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Salish Wolf
Inspired by the lone wolf Takaya who thrived for nearly a decade on a tiny archipelago in the Salish Sea, showing us even the most unlikely is possible. Season 1: Stories of extraordinary endeavors that capture the magic of the human spirit. Season 2: Based on Project Quiver, the incredible father-daughter journey around the globe to capture the art and lives of the world's finest bowyers, the torchbearers carrying on the legacy of primitive archery.
Episodes
Salish Wolf#100 David Pim on Project Quiver
David Pim is a retired molecular biologist living in Trieste, Italy, where he has also been a bowyer for more than 20 years. David has made many types of bows…
Salish Wolf#99 Tommy Leach on Project Quiver
Tommy Leach is a bowyer in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and a founding member of the Oklahoma Selfbow Society. With their marquis event known as OJAM, they are…
Salish Wolf#98 Jake Fenwick on Project Quiver
Jake Fenwick of Fenwick Bows is a bowyer in New Brunswick, Canada, with a strong interest in the history of bows, especially English longbows. His stopover to…
Salish Wolf#97 Joe Giago on Project Quiver
Joe Giago is skilled bowyer from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and an enrolled member the Oglala Sioux tribe. Joe began his bow-making journey…
Salish Wolf#96 Holger Berty on Project Quiver
Holger Berty has been a professional bowyer for nearly two decades. Based in Germany, he was introduced to bow carving by a friend. Holger's approach to bow…
Salish Wolf#95 Gerhard Wiesler on Project Quiver
Gerhard Wiesler is a bowyer living on a 200-year-old farm near Weiz, Austria, where he has nut orchards of walnuts, chestnuts, and pecans. He is a prolific…
Salish Wolf#94 Jay St. Charles on Project Quiver
Jay St. Charles is a legendary bowyer based in Fall City, Washington. While he was born into the world of archery and grew up in his father’s archery shop, Jay…
Salish Wolf#93 David Young on Project Quiver
David Young is the proprietor of Big Rock Bows based south of Spokane, Washington. David was introduced to primitive archery and bow carving more than a decade…
Salish Wolf#92 Kevin Hawkins on Project Quiver
Kevin Hawkins is a bowyer based in North Carolina and moderator and owner of the Primitive Archer Forum. He recently took over the Forum from the founders to…
Salish Wolf#91 Jaap Koppedrayer on Project Quiver
Jaap Koppedrayer is a legendary bowyer with more than three decades of experience. A native of the Netherlands, he lives in Georgia in the United States and…
Salish Wolf#90 Jaap Bolt on Project Quiver
Jaap Bolt is a bowyer and archer based out of Amsterdam. Since he was a teenager he has been making and selling high quality bows that have earned him and…
Salish Wolf#89 Néthanel Hersent on Project Quiver
Néthanel Hersent a bowyer based in Dordogne, France, where he not only carves bows, but also makes knives and axes, forging the metal and using byproducts of…
Salish Wolf#88 Martin Birk on Project Quiver
Martin Birk is a bowyer based in Bornholm, Denmark, an island in the Baltic Sea, where he also teaches archery. He carves bows under the brand of Birk Bows and…
Salish Wolf#87 Erica Cardinale on Project Quiver
Erica Cardinale is a bowyer based in Raleigh, North Carolina, who likes to push the limits of bow carving. While not carving with any commercial intentions…
Salish Wolf#86 Patricia Gonsalves on Project Quiver
Born on the Caribbean island of Barbados, Patricia spent her formative years travelling and living on boats. It was during this time that she developed her…
Salish Wolf#85 Joddy Pettit on Project Quiver
Joddy Pettit is a bowyer in Colorado with 30 years of experience. Through his company, Meadowlark Adventure Gear, he sells traditional bows and bow making…
Salish Wolf#84 Jess Bogener on Project Quiver
Jess Bogener is a traditional bowhunter with a passion for building traditional bow hunting bows under the brand of Bogener Bows. He is also a USA Archery…
Salish Wolf#83 Tim Miller on Project Quiver
Tim Miller is a bowyer and owner of Black Arrow Longbows in Devon, England, which has been in operation for 10 years. Tim specializes in laminate longbows…
Salish Wolf#82 Stephan Zenz on Project Quiver
Stephan Zenz is a bowyer and teacher of nature and wilderness skills in Austria. Having spent more than a decade working behind a camera in the media industry…
