Campfire Stories
A collection of stories about hunting with traditional bows.
Some are new stories, and some were published in past issues of Traditional Bowhunter® Magazine.
New Zealand Recurve Roar
All I can hear is my heart pounding in my chest, resonating into my head. My breathing is deep and shaky as I watch this huge figure emerge from the thick, wet scrub[...]
Pausing Along the Way
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." -Ernest Hemingway I'm sitting in our den next to the wood stove in[...]
Morning, Noon and Night: An Adventure with Stickbows
The morning started out much like the first few of our eight day elk hunt high in Idaho's back country. My partner Dave Stanley and I got up well before dawn, had breakfast,[...]
Beat The Clock Bull
Like most big hunts made by folks of limited means, the one I did for caribou in 2017 started with a whole lot of procrastination. One is always finding excuses to put off[...]
Annie Get Your Bow
Seeing women in a hunting camp these days is not at all uncommon. It happens so regularly, in fact, that their male counterparts simply accept the female member of the party as just[...]