This week Matty sits down with Zoran Art, President of Twin City Bowmen and a bloke with a heap of experience chasing deer with a bow.
After spending time together around the Trophy Takers event, we got into Sambar hunting around the Albury-Wodonga region… when Zoran likes to call, why patience matters after making a call, and the hunt that ended with his biggest Sambar stag to date.
From there we cover his Snake Island hog deer hunt, chasing whitetail on Stewart Island, bowhunting elk in Montana and getting amongst scrub bulls and buffalo in the Northern Territory.
But a big part of this conversation is simply years spent bowhunting. Learning from other hunters, making your own mistakes, developing your "bush eyes" and realizing that sometimes the only way a lesson really sticks is to get out there and bugger it up yourself.
🔍 What We Cover:
- How Zoran, Tarryn and the crew have built Twin City Bowmen around practical bowhunting and 3D archery
- Why September and October can bring increased Sambar rutting activity around Albury-Wodonga
- Calling Sambar hinds and why a stag may be following behind
- Why Zoran will wait 20–30 minutes after calling instead of moving too early
- The stalk and calling sequence that produced Zoran's biggest Sambar stag
- Using wallows, game trails and tree stands to target Sambar
- Hunting Stewart Island whitetail from tree stands and broadleaf feeding areas
- Five days on Snake Island before spot-and-stalking a hog deer on the final evening
- What Zoran would do differently when hunting the later Snake Island ballot periods
- A frustrating guided Montana elk hunt that changed once Zoran decided to make his own move
- Stalking scrub bulls and buffalo in the Northern Territory
- Shot placement, shoulder hits and why bad shots are an unavoidable part of learning to bowhunt
- How time in the bush develops the "bush eyes" experienced hunters use to pick out tiny movements
- Why the next generation matters for Twin City Bowmen, Trophy Takers and Australian bowhunting
🧠 Key Takeaway
You can listen to every tip and hunting story you can find, but eventually you've got to get out and do it. Make mistakes, learn what works for you and keep putting time into the bush… that's where the lessons really start to stick.
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Zoran Art
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Twin City Bowmen
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