I have yet to attempt a full-sized real traditional bow, but one day I will 'threaten' to do so. As of now, I am making a series of miniature traditional bows and quivers with fletched arrows. It all started by happenstance. My friend Katie gave me a wonderful gift of a wooden archer; [...]
Well, without further ado…may we present the first bow to be reviewed in Bow’d Up! Our first victim is the BearPaw Chapman 58” recurve. The Chapman is inspired by BearPaw’s popular one-piece, 60” Creed recurve. Both bows are considered to be the foundation of BearPaw’s Penthalon premium line. The goal with the Penthalon [...]
My grandson, Jake, had a football game, so he, my wife, and I arrived at elk camp later than expected. The plan had been to meet my daughter and the rest of her family at camp early enough so that Jake and I could sneak in an evening hunt, but it was well [...]
On the topic of meat processing, there are several post-hunt options. Some hunters love the chase, but not the meat, and will gladly donate their animal to a local food bank. Others enjoy eating wild game but prefer their butcher does the cutting and wrapping. And finally, there are the hunters who find [...]
As I rounded the corner of the tractor path, we saw a small rise on the edge of the corn field. I wanted to charge ahead to look over, throwing everything I knew about stalking game out the window out of shear excitement. Alan put his hand on my shoulder and reminded me [...]
I was the beneficiary of a wonderful childhood. In addition to his scientific accomplishments (his pioneering work in the field of bone marrow transplantation earned him the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1990), my father was a highly skilled outdoorsman. My mother also loved the outdoors. Best of all, they always made every [...]
Well, by now the cat should be out of the bag. Even though Chris Parrino (the instigator of the Bear licensed Selway quivers) has been leaking out a few of these here and there, he informed me that this year’s Compton Rendezvous would mark the official release of the new Grayling Brown quivers. [...]
In the months ahead of the cold November morning that found me and two close friends, Scott and Nick White, camped under a fresh blanket of snow along the shore of a small interior lake on Kodiak Island, I considered many aspects of our planned trip, including thoughts about the unpredictable weather, big [...]
Winters are hard on the high desert of Idaho that I call home. Although I thoroughly enjoy living out in the vast Snake River Plain, the winters are long, cold, and windy. After the fall big game seasons are over, I pick up my shotgun and hunt birds out back, or waterfowl down [...]
I remember back when I first started reading TBM, always flipping to the bow review column that was written by Blacky Schwarz. Even though I’ve never considered myself a “technical” person, I couldn’t help but be intrigued by the performance data plainly set in black and white. We can all agree that there are [...]
