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.

Steve Howe

Location: Columbus, OH
Favorite VANGUARD product: Endeavor ED binoculars

Steve Howe has been involved in competitive archery for more than 30 years.

He competes in 3D and Vegas 3 spot events and has won many local and state 3D competitions over the years.

His accomplishments include:

1st Place in the 2010 District 1 Round Robin Competition in Central Ohio
Top Ten Finish at 2009 Reinhart R100
1st Place 2009 OBA State Shoot
1st Place 2008 OBA State Shoot

"I owe a lot of my success this season to my VANGAURD optics," Howe says."They really brought out those hard to see 11 rings on dark targets, like black bears and boars."

When he isn't shooting, Steve enjoys cycling, working out and fishing with his wife, Pam.

Steve is also a pro staff shooter for A1 Archery in Hilliard, Ohio.