Salish Wolf#81 Joe Lyons on Project Quiver
Joe Lyons is a bowyer based in Nottingham, England, who has been carving bows for just under two years. His brand, Wildwood Bows, is a nod to his style of bow…
Salish Wolf#80 Cubby Hoover on Project Quiver
Cubby Hoover is a youth pastor based in Missouri. After being introduced to the craft of bow carving by Rick Spicer of Pack Rat Outdoor Center in Arkansas…
Salish Wolf#79 Luke McLaughlin on Project Quiver
Luke is a bowyer, naturalist, teacher, rewilder, mentor, survivalist, and founder of Holistic Survival School. Luke has committed his life to mastering and…
Salish Wolf#78 Jared Parkinson on Project Quiver
At an early age, Jared Parkinson was introduced to primitive skills by his grandfather, who taught him to nap arrows and make atlatls and his own quiver for…
Salish Wolf#77 Markus Nystrom on Project Quiver
Markus Nyström is a Swedish bowyer living near Uppsala who carves under the brand of Barrlind Bows. He sources local woods such as juniper and hazel from farms…
Salish Wolf#76 Steven Bieber on Project Quiver
Steven Bieber is a bowyer based in Florida. Under his brand, Provision Bows, he makes primitive bows for both hunting and target shooting. He is also…
Salish Wolf#75 Zdenek Lences on Project Quiver
Zdenek Lences of Varangian Bowyer has been making selfbows for nearly 6 years in much the same way our ancestors have made them for thousands of years. Based…
Salish Wolf#74 Jeremy Weber on Project Quiver
Jeremy Weber is an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and hobby bowyer. He and his partner, Gwen, manage The Lodge at Water’s Edge in Portersville, Pennsylvania - a mid…
Salish Wolf#73 Lubo Sojak on Project Quiver
Lubo Sojak is a passionate craftsman and bowyer who has spent over a decade perfecting his bow making skills. Based in Slovakia, Lubo started his journey in…
Salish Wolf#72 Christopher Applewhaite on Project Quiver
Christopher Applewhaite is a physician, bow hunter, and amateur bowyer living on Salt Spring Island on Canada’s west coast. In his workshop overlooking the…
Salish Wolf#71 Paul Comstock on Project Quiver
Paul Comstock is a legendary bowyer who began carving more than 40 years ago. Along with coauthors of The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible, he helped spark a…
Salish Wolf#70 Caleb Flies on Project Quiver
Caleb Flies is a first responder in Oklahoma. He is the owner of Ravenclaw Archery and the host of the Primitive Archery Podcast where he interviews bowyers…
Salish Wolf#69 Matthew Morris on Project Quiver
Matthew is a bowyer, storyteller, traditional bowhunter, and host of The Bowyer Podcast, where he shares the stories of artisans, cultural historians, and…
Salish Wolf#68 Stuart Livings on Project Quiver
Stuart Livings is a woodworker from England with a diverse background that includes timber framing, bow making, and spoon carving. He spends much of his time…
Salish Wolf#67 Blayne Prowse on Project Quiver
Blayne Prowse is a fletcher, spoon carver, and bowyer located in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. After dabbling in the craft of bow making, he made a connection…
Salish Wolf#66 Rick Spicer on Project Quiver
Rick Spicer is an outdoor educator, bow hunter, and amateur bowyer living in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He is a partner in Pack Rat Outdoor Center, an outdoor…
Salish Wolf#65 Dan Nuttall on Project Quiver
Dan Nuttall is a master bowyer from South Devon, England, and founder of Devonshire Longbows. Dan shapes all of his bows with only hand tools using…
Salish Wolf#64 Phil Rockhauser on Project Quiver
Phil Rockhauser is a bowyer based in southern Austria in Millstatter See, a beautiful rural lake. On clear days his cozy workshop offers views of the mountains…
Salish Wolf#63 Nacho Marco on Project Quiver
Nacho Marco is a full-time bowyer based in Teruel, Spain. He is the creator and owner of Arcol, a traditional bow making school that blends craftsmanship and…
Salish Wolf#62 Enrico Maraggi on Project Quiver
Enrico Maraggi is a bowyer based near Lake Garda in Northern Italy who has been making primitive bows since 2018. Bow making to him is more than a passion; it…
Salish Wolf#61 Paul Comstock on Project Quiver
Paul Comstock is a legendary bowyer who began carving more than 40 years ago. Along with coauthors of The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible, he helped spark a…
Salish Wolf#60 Erich Streichsbier on Project Quiver
