EPISODE 61: Never Apologize For Being A Hunter with Eva Shockey

SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS/Stitcher/Podbean/Android On this episode of Gritty Bowmen, we travel to Louisville Kentucky to attend the ATA trade show--ATA stands for Archery Trade Association. The ATA Trade Show is the archery and bowhunting industry's LARGEST show. The show is a member-driven event to promote commerce within the archery and bowhunting industry. In today's podcast we visit with Eva Shockey. Eva's dad, Jim Shockey, is one of the most well-known hunters in the world. Today, Eva co-hosts "Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures" TV show and represents the Shockey family at outdoor trade and consumer shows. Eva was a breathe of fresh air. She was easy to talk to, down to earth, and an excellent ambassador for hunting--challenging the stereotypical image of the knuckle-dragging, fist pumping, male hunter; Eva makes it difficult for those against hunting to claim that hunters are uneducated, heartless, animal-hating human beings. And for this, I thank her. I hope you enjoy the show.      ______________________________________________________________ Alright friends, thank you for supporting the show. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who has taken the time to leave us a review on iTunes. Your reviews are sincerely appreciated and very motivational.  Connect with us on social media if you're on there--please look us up on Facebook and my favorite, Instagram. And take a moment to subscribe to our Youtube Channel so you can receive notifications when we upload new videos. Casey and Jordan of MTN OPS are not only good friends of mine on a personal level--they are also friends and supporters of the Gritty Bowmen podcast. From now on, all Gritty Bowmen listeners receive 20% off all MTN OPS supplements, combo packs, and apparel when you type-in the word gritty at checkout.    If you're a hard-core elk hunter or you want to be, or even if you just like to dream about elk hunting but not actually do it--go to the ELK101 website online and check them out. Our friend Corey Jacobsen is killing-it with some of the best elk-hunting information and entertainment on the web. Elk101 is a true gold-mine of all things elk. And Let me leave you with another great quote from Theodore Roosevelt who said, "It behooves every man to reemember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things." We all have a choice--we can be people who do things or people who criticise the work of others. It's pretty simple really.. don't be jerk. And get out there and do your thing.   Good luck on your hunts. And Stay Gritty!