It was cool for late September, the early morning air felt more like November than the 'Indian Summer' it should have. This time of year in Southeast Missouri is normally spent doing your best to be still while a horde of mosquitoes try to find a good vein like a Red Cross worker. Not this morning, I had on wool to cut the chill and was thankful for its warmth
This is a reprint of an interview David Petersen did for the Sun. It was intended to get the message of true, ethical hunting out to the interested nonhunters and gently confront extreme vegan/antihunters.
People are always asking "How can we pass on the art of traditional bowhunting?" We can pass it on to our children or our grandchildren or nieces or nephews, but what if they are not interested? Or maybe you don't have any
Several folks in the forum were asking about making spine testers. Here are two articles reprinted from the archives that deal with that topic.
Time in a tree stand is time well spent. There is perhaps no better way to really take in everything nature has to offer. Hiking a mountain ridge to glass for elk at dawn is hard to beat. So is sitting in a duck blind and conversing between flights. But I have never felt as much a part of nature as I have when sitting in a tree stand
"Fifty bucks and it's all yours", he stated. My friend was referring to the dust covered, early 1960's vintage Ben Pearson Colt recurve bow, half dozen cedar target arrows and the leather quiver lying on his kitchen table
A father and daughter hunt new property, but sometimes you can shoot too well
A listing by state of clubs and mentors that are willing to help new traditionalists.
"So, are you going to hunt with a crossbow this year?" a friend asked. I glared back menacingly, then answered as nonchalantly as I could, "If I can't draw a bow this fall I'll video tape some of my friends getting their deer." Inside I was dying. Miss an entire year? I couldn't bear the thought.
This article was originally published in the Apr/May 2008 issue of Traditional Bowhunter. Wes has kindly allowed us to post it here for all the folks that have asked for a copy.
