Why no Traditional Archery shows on television?

[Morning Star]

Your previews look great!

[KentuckyTJ]

Top shelf! Fantastic. Can't wait to see more.

[KyStickbow]

Awesome videos.....cant wait to see more!!!

[B2]

Once in a while Remi Warren on Solo Hunter hunts with a recurve.  Here is one of my favorites.  Killing that size buck with anything is an accomplishment.  I give him huge kudos to doing it while filming and with a trad bow.  

http://vimeo.com/73790609

[DeCurry]

Originally posted by bushwood:
My partner and I are working on a project called Lost Arrow.

Enjoyed your previews and would definitely be interested in seeing more. Great production values, the image quality alone puts most of the stuff out there to shame. Best of luck with your project.

[bushwood]

Thanks guys for your kind words. We are working hard to get everything complete so we can take it to market.

We are currently packing gear and going through equipment tests for a Friday departure to Moose camp. Hopefully the gods of the hunt will smile upon our endeavor.

Thanks again!

[Jumpingpound]

Very well made videos!  I just watched the first one and it was fantastic!  If nothing else comes of it, at least you can release them on DVD yourself.  I come from a fly fishing background and a lot of fly fishing films are released that way.  I would certainly buy DVD's of your films.  Great job and good luck!

[Pheonixarcher]

Teaser is right! Lol. When do we get to see the full episodes?

[tarponnut]

Great teasers Bushwood! Can't wait to see the rest. I don't see why that couldn't go straight to network, as is.You really raised the bar!
I also enjoyed the Midwest whitetail episode. For someone new to trad or interested, that would be very helpful.

[tarponnut]

killinstuff, my shot on the rat rivals anything ever filmed by Fred Bear or others:)
I can hit a rat in the head at 12 yards but miss a 200# hog at 5:)

[Roger Norris]

All well said about it being a money/sponsor issue....but what is very sad to me is that a traditional bowhunting show could actually be a real SHOW, not an infomercial. I was watching the old Fred Bear tapes last night. With modern cinematography and production those would be riveting TODAY.

And  the Fred Bear films had sponsors, believe it....Apache Trailer, whatever airlines he flew for that trip...but it wasn't pounded into our faces as necessities of the hunt.

[kill shot]

I would think the NRA would sponsor. Does anyone know how to even begin to start this undertakeing. I think it would take a number of people to do this. I couldn't quit my job to do this with no initial income. If I had the money I would have to dig deap to find out how to do this. Yes if I had the cash I would do it. It would take enough to live on until it actually happens. The show itself would have enough topics to keep rolling forever but when you watch one of those hunting shows and see the credits of who does what, dang.

[bushwood]

We knew from the start that obtaining sponsors prior to filming would be difficult, if not impossible. With that in mind, we decided that to make this work we would have to do it on our own nickel, do it better, and make it tasteful.

Our mission is to portray the sickness we all suffer from in the same light that we see traditional archery, in its purest form. If we can translate the nostalgia, romance, excitement, etc that we all experience through film, we have done our job.


http://vimeo.com/71052435

https://vimeo.com/100839107

[frankwright]

There actually have been several Trad shows but none of them lasted.
Country/Broadway singer Gary Morris had one and it was pretty good. I have one taped on a VHS tape somewhere.
Flip Pallot, saltwater fly fisher had segments where he hunted with his longbow and Byron Ferguson had a show too. It wasn't all traditional but a lot of it was.
Just not enough consumer dollars in it for the sponsors to be interested.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Bushwood.  Your teaser looks great.  I know its a big Hill but hope you make it to the Top.  It looks as if you are doing well getting started up .

I cannot see the second link.  asks for a  password.

[bushwood]

Password is: lostarrow

[johnnyk71]

Originally posted by bushwood:
Password is: lostarrow

man, who WOULDN"T want to watch that show?! completely awesome footage!