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ABF News - October, 2022 - ABF announces the Dr. Ed Ashby Bowhunting Award 2022 Winner
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the Dr. Ed Ashby Bowhunting Award for 2022 is Mr. Ricardo Longoria. Congratulations to Ricardo and well deserved!
September, 2022 - ABF Rob’s do a high level discussion with the Antler and Feather Podcast.
Listen to Podcast here.
August, 2022 - ABF Rob’s do a podcast with the Outdoor University
Listen to Podcast here
August, 2022 - ABF Article on Broadhead/Shaft Silhouette for DSC
This is the tenth article in a series for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Broadhead/Shaft Silhouette
August, 2022 - Scheels Hunting Expo in Colorado Springs
Ashby Bowhunting Foundation’s Jake Thompson and Rob Hummel attended the Scheel's hunting expo in Colorado.
July, 2022 - ABF President does a podcast with Raising an Archer
High level discussion on achieving success. Listen to Podcast
June, 2022 - ABF completes Case Study of Broadheads on Cape Buffalo in Zambia
Case Study results will be made available on our Supplemental Reports page upon availability.
May 4, 2022 - ABF Article on Shaft Profile for DSC
This is the ninth article in the series for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Shaft Profile
April 1 - 3, 2022 - ABF sponsored TYHP hunt
ABF sponsored TYHP hunt scheduled near Rocksprings, Texas.
March 22, 2022 - ABF Article on Broadhead Edge Finish for DSC
This is the eighth article in the series for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Broadhead Edge Finish
March 13, 2022 - ABF sets up TYHP Youth Bows
ABF, with the assistance of Texas Archery, set up TYHP participants for their youth hog and exotic hunt scheduled in April. A thank you to Texas Archery for their assistance and to GrizzlyStik for donating arrows/broadheads to TWA for this hunt.
March 6, 2022 - ABF Arrow Lethality Workshop
ABF held an Arrow Lethality Workshop for Texas Parks & Wildlife Department hosted at Live Oak Archery in Bryan, Texas.
February 26, 2022 - Texas Wildlife Association
Texas Wildlife Association hosted Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation over the weekend to record educational videos for Texas Youth Hunting Program and Hunter Education Instructors.
February 4-6, 2022 - Houston Safari Club Convention
January 6-8, 2022 - Dallas Safari Club Convention
December 14, 2021 - ABF Article on Shaft Diameter to Ferrule Diameter Ratio for DSC
This is the seventh article in the series for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Arrow Mass and Weight
December 4, 2021 - ABF Partners with Hunter’s Blend Coffee
Ashby Bowhunting Foundation has partnered with Hunter’s Blend Coffee. Use checkout code ABF10 on your coffee purchases and 10% of the proceeds will be sent to Ashby Bowhunting Foundation. Click here for Hunter’s Blend Coffee
November 9, 2021 - ABF Article on Shaft Diameter to Ferrule Diameter Ratio for DSC
This is the sixth article in the series for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Shaft and Ferrule Diameter Ratio.
October 5, 2021 - ABF Article on Mechanical Advantage for DSC
This is the fifth article in the series for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Mechanical Advantage.
September 10, 2021 - ABF Article on FOC for DSC
This is the fourth article in the series for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Forward of Center.
August 6, 2021 - ABF Article on Perfect Flight for DSC
This is the third article in the series for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Flight Quality.
August 2, 2021 - ABF Podcast with The MeatEater
Steven Rinella talks with Dr. Ed Ashby from the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation. Multiple topics discussed. Listen to podcast.
July, 2021 - ABF completes Case Study of Two Blade Broadheads on Cape Buffalo
See Supplemental Reports Page for the results of the Case Study performed by Ashby Bowhunting Foundation.
July 20, 2021 - ABF enters MOU with Texas Wildlife Association
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is pleased to announce it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Texas Wildlife Association. Texas Wildlife Association is a 501(c)(4) organization that serves Texas wildlife and its habitat, while protecting property rights, hunting heritage and conservation efforts of those who value and steward wildlife resources.
July 9, 2021 - ABF Article on Structural Integrity for DSC
This is the second article in the series for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Structural Integrity.
June 7, 2021 - ABF Introduction Article for DSC
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is starting a series of articles for Dallas Safari Club on Rethinking Arrow and Broadhead Performance. Introduction Article.
January 21, 2021 - Dr. Ashby Podcast with The Outdoor Drive
Dr. Ashby sits down with the Trev, Stephen and Ghost Hunter of The Outdoor Drive to discuss the importance of hunters and wildlife conservation, his research and the 12 penetration enhancing factors. Listen to podcast.
January 7, 2021 - ABF enters MOU with Vantage Point Archery
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is pleased to announce it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Vantage Point Archery out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. VPA is a manufacturer of precision machined one piece products for multiple archery companies.
