I usually hunt alone, so I often do things along the way that I barely give a second thought to. This often means that something that may constitute as a "good time" for me may not even register on another's fun meter. In fact, bringing someone new along with me, often is a good [...]
It was a hot, humid, early July morning in 1981. I was 13 years old and spending the week with my grandparents on their farm in southern Maine, and had just returned from the stock pond with several large bull frogs. I was cleaning my game on the front lawn, which still was [...]
It was opening morning of archery season. My daughter, Kerri, and I headed out of camp to hunt downhill to an ancient elk wallowing area in the bottom of a bowl of fir, pine, and quaking aspen. We hadn’t gone a hundred yards from camp when a blue grouse flushed off the trail [...]
The sun had only been up for about an hour as I hiked to the second set of mountains. As I hiked, I thought about the past year and how I was eagerly awaiting this opportunity. I knew I was meant to be up in these mountains. I knew I was going to [...]
Introducing children to archery can be a fun and rewarding experience. You can also get them involved in target construction prior to actual shooting. I recently enjoyed an opportunity to get youngsters building targets and shooting arrows on the big island of Hawaii. Compton Traditional Bowhunters generously sponsored shooting equipment for the kids. [...]
Bowhunting with a traditional bow is tough. Add a baby and it’s even tougher. Yes, I know how crazy that sounds. I’m fairly new to the world of traditional archery, having hunted just four deer seasons with stick and string. I’ve been pretty lucky for the most part, filling tags every year and [...]
Preston Taylor and Phil Johnston track down a black bear in Northern California and explain the techniques used in effective trailing of live animals. See more of their work at www.EarthAtFirstSight.com
I have always been a stay-all-day hunter when it comes to turkeys. Due to my ability to comfortably stay in the woods after the peak gobbling time in the morning is over, I have on several occasions carried a gobbler out of the woods during the middle of the day. The odds are [...]
Follow along in the first part of a two part series of "old school" turkey hunts in the mountains of North Carolina with Dalton Lewis of The Stickboys.
While attending the PBS Gathering in Springfield, MO, T.J. took a short drive to Nixa to visit with the owners of Black Widow Bows.
