Dudley vs Ranch Fairy

RF has backed off a little on the massively heavy arrows for whitetail. Where he used to be in the 700 gr TAW range he now talks about being in the 500 grain range

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He probably knew he had to come in that podcast with a little more aggressive tone

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Yeah I think he’s got some pent up anger with information that he feels is misleading. I was at the San Antonio tac and there were a lot of folks air mailing 600 plus grain arrows at 80 yards and I know he was there watching that happen.

Listening to it now so can't comment on the podcast just yet. However, I don't care for RF due to how hard he pushes the heavy arrow argument and anything other than his philosophy is wrong attitude. Maybe he's changed over the past couple years, but its been that long since I've watched much of anything with him in it. Especially for the guys just getting into bow hunting, his "my way is the only way" type attitude does not help anyone. I've been bowhunting for 20+ years and really believe that experience is the best teacher. Find what works for you and in your own scenarios.

I need to listen to this one, but I like them both. You just have to take RF with a grain of salt. He's not preaching his method for throwing arrows 60-100 yard like you see on social media. Like another poster said, he is advocating for an ethical known yardage on an animal that you can make a good shot on. The FOC and added weight is a contigency factor. So, IF the uncontrollables happen you have some margin for error, because with an average bow hunter unlike Dudley there is so much error.

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more aggressive tone because RF can sometimes be a dismissive prick

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This is where RF fricked up, that laugh he does is straight cringe. He came in hot going even further than Ashby and is too thin skinned. Instead of telling people to use common sense he got defensive and doubled down on shooting 700grs with giant windvane fixed blades at a 40lb draw weight to prove them all wrong, when the message didn’t need to be that polarizing. Adding an extra 75grs up front quieted and dampened my solocam a shite ton, and the increase in penetration was noticeable on foam targets. 450-480gr with FOC in the low teens and a reasonably sized broadhead is going to be a great sweet spot for most people, but it’s getting lost in the argument.

Dudley seems like he was arguing for argument's sake. It's hard to compare making adjustments for target shooting at 90 meters with hunting out to no more than 50 yards (around the 2hr 10min mark). I pick this because that's what I typically hunt out to.

I’m sure he’s well known and probably knows his stuff, I’m just saying he comes off in that interview as a passive aggressive arrogant chode.

I’d rather someone just say “you’re wrong and here’s why” than passive aggressively patronize someone

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He even was fairly disrespectful of Iron Will Bill.

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Yeah he claims they are friends but I felt like he was on the offense during that interview. Bill seems to be a phenomenal shot and a big advocate for bowhunting. Im surprised dudley wasn’t more respectful.

I didn’t like the whole nock on nation bs and the lime green marketing machine until I went to tac. I still don’t really but I appreciate Dudley a lot more. Dudley was on his feet all day, dark to dark, shooting with people, giving advice, helping people who dry fired, whatever. He just was completely available and approachable the whole time. That really shocked me and you can tell how much he cares about the sport.

I’m surprised at his demeanor in these last few pods even though I agree with the message.

Dudley is a good dude. I randomly sent him some videos of myself shooting in the back yard with a specific form question, and he went back and forth with me on it giving advice/tips. Hard to hate on someone of that caliber actually replying to some random guy slinging arrows in his backyard. Again I didn't listen to the podcast so I can't speak to how he acted, but it sounds like he couldve presented better.

I need to do the San Antonio TAC next year.