiding
• taxidermy
• community support

Keywords

• traditional bowhunting
• Harold Fahrenbrook
• hunting
• guiding
• taxidermy
• brown bear
• Cape Buffalo
• mountain goats
• sheep

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Stickboys

Places: Africa, Alaska

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