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 [...]
Chick, chick…chick, chick…chick, chick: the sound carried clearly through the dreary October morning air, closing quickly to within a few yards. With the beat of my heart the only other sound I could hear, the 10-inch aspen in front of me began quivering frantically as a grinding noise echoed through the woods. Focusing [...]
I’ve given plenty of photo seminars over the years. I used to include discussion of depth of field, shutter speeds, etc. during which most people’s eyes would glaze over. You will still get more from your camera if you learn about those technical matters, but the truth is that modern digital cameras’ programs [...]
John Schneider of Food Afield Podcast spent an hour with Cody and had his mind changed on a bunch of traditional bowhunting issues. This is a must-listen if you're new to traditional archery or simply looking to up your game!
After field dressing game, whether a deer or a couple of squirrels, it's nice to have some soap and water handy for washing.
Listening, really listening, is an art form that takes practice. Some of the sounds we hear in the woods are nothing more than distracting noise that we sometimes try to ignore, some of the sounds are native to the environment and are enjoyable, even entertaining, and some are so subtle that we have [...]
Spring turkey season provides us with the opportunity to collect some of the best feathers for fletching. Everyone has his favorite technique for processing feathers, and recently I found a better way to do the first step: splitting the quill. I've tried hand and pliers stripping, and pulling against a knife blade stuck [...]
John Schneider of Food Afield Podcast has interviewed Randy Cooling from Safari Tuff as his first "official" guest on this new podcast series. We hope you enjoy it. For more of The Traditional Bowhunter's Journey episodes, visit Food Afield Podcast.
Among the most delectable meals I've ever enjoyed was a roast jake turkey with a creamed morel-wine sauce, brewed up by Chef Don Thomas using wild ingredients he'd harvested himself. Every spring across much of America, in parallel with turkey season, foragers are blessed with the brief annual return of the exquisite morel [...]
