We're very excited to bring you an interview with Navio Occhialini in this week's episode. Navio has been a staple of the NMLRA traditional archery range for decades now, he's one of the founding members of the archery range itself and has watched over it at each NMLRA event since it's founding.

We caught up with him Monday morning at the NMLRA National Championships in September 2019 to talk about his personal history in the craft, his bi-annual bowmaking class, and a bit about why he keeps teaching.

We're very excited to bring you an interview with Navio Occhialini in this week's episode. Navio has been a staple of the NMLRA traditional archery range for decades now, he's one of the founding members of the archery range itself and has watched over it at each NLRA event since it's founding.

On the NMLRA youtube channel, you'll find more videos from Navio about the types of traditional bows, the history of the longbow in America, as well as his walkthrough of one of the NMLRA Archery woods walks, a challenging course with over 40 3D archery targets.

A special thanks this week to the guys at Primitive Pursuit for sponsoring the podcast! Primitive Pursuit was founded in 2017 to be an outlet for learning experiences as a traditional bowhunter. “The truth is, someday’s it will throw you to the wolves. However, when the gap is closed and you’re finally able to take your shot, it’s all worth it. Everything comes together. Though we’re relatively new to the game, we feel it is our duty to help those that may go through similar successes and failures. We truly believe traditional bowhunter’s are among the best hunters in the world.”

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