PROFESSIONAL BOWHUNTERS SOCIETY
  • Home
  • About Us
    • PBS Council
    • History
  • Contact Us
    • Change of Address
  • Odd Year Gatherings 2023
  • Biennial Gatherings
    • 2024 Lexington, KY
    • 2022 Reno, NV
    • 2020 Gathering in Springfield, MO >
      • 2020 Photo Album
      • 2020 Gathering Videos
    • 2018 Gathering in Madison, WI
  • Regional
    • Which Region Am I In?
    • Appalachian
    • Great Lakes
    • International
    • Great Plains Central
    • Northeast
    • Pacific
    • Rocky Mountain
    • Southeast
    • South Central
  • Member Hunts 2023
  • PBS Magazine
  • Join PBS
  • #IAMTHEPBS
  • Qualified Regular Member
  • Political Action
  • Shop PBS Gear
  • PBS Forum
  • Podcasts
  • Youtube Channel
  • Membership Directory
  • Gene Wensel Auction
  • Virtual Clout Tournament
  • Virtual Bowfishing Tournament
  • PBS Survival Challenge
  • VIRTUAL RABBIT HUNT

Rocky Mountain Region

Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Utah
  • Region Rep Paul Schnell
Picture
Greetings from Arizona to my fellow toxopholites and traditional and modern-equipment bowhunters. What a fine group of dedicated conservationists! It is an honor to fill the open position for the Rocky Mountain West region. So who’s this new guy that joined our ranks just a couple months ago?
 
Briefly, I grew up and lived in Western New York (upstate) for 50 years where hunting and fishing is still a major pastime for millions of people. Remarkably, conservation clubs are found in virtually all 62 counties where the members are ever vigilant against anti-conservation forces particularly of the shady political variety! Having shot recurves since the early 70’s I ‘back slid’ for a tiny period and sampled a compound bow for a few years and curiously tried an Excalibur crossbow for one season but have shot competitively and hunted with recurves for four decades. That 45-year-old Wing Thunderbird still shoots like a dream and dropped an AZ javelina a few years ago. Today’s ‘hunting sticks’ are simple longbows, wood shafts and single bevel two blades.
 
Fast forward to 2018. Don Thomas’s in-depth interview with PBS’s past president Norm Johnson, Oct/Nov 2018 Traditional Bowhunter, was a refreshing eye opener on the split rail values, strong ethics and dedication to conservation that PBS and its members hold true to. Aldo Leopold would be proud! With a background in natural resources conservation, education and outdoor writing PBS was a natural fit, of course. In the last PBS issue was a call for a western region volunteer and here we are. Please feel free to share any timely archery/bowhunting-related info/news that you might have.

Paul Schnell
pschnell0@gmail.com


​2021 Utah License & Permit Fee Changes for Non-residents

Click Here for More Information

Picture
BECOME A ​PBS MEMBER
JOIN NOW
Picture

RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

RENEW MEMBERSHIP
Professional Bowhunters Society
P.O. Box 22631
Indianapolis, IN 46222
Phone 801-888-3802

  • Home
  • About Us
    • PBS Council
    • History
  • Contact Us
    • Change of Address
  • Odd Year Gatherings 2023
  • Biennial Gatherings
    • 2024 Lexington, KY
    • 2022 Reno, NV
    • 2020 Gathering in Springfield, MO >
      • 2020 Photo Album
      • 2020 Gathering Videos
    • 2018 Gathering in Madison, WI
  • Regional
    • Which Region Am I In?
    • Appalachian
    • Great Lakes
    • International
    • Great Plains Central
    • Northeast
    • Pacific
    • Rocky Mountain
    • Southeast
    • South Central
  • Member Hunts 2023
  • PBS Magazine
  • Join PBS
  • #IAMTHEPBS
  • Qualified Regular Member
  • Political Action
  • Shop PBS Gear
  • PBS Forum
  • Podcasts
  • Youtube Channel
  • Membership Directory
  • Gene Wensel Auction
  • Virtual Clout Tournament
  • Virtual Bowfishing Tournament
  • PBS Survival Challenge
  • VIRTUAL RABBIT HUNT