Let me start by saying that I do not qualify as an expert in the field of psychology, nor do I claim to have to have the stoicism of Jerimiah Johnson, Jim Bridger, or Hugh Glass. I am writing from my experiences in an effort to pass along where I have succumbed to the [...]
Our friends over at Bowga Hunting made this short video celebrating Aldo Leopold, one of the great leaders of the conservation movement as well as hunter responsibilities and ethics. If you haven't read A Sand County Almanac, find a copy! Bowga Hunting has a great website for both traditional and modern [...]
If you spend enough time in the woods, you eventually come to the conclusion that hunting with binoculars is much better than hunting without them. But how do you carry them along? Inside your backpack, on a strap around your neck, dangling from a chest harness exposed to the elements…tucked into a vest [...]
Residents of Wyoming are well-accustomed to vast stretches of high prairie covered with sage, western cheatgrass and the occasional small grove of cottonwood trees, which can often be spotted from as far away as a couple of miles. The sight of this small oasis will invariably set your imagination into active wonder. “Just [...]
Doing my best to get through the work day, I couldn't sit still...couldn't concentrate. Everyone kept asking me if I'd "had too much sugar"..."had too much coffee"... "why are you so hyper?" At first, I really didn't have an answer for them, but as the day drew on and I couldn't sit still [...]
For years traditional archers have been looking for a fix to solve the wet, soggy fletching and poor flight that can come from an arrow with flat feathers. From powders to sprays to putting covers on them, to even using condoms, there are many ways to try and keep feathers dry. Now before [...]
“I can’t see it!” That was the normal cry heard from a few of us boys who, shielding our eyes against the sun, were looking straight up trying to see a twenty-two-cent arrow just shot from one of their little fiberglass bows. It was a test of how powerful our bows were. If [...]
During the brief interim that I hunted with a compound, my good friend Tim Endsley was selling his version of the bow sling, under his Bad Medicine Archery label. I loved this little sling so much that I asked him to design and produce a counterpart for trad bows. With him being too [...]
We've followed Beka Garris for years on social media, and recently she's started writing articles for Traditional Bowhunter. T. J. and Kerri had a chance to chat with her about hunting, cooking wild game and balancing life with time in the outdoors.
What to do when forced to stay home. When Michael Rennie and his alien spacecraft fell out of the sky in The Day The Earth Stood Still, it was duly noted that it caused severe pandemonium and fright to the earth’s inhabitants. And how about when Kenny Rodgers sang “I just dropped in [...]
