How to Make a Bowstring for Beginners
Here's a different twist on making a Flemish bowstring. There are some benefits to using this method. Let us know what you think.
A Sagebrush Sasquatch Satire
"He stopped loving her todayyyyyy! They placed a wreath upon his doorrrrr. And soon they'll carry him awayyyyy, he stopped loving herrrr todayyyy." I giggle to myself as I see in my mind's eye Grandpa Bob, the father of my dear friend and hunting companion Mike Graue, chesting out these lyrics to the [...]
The Final Hour
"I will never go back to that place!” had barely slipped past my lips before my buddy, Fink, and I started debating our September hunt. The past three springs I had hunted bears in central Idaho. The short version is that I’d just spent two weeks hunting bears, saw a boar on the [...]
Binocular Basics – What to Know Before You Buy
I’ve always been told “you get what you pay for” and that point was sure driven home for me when it came to buying my first pair of binoculars. I suppose I should qualify that by saying my first pair of GOOD binoculars. My first ever pair of binoculars cost $99 and I [...]
Build a Better Venison Burger
An entire article on making a hamburger? I’m kidding, right? Wrong, and I’ll tell you why. First, I feel strongly that eating what we shoot doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves nowadays. Too many hunting magazines have devolved to endless streams of “grab-and-grin” hero photos separated by breathless prose descriptions of G-2s [...]
How to Use a Compass
Navigation is one of the Ten Essentials and most outdoors people take a compass with them on every adventure. But how do you use them? In this REI Expert Advice Video, they teach you what you need to know to navigate easily, safely and with confidence. Watch to learn the parts [...]
Outer Limits Part 2
Part 2 of the conversations aboard the Outer Limits boat with Homer Ocean Charters. T.J. and Kerri are aboard the Outer Limits, a charter boat for hunting and fishing excursions based in Homer, Alaska. Roark Brown, owner of Homer Ocean Charters, invited them and a few other traditional bowhunters to relax and fish [...]
Traditional Bowhunting Turkey
In this video, Clay Hayes is bow hunting wild turkeys in the Idaho mountains with Matt Schuster, the current President of the Professional Bowhunter's Society (PBS). Although turkey hunting is a challenge no matter what weapon or method you choose, hunting turkeys with a traditional bow and without a blind is [...]
Why We Miss
A successful competitive archer I know once commented that the task of shooting a bow accurately is more mental than physical. She contended that most people can quickly learn the physical processes of shooting, but that training one’s mind to perform those functions with a high level of consistency is the true challenge. [...]
A Shot From the Past—Chet Stevenson
This article was written in 1990 by the late Dave Doran of Bend, Oregon. I first met Chet in 1975. I had heard about him from Larry D. Jones. We were mostly interested in making and hunting with yew bows, so Larry said I should meet him since Chet had taken quite a [...]