The final list in our series comes from the members of our Campfire Forum. It's a longer list, so there's no description for each book. Log in (or sign up for a free membership) and read the full thread Books for Traditional Bowhunters to see some of the reasons these books were suggested. Heck, get [...]
Last weekend, at the Traditional Bowhunter's Expo in Kalamazoo, I visited with some of the people who produced this video. This trailer explains what the video is all about. It is available through 3Rivers Archery and Black Widow Bows. Description: Masters of the Barebow 5 is about making you, the viewer, [...]
David Tetzlaff, our resident book reviewer, reads a lot of archery books so it was hard to pick only a few favorites. If the author sells the book directly, the photo will link to the author's website. Some of these books are available from your favorite archery supply store, or by doing an internet [...]
G. Fred Asbell, is well-known for the books he's written on instinctive shooting and stalking or still-hunting, and for his shooting school held every spring at Black Widow Bows in Missouri. He also served as President of the Pope and Young Club for many years. Here are a few books that influenced him over [...]
TBM Co-Editor Don Thomas has written many books and articles about everything from archery to wingshooting. Here are a few of his favorites. If the author sells the book directly, the photo will link to the author's website. Some of these books are available from your favorite archery supply store, or by doing an [...]
Terry Harris, of Alabama, has taken on a magnificent project to commemorate traditional archery and raise funds for two worthy organizations. He has circulated a beautiful Howard Hill longbow to many of today’s “torchbearers of traditional archery.” The bow, aptly named The Tradition Lives On, will be raffled off, along with a booklet [...]
The Witchery of Archery by Maurice Thompson Probably the first book that introduced target and field archers into the idea of hunting with the bow and arrow. It is a classic piece of bowhunting literature that belongs in every bowhunter’s library. Archer in Africa by Bill Negley Bill Negley was one of [...]
At eight o’clock on a beautiful Sunday morning, members of the Hawaiian Archery Association were preparing for an American Round handicap tournament. One of the shooters, H.J. Green, recounted what happened next. “We were wondering why the Army and Navy were having such a heavy practice…we had never heard such loud maneuvers before. [...]
The archer’s stiff muscles are beginning to shiver a bit as his warm breath circles slowly in the frosty still November air. The warming sunlight is just beginning to filter through to the forest floor, and soften the hard-frosted leaves of the previous night. While beginning to daydream about hot coffee and fresh [...]
The trail, if you could call it a trail, followed a long rising bench above the river. The rain had stopped but everything was drippy wet and it seemed that each disturbed drop had managed to find its way into my hip waders. Cresting a small rise I spotted the main section of [...]
