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.

And we're podcasting.

What's up, Zach Kurtzall?

Oh, just another day, Mr. Dudley, how are you doing?

That's bullshit, that's a lie.

It's not another day, bro.

Are you guys pumped?

Oh, yeah, yeah, really pumped. Of course we're pumped man. I think you said it best right? It's family so it is it is

Well, this is a big day everybody.

I wanted to do a podcast with you first and foremost,

Zach, just because for all the listeners out there,

you guys probably don't realize that Zach and I have been friends long before he's now

president at Hoyt Archery prior to that were you an intern when you first started?

When we compete against each other? I came over as a product engineer. Oh, you, okay, straight up and

okay. And what was your first what were you doing first I forget what was your specialty

at first I was in charge of accessories early on, but I mean at first, you know, the first couple of years you're just cutting your teeth and learning everything. It's just wherever you can impact and have a piece of that pie because it's just a big job and there's a lot of things to do and we always just had that pack of wolves mentality right?

We had some specialists here and there.

Koop was certainly a specialist on the cam side of things, but I was the new guy doing whatever

needed to be done, really. and then it kind of rolled into the

accessory side for a while. I just love that I love the fact that you came in and

just kind of rolled up your sleeves in a part of the company that, you know, isn't the most luxurious, you know, I mean.

And then you're just a Cinderella story of someone that just continues to grind, grind,

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