Arm Strength Enhancers for Traditional Archery

During the off season, or when shooting your bow isn't an option, you can strengthen your archery muscles using a simple tool that works for me. This arm strength enhancer is easy and economical to build, and fun to use. All you need is a 4" piece of fairly hefty PVC pipe, an [...]

Arm Strength Enhancers for Traditional Archery2024-07-26T15:21:12-06:00

Traditional Wisdom: Choosing A Traditional Bow

Many people are upping the excitement and challenge of bowhunting by electing to use traditional bows. As a reader of TBM, you likely need little help deciding on a traditional bow, yet most often hunters considering the switch turn to those already involved for advice. Bowhunters who have five or more decades of [...]

Traditional Wisdom: Choosing A Traditional Bow2024-07-26T15:30:31-06:00

Archery Accuracy and Nock Fit

Some years ago, I stumbled upon an accuracy tip that reduced my group sizes by 25%. The string I had initially purchased with my bow had a center serving that was beautifully done in an interesting checkered pattern. I was eventually disappointed when my arrow nocks began to wear through the serving. I [...]

Archery Accuracy and Nock Fit2024-07-24T10:48:52-06:00

Slingshots

A slingshot can be very helpful in many bowhunting situations such as diverting a deer's attention; rousting a deer from heavy brush; hunting small game; strengthening your arms; and improving your aim. Shooting a slingshot improves your hand/eye coordination as well, and can be practiced almost anywhere. Plus, it's really fun! Formal targets [...]

Slingshots2024-07-17T09:56:59-06:00

The Woods Look Different At Night—Use A Compass

Over twenty years ago, a friend of mine was giving me an impromptu lesson on coon hound training along a familiar creek on our farm. When his pup finally treed, we started into the woods at the creek crossing and three hundred yards later, turned left, away from the creek, and walked fifty [...]

The Woods Look Different At Night—Use A Compass2024-07-17T10:12:06-06:00

Wild Game Burger Doesn’t Have to be Dry

Ground game meat can seem dry compared to fatty beef that many consumers are accustomed to eating. Often, when game is commercially processed, the processor will purchase cheap pork fat to mix into the ground meat. Preferring to maintain a healthy organic product, I process all of our game meat myself. For burger [...]

Wild Game Burger Doesn’t Have to be Dry2024-07-09T14:15:07-06:00

Adventures on the Martin

The whine of the diesel pushed us down the rain-soaked asphalt, green moss popping up through the cracks in the shoulder. The trees lining the highway from the airport drip with tendrils of olive and gray, a moss that resembles Hagrid’s beard. The sharp peaks push up straight from the Copper River Delta [...]

Adventures on the Martin2024-07-09T14:10:50-06:00

Archery Golf with Traditional Bows

Hunting season is just around the corner, and Archery Golf is a great way to stretch your legs and bow limbs. The basic idea is to set up target "pucks" at different distances with surrounding hazards such as rocks and trees, then count the number of shots it takes to hit or knock [...]

Archery Golf with Traditional Bows2024-07-03T11:07:29-06:00

Five Blister Prevention Tips

When you do a lot of stalking on the ground, you can cover a few miles in no time. The quickest way to make a hunt uncomfortable is to develop blisters while you are hiking. Here is a quick video with a few tips on how to avoid blisters. Is there [...]

Five Blister Prevention Tips2024-07-03T11:45:30-06:00

The Bowhiking Chronicles #050112: The Shakedown

Sheyk-doun; verb A shakedown is a period of testing or a trial journey undergone by a ship, aircraft or other craft and its crew before being declared operational. Statistically, a proportion of the components will fail after a relatively short period of use, and those that survive this period can be expected to last for [...]

The Bowhiking Chronicles #050112: The Shakedown2025-04-15T21:38:09-06:00
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