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Skip to contentA multitude of emotions and thoughts besiege a bowhunter in the immediate aftermath of the successful strike of an arrow; elation, a sense of accomplishment, an appreciation of the animal and the experience, maybe even shakiness as the adrenaline rush recedes. Usually too, concerns about the length and difficulty of the trail pop [...]
John Schneider of Food Afield Podcast sat down with Monty Browning and talked about traditional bowhunting and dangerous game. If you love Monty's stories, you'll want to listen (and share) this episode. Click this link to listen to other podcasts in the series. Traditional Bowhunter's Journey
I first learned of this tip from Dennis Kamstra, who offers excellent ideas in Traditional Bowhunter® Magazine's Tips From the Old Timer column. Thanks for all your tips over the years, Dennis! With noted credit, this tip seems worthy of another look with some added experiences. I put reflective tape on my hunting [...]
When you’re daydreaming it never seems like it ought to be all that difficult to get an arrow into a decent mule deer, but the fact is very few animals are what you would call easy with a bow and arrow. I shot a decent one a couple of years ago, but I [...]
When hunting, I find that I need two types of lights: (1) a headlamp for light at your feet or arm’s length, and (2) a handheld flashlight to scan far in front for navigating through unfamiliar ground or searching for downed animals. These two lights should share the same battery type to make [...]
For hundreds and probably thousands of years, native people of the southeastern United States used river cane for many important material goods. It was used to make dwellings, it was split and woven into strong mats and baskets, it was shaved on one side to make razor-sharp knives, and made into blowguns, spears, [...]
I'd like to share how I made a sharpening block from bits and scraps I had in the shop. It is mobile, fits nicely in a pack, and keeps my sharpening items together. Materials: 1 bastard file (10" shown) 1 old leather belt 1 block of wood approximately 1 1/4" x 2" x [...]
Ethan Rodrigue is part of the Stickboys Podcast crew and was kind enough to join John on the latest episode of the Traditional Bowhunter's Journey, brought to you by Traditional Bowhunter Magazine and Food Afield Podcast Ethan is all about the trad bow and bowhunting. He is extremely knowledgeable about the issues surrounding [...]
When people think of bowfishing, the image most will conjure up in their heads involves a boat and spotlights, trolling along a lake or river in the dead of night. Yet, that wasn’t how I began bowfishing and to this day is not my preferred method of shooting fish. I started out bowfishing [...]
Many of us like arrows that are easy to see and follow, especially so for hunting arrows. Clear fluorescent nocks really help with visibility, and here is a little trick to brighten them up even more: Apply some white paint on the nock tapers before you glue the nocks onto your arrows. The [...]
