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.

Richard Stanford

Location: Surprise, AZ
Favorite VANGUARD product: Endeavor ED 1045 binoculars

Richard Stanford has been a hunter and a tournament shooter for 30 years. Indoor, outdoor, target, 3D and hunting, Richard loves it all.

One of the reasons Richard is so enthusiastic about archery is that it's a sport for any age.

"I was recently at a senior Olympic archery event with contestants in their 80s still competing," Richard said."In the future, I hope to be one of them!"

He plans to use his Endeavor ED binoculars to help him get there.

"I am so impressed," Richard said."They are very well made and the best optics for the price that I have ever seen. They are as good as many brands selling for a lot more money! I do not believe you can get better optics at this price from anyone!"

Richard is also a Pro Staffer for BowTech. He has harvested javelina, deer and elk with a bow.