Erich Streichsbier is a master bowyer and proprietor of Sparrow Bows based in Northern Austria. He lives in a 250-year-old farmhouse along the Czech Republic…
Salish Wolf#59 Per Friden on Project Quiver
Per Friden is a bowyer based in Sweden who has been carving bows for nearly ten years. He is also a forest manager tending to 3000 hectares of Swedish public…
Salish Wolf#58 Simon Kehl on Project Quiver
Simon Kehl is a master bowyer based in Buhler, Switzerland. He has been making selfbows and laminate bows since 2014, blending physics with aesthetics to make…
Salish Wolf#57 Jake Fenwick on Project Quiver
Jake Fenwick is a full-time bowyer based in Sackville, New Brunswick on the east coast of Canada. Jake has a long and diverse history of bow making, which…
Salish Wolf#56 Stefan Tim on Project Quiver
Stefan Tim has been hand carving traditional bows for two decades in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Under his brand, Bamboo Bows, he crafts and sells traditional…
Salish Wolf#55 Jamie MacDonald on Project Quiver
Jamie MacDonald is a world-renowned bowyer who carves primitive bows primarily from Pacific yew. He is most known for his English longbows, which he and his…
Salish Wolf#54 Pete Woodland on Project Quiver
Pete Woodland is an incredible bowyer based on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, nestled in a Douglas fir forest on the Saanich Peninsula. Pete was…
Salish Wolf#53 Chuck Loeffler on Project Quiver
Chuck Loeffler is a professional bowyer specializing in the replication of sinew-backed and self wood bows of North America and around the world. For more than…
Salish Wolf#52 Weylin Olive on Project Quiver
Weylin Olive is a professional bowyer based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Through his company, Swiftwood Bows, he sells world-class handmade primitive…
Salish Wolf#51 Correy Hawk on Project Quiver
Correy Hawk is a professional bowyer who comes from a long line of outdoorsmen. He grew up in a small village in Southeast Nebraska, where, along with his…
Salish Wolf#50 Jake Roussos on Play, Smiling, and Empowering Children
Jake Roussos is on a mission to help people live their best lives by living his best. Early on he found a powerful tool that was available to him wherever he…
Salish Wolf#49 Terry Bullman on Martial Arts, Compassion, and Balance
Terry Bullman has been a fighter most of his life. As an only child growing up on a farm in North Carolina, he used to watch martial arts movies and dream of…
Salish Wolf#48 Kasper Allison on Slowing Down, Conscious Movement, and Sex
Kasper Allison and I waste no time on this episode jumping into some very important and often under-addressed topics: sex, radical self love, intimate…
Salish Wolf#47 Mark Wolynn on Inherited Trauma, Family Constellations, and the Impacts of a Pandemic
Mark Wolynn is an expert on inherited family trauma and the author of the book, It Didn’t Start With You. His research and perspectives on trauma provide…
Salish Wolf#46 Paula Reid on Adventure Psychology, Human Capacity, and the Power of Choice
Paula Reid is a courageous adventurer who is forging a career in applying Positive Psychology to help other adventurers and leaders optimize their performance…
Salish Wolf#45 Mikki Willis on the Antidote to Plandemonium, Darkest Hour Healing, and Standing for Truth
Mikki Willis earned overnight fame (and notoriety) in 2020 when he released his short film "Plandemic", which ironically went more viral than the virus it is…
Salish Wolf#44 Jon Turk on Myth, Magic, and Love
Jon Turk returns to Salish Wolf for another episode, this one on his new book Tracking Lions, Myth and Wilderness in Samburu. In this discussion, and in his…
Salish Wolf#43 Kim Barta on Shadows, the Perpetuation of Trauma, and Shamanism
In this episode, Kim Barta casts light on some of our most hidden aspects, our shadows. Kim is an internationally-recognized psychotherapist, coach, and…
Salish Wolf#42 Benjamin Fox on Astrology, Fulfilling Destiny, and Interconnectivity
Benjamin Fox is back on Salish Wolf with an enriching and fascinating conversation about astrology. This is an area where I have very little knowledge and…
Salish Wolf#41 Jordan Wylie on the Power of the Paddle, the Edge of Life, and Knowing Your Why
Jordan Wylie is not good at one thing in particular: being idle. This man does life-threatening adventure like most people go to the store. When Covid…