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.
The Ground Game: Southern Hogs
The sea breeze was noisily rustling the palm fronds when I heard a slight splash from the freshwater slough just to my south. The water was hidden by thick palmetto ground cover. A[...]
Two Old Goats—Chasing Free-Range Tahr in New Zealand
I first met Phillip about 10 years ago in the Frank Church Wilderness of Idaho. He was packing a rifle and hunting elk, while I had my trusty recurve and was chasing bighorns.[...]
Javelina, Take Two!
As I drove home from Arizona last year after our first successful javelina hunt (“First Dance with the Desert Ghost” by Alex DeGeorgey, Dec/Jan 2022 issue of TBM), I couldn’t stop thinking about[...]
Two Day Buck
The reasons for switching from a compound bow to a traditional bow had been stacking up in my mind. Little did I know that only a few years into the traditional journey I’d[...]
The Way We Hunt Around Here
Traditional bowhunting has taken me to some wonderful places and introduced me to some great friends and accomplished hunters. It seems that every new area, new big game species, and new experience has[...]