I received my first bow at the ripe old age of eight. It was a cheap, red, fiberglass longbow that had a black plastic handle, and it came with four blue fiberglass arrows. Now keep in mind I was a scrawny eight-year-old boy who only cared about bluegill fishing. I immediately took to [...]
T.J. and friends spent another week this past summer fishing with Homer Ocean Charters, in Alaska. So here's another round of conversations among friends. Sorry about the background noise, they were on a boat.
In this video Grizzly Jim, from Merlin Archery, talks us through how he makes his own arrows, from preparing the shafts to painting cresting and fletching them. Enjoy!
I have read a lot of stories in outdoor magazines (including the unbeatable Traditional Bowhunter Magazine) that shout high praise for the merits of hunting feral hogs. I agree with the praise for hunting them, but they come with downsides. Growing up in south-central Oklahoma, I did not realize until recently how well [...]
Lancaster Archery brings us this helpful video showing P.J. Reilly covering eight basic safety tips to consider when using a climbing tree stand. Several of the tips can apply to any style of tree stand, such as the safety harness and picking the right tree. [...]
I’ve been butchering my own deer and elk meat for a long time. And for much of that time, paid little to no attention to the various cuts save for the backstrap and tenderloins. If it looked like a roast I’d make a roast. If it looked like a steak, I’d [...]
Andy Ponce was kind enough to chat with Kerri Doyle recently about his business, Addictive Archery, and his involvement with Compton Traditional Bowhunters and Traditional Archers of Oregon. Andy, and his wife, Heather, are also raising two great kids in the traditional archery world.
The nearly lost art of getting close. For clarification’s sake, I’d like to talk about what stalking is versus still-hunting. Sometimes hunters will refer to stand hunting as still-hunting, as I will on occasion. But when I say still-hunting, I’ll be referring to moving very slowly and deliberately through the woods trying to [...]
Nancy Doran is a wildlife biologist for the State of Maryland. She and her late husband, Dave Doran, owned Archery Past for many years, and Nancy is also very active with the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program.
Matt Davis, Kevin Merrow, and Mark Kephart head to Matt's home state of Utah in 2018 for a four day elk hunt with two tags and their tradbows. "The highs and lows will always make the most vivid memories, and this hunt did not disappoint. There are so many reasons we [...]
