Vanguard – Pro Staff

VANGUARD Pro Staffers are winning local, state, national and world archery championship titles, raising funds to take servicemen and women injured in the line of duty and terminally-ill children on adventurous hunts, managing popular ranges and shops, teaching archery in after-school programs, leading regional archery associations and clubs, and more. Though they're diverse in experience, age, background and industry involvement, VANGUARD's Pro Staff members share common loves: Archery, the outdoors and VANGUARD sporting optics. Scattered across North America and in Australia, too, this mix of energetic teens to seasoned pros with decades of experience all agree: VANGUARD binoculars and spotting scopes run laps around the big-name optics they used before discovering us.

Sam Bartkowiak

Location: Jackson, MI
Favorite VANGUARD products: Endeavor ED 1045 binoculars, Saberlock 83C bow case, Pro B38 shooting stick

Sam Bartkowiak has spent 20 years shooting and can't imagine life without it.

Today, he actively competes locally, regionally and nationally.

Sam considers his Endeavor ED 1045 binoculars to be critical to the success of his shooting today.

Sam is also a pro staffer for PSE Archery, Bohning and others. He works closely with archers at one of Michigan's most popular pro shops, Schupbach's, to help them improve the accuracy of their shot.