Randy Ulmer

Dr Randy Ulmer is a multifaceted personality, respected by the hunting community in North America and world over. Randy as he is fondly addressed, has many archery achievements to his credit, both national and world titles such as ASA Men’s Professional World Title, NABH Men’s Professional World Title, IBO World Title, FITA World Title, VEGAS indoor, and NFAA national titles. A hunter par excellence, Randy Ulmer was inducted in the Bow Hunter’s Hall of Fame in the year 1999. A competent archer and bow hunter, Randy is a complete outdoorsman and regularly writes for Peterson’s Bowhunting and Bowhunter Magazines. Randy currently lives in Arizona along with his wife Tammy and two sons Jacob and Levi.

Randy was initiated into hunting almost thirty years back, as a teenager when his brother Rusty bought him a bow and they went hunting. Randy’s brother recounted all the fun, they had while hunting. So, the next summer Randy bought a bow and Rusty joined him for a hunt. Both Rusty and Randy bought a dozen 2219 Easton aluminum arrows and practiced all summer. By the end of summer the arrow shafts had no anodizing left and needed constant straightening at the local archery store.

The first weekend hunt was quiet uneventful, as all the six arrows shot at the cow elk either missed the mark or were ineffective. The next weekend hunt proved successful as Randy had six brand new arrows and took a shot at fork horn mule from 20 yards. The game fell and Randy was convinced about the lethality of the bow and arrow as a weapon. Thus began a life long affair with archery and Bowhunting.

Apart from a successful Bowhunting and archery career, Randy Ulmer has been a successful professional and businessman. Randy attended Oregon State University and graduated Summa Cum Laude (an honor added to degrees and diplomas for work of highest standards and quality). He also received his Doctorate from Washington State University, Cum Laude. Coming from a modest background, Randy worked hard to get through school and even harder in achieving all the success in business and his chosen profession as an archer and bow hunter.

Randy has been a keen athlete and regularly competes in adventure races, mountain marathons, mountain bike racing etc. These pursuits have kept him in top shape. Besides being a successful bow hunter, Randy is one of the top target shooters around. Randy believes that a good shot is like a chain, as all individual components of the shot are interrelated. Randy Ulmer passionately advocates the use of different release aids for different applications. He believes that for each application, a specific release aid works best. He is a connoisseur of finely engineered and manufactured release aids. Back tension release is the preferred choice, when target shooting indoors. Randy believes that the back tension release increases concentration while aiming, as the hunter is not sure, when the release aid will go off. For outdoor target shooting, Randy prefers the thumb release aid, to have more control over the shot, especially in windy conditions. Index finger trigger release aid is the preferred release aid, while hunting.

Randy is credited with taking down the biggest ever elk bull in Nevada in the year 2003 with its gross score of 416. In spite of being an ace bow hunter, Randy is candid enough to admit, that he does get buck fever on a regular basis, more so when he is acting as a guide to someone.

Randy’s most memorable hunt is the one, when he along with his wife Tammy harvested a giant ram. Randy and Tammy with an injured toe, climbed several huge steep chutes during a daylong stalk. Randy’s sons Jacob and Levi and some buddies were watching the entire sequence through their scopes. Tammy took down the ram with a straight shot from down the cliff. The ram won the FNAWS Award for Excellence for the biggest sheep of any species taken in that year.

Randy considers bowhunter apathy to be the biggest threat to Bowhunting.

Last year Randy was involved in a chute plane accident and miraculously survived. He would like to be remembered as a good husband, father and friend.

Visit Randy's home page:http://www.randyulmer.com/

Posted by Justin Ott