December 20, 2020 - ABF partners with Outfitter Gear List
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is pleased to announce it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Outfitter Gear List, a web-based retailer whose mission is to provide customers with quality gear for whatever excursion they choose to partake, with a portion of the total sale going to a charity of the customer’s choice.
November 21, 2020 - ABF announces the Dr. Ed Ashby Bowhunting Award 2020 Winner
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the Dr. Ed Ashby Bowhunting Award for 2020 is Mr. Mark Buehrer. Congratulations to Mark and well deserved!
November 20, 2020 - ABF and TPWD host webinar for PHASA.
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department hosted a webinar on arrow and broadhead lethality for PHASA’s AGM held on November 20, 2020. The webinar can be viewed on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsHmsHtXOlU&t=0s
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation would like to give a special thank you to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department for their assistance in this endeavor and also PHASA for having us at their annual AGM meeting. We hope to be there in person in 2021.
September 28, 2020 - Official Launch of the Ashby 100 Fundraiser
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation launches the Ashby 100, a fundraiser to assist in education, research and testing of arrows and broadheads with the results provided to the global bowhunting community at no cost. Please see the information and flyer on the donate page for more information.
September 19, 2020 - Dallas Safari Club Archery Event
Ashby Bowhunting Foundation will be in attendance at the Dallas Safari Club Archery Event at the Elm Fork Shooting Sports Center.
September 9, 2020 - Houston Safari Club Archery Night
Ashby Bowhunting Foundation will be in attendance at the Houston Safari Club’s Archery Night at Texas Archery in Spring, Texas.
September 1, 2020 - Urban Archery NYC hosts Ashby Bowhunting Foundation
Rob Neilson from the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation sits down with Cliff Cadet of Urban Archery NYC to discuss fundamentals. Listen to Podcast
August 22, 2020 - Workshop scheduled with TPWD at Texas Archery
Texas Archery in Spring, Texas is the host for a Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Arrow and Broadhead Lethality workshop for Hunter Ed and Bowhunter Ed Instructors with the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation. Texas Archery customers are welcome to sit in and social distancing protocols will be in place.
WHERE: Texas Archery, 5833 Treaschwig, Spring, Texas 77373 TIME: Seminar will start at 10:15 a.m.
Area Chief, Duke Walton and TPWD Hunter Education staff have worked with the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation to educate bowhunters on reducing wounding loss by selecting and practicing with arrows and broadheads that work effectively to ensure a clean kill. Rob Neilson, President and Co-Founder of the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation, along with Troy Fowler, Director for the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation, will be your instructors on the subject matter.
Hunter Education Instructors need to sign up with Duke Walton at dukewalton69@yahoo.com. Bring a sack lunch and drink.
Note: While this is a workshop for Hunter Ed Instructors, Texas Archery customers are welcome to sit through the workshop.
A special thank you to Texas Archery and their outstanding crew for hosting this event.
August 15, 2020 - Lethal Podcast hosts Ashby Bowhunting Foundation
Dr. Ed Ashby, Jake Thompson and Rob Neilson from the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation sit down with Matt Baum, Garrett Fairchild and Rob Hummel with the Lethal Podcast. Listen to Podcast
July 28, 2020 - Ashby Bowhunting Foundation Partners with NAPHA
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is pleased and honored to announce it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Namibia Professional Hunting Organization. NAPHA is recognized by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism as officially representing the conservation hunting sector of Namibia established in 1972. The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation looks forward to working with NAPHA to further our shared goals.
July 16, 2020 - Ashby Bowhunting Foundation Partners with The Hunting Public
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is pleased and honored to announce it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with The Hunting Public. We look forward to being a source of information for The Hunting Public and the community of hunters that interacts with them as a group.
July 4, 2020 - Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is on HSCF Hunting Matters Radio Show.
June 15, 2020 - Ashby Bowhunting Foundation Partners with DSC
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation (“ABF”) is pleased and honored to announce it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Dallas Safari Club (“DSC”). The MOU signifies a collaborative partnership between the organizations to advance conservation goals. DSC is the premier conservation organization funded by hunters from around the world. DSC is a member of the IUCN, the United Nations’ International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. This positions DSC within the world’s most influential and respected conservation bodies. ABF is pleased DSC has embraced the science-based outcome driven research to assist bowhunters around the world.
May 3, 2020 - Ashby Bowhunting Foundation Partners with PHASA
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is honored and pleased to announce it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa. The MOU signifies a collaborative partnership between the organizations to advance conservation goals. Ashby Bowhunting Foundation looks forward to working with PHASA to further our parallel goals.
April 3, 2020 - Ashby Bowhunting Foundation Partners with Houston Safari Club Foundation
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is honored and pleased to announce it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Houston Safari Club Foundation. The MOU signifies a collaborative partnership between the organizations to advance conservation goals. Ashby Bowhunting Foundation looks forward to working with Houston Safari Club Foundation on our shared goals of education, conservation and bowhunting.
