Welcome to the Knock on Archery Podcast where we bring all archers and bow hunters together

from all walks of life with the goal to educate, empower and inspire you to be better both

in the field and on the range.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, everybody.

Welcome back to an emergency knock on podcast.

Listen, this podcast is going to require all of you to take action.

This podcast is my plea to all of you out there.

We have to unify for a very, very critical topic that has just came up and this is directly

related to something, well, several things that I'm super passionate about and it has

to do with the national archery in the school program, the NAS program, but also and potentially

even more importantly, also has to do with the hunter's education and what's going on

in the school systems right now and a bill that government has put through.

So I'm going to give you a quick introduction here, I've got Dan Forster on the podcast

with me today.

So just to give Dan a quick intro here, Dan works for the ATA, the Archery Trade Show

Association, is a vice president, chief conservation officer, but he's also the director of the

government relations, he's certified wildlife biologist, directed the Georgia Department

of Natural Resources in recent years.

You've also have 30 years with the agency for your expertise with this ATA position.

Dan, you worked as a biologist, supervisor, game management section, I mean, your accolades

and what you've done for the DNR and the game and fish just goes on and on.

I also work with Dan on the board of directors for the council to advance hunting and shooting

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