September 17, 2019 - Ashby Bowhunting Foundation Partners with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation is honored and pleased to announce it has signed a Proud Partner Agreement with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation looks forward to working with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to help all bowhunters.
August 1, 2019 - Lethal Podcast - Rob Neilson, Ashby Bowhunting Foundation
We were joined by President of the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation - Rob Neilson. Rob is a "lucky bowhunter" and is on a mission along with some other great guys to share the science of arrow lethality. The Ashby Bowhunting foundation has a BRAND NEW website - check them out at the link below.
Topics Discussed: Nilgai hunting in Texas, being made to be the President of a foundation, the ever failing mechanical broadhead, Matt getting all excited about Nilgai, arrows bouncing off animals and coming straight back at the hunter, why the "shot placement" argument is invalid, the little girl getting flipped by a Bison and people losing respect for wild animals, 118 points of data per shot, taking zero money from the archery industry.
650 Grain Arrows for Lightweight Bow
I shoot lightweight bows between 47# - 50#. That’s not a lot of power so it’s crucial for me to hunt with the most efficient and effective arrows and broadheads I can. Since switching to 650 grain arrows with ultra-sharp single bevel broadheads I have had complete broadhead penetration on every deer I’ve shot. It hasn’t always been that way…
Reflections from a Bowhunting Outfitter
Having been bowhunting 42 years across four continents for 40+ species, and booking hunts for thousands of clients over the past 24 years for Bowhunting Safari Consultants, I have always been as fact based on my recommendations as my research, & personal experience allows me to be. Archery gear has come so far from the early 70's when I got started.
After several years of bowhunting with the traditional light weight aluminum shafts, 3 blade replaceable broadhead which were about the only thing you could find at the local hardware, and expanding my horizons for different and bigger game than the whitetails here in Ohio, I started using 2 blade Zwickey Black Diamond 2 blade heads and with no change to my bow or shafts immediately started getting more penetration and was really impressed when I shot a black bear through the front leg bone and the broadhead poked through the far side of the chest cavity. With my old set up - that would have been a wounded and lost bear no doubt.
When clients ask me for my advise on bow weight, arrow weight, and broadhead selection, I consistently suggest they use the best set up they can shoot well that gives them an advantage when the "oh crap" shot occurs. Set yourself up for success in those 5 or 10% of your shots need some help - give yourself some advantage. If you have bow hunted a lot, you know what I'm talking about......that time you hit the animal a bit forward in the shoulder, of you misjudged the distance and hit it low through the front let, or blew the hard quartering away shot and caught the animal too far back and the only hope you have is enough penetration to get up into the boiler area. That equipment for me, always has a 2 blade single bevel broadhead at the tip with everything I hunt with the exception of a couple of real light weight big game animals like coues deer and pronghorn. Not that a two blade isn't good medicine for them but I chose to use a completely different set up and bow for these smaller fidgety critters.
I absolutely would have lost a Moose in Canada several years ago where I hit the bull smack in the shoulder blade. A normal replacement blade broadhead, or solid 3 blade head or expandable, and I have no doubt that I would have had minimal penetration and the animal would have been lost , but I was using a 650 grain arrow set up from Grizzly Stik's and a 2 blade single bevel Samurai broadhead and it delivered 18"+ of penetration and got into the far shoulder and it made for a short recovery.
A lot of controversy over if frontal shots are ethical or not for 2 reasons. 1 - smaller target than broadside shot, but more importantly, most bow set ups that guys and gals are using today simply won't get the penetration needed on larger game (and even whitetails for that matter) .. My experience, well tuned bows with heavy arrows, high FOC, and 2 blade broadheads make a frontal shot ethical, and lethal - I have taken several big game animals such as elk, caribou and polar bear with frontal shots.
Example that will always live in my memory was after 7 days on the ice, we finally got on a big polar bear. I was at 14 yards. I waited what seemed like hours but was probably less than 5 minutes for him to turn, but he wouldn't turn, and if he did it would be a rushed shot because the space between the 2 ice chunks was not much wider than his chest. I had come to full draw a couple of times thinking he was about to turn and jump off that back of the ice wall he had got himself up on, but he wouldn't turn. I was shooting a 650 grain set up with a 200 grain Masai 2 blade single bevel head. 60# bow. I decided to take the frontal shot - arrow penetrated to the fletch - bear rolled back, and was literally stone dead 5 feet from where I shot him in a matter of seconds.
Everyone has different opinions on their equipment, but I encourage clients to do their research and it should absolutely include reading and studying the facts presents by the tremendous research, and documentation compiled by Dr. Ed Ashby. It's great that every bowhunter now has easy access to this factual, no hype information.
Mark Buehrer
Bowhunting Safari Consultants