How to Set Up a Traditional Bow

When you get a new traditional bow, whether it be a longbow, recurve, or selfbow, there are a few things you'll need to set up before you go out to the archery range and shoot a few arrows or get out into the field for some bow hunting. This video will [...]

How to Set Up a Traditional Bow2025-05-14T09:23:44-06:00

Takedown Carbon Arrows

Everyone who shoots a bow, whether it be a longbow, recurve or even a compound bow, breaks an arrow sooner or later. It can happen during practice or during a hunt, but it will happen at some point. A few days ago I was shooting at doves. There were a plethora of them [...]

Takedown Carbon Arrows2025-04-12T12:04:03-06:00

Must-Know Math for Bowhunters

Shooting game animals is no small responsibility. The future of our shooting sports ultimately will be judged on our ability to make clean kills in the name of wildlife management. I was part of the 1950s and ‘60s, when a deer gun was a lever or pump action for numerous fast shots at [...]

Must-Know Math for Bowhunters2025-03-07T14:33:58-07:00

Handle Your Arrow By The Nock

Favorite Bow Poll I have often heard that the first arrow is the only one that counts, because few hunters get a second shot. If you subscribe to that notion, it might be due to the way you handle your arrow while nocking. One significant advantage of traditional bows over compounds is how [...]

Handle Your Arrow By The Nock2025-02-11T11:36:56-07:00

Paul Bunyan Bucks—Traditional Archives

Left to right: Eugene Reeber, Leo Lange, and Nelson Grumley. Back in the days of lumberjacks and logging camps they told the story of the “winter of the blue snow” when meat was scarce. During that time of starvation and bitter cold the legendary Paul Bunyan stepped up and proved that he was [...]

Paul Bunyan Bucks—Traditional Archives2025-01-16T13:37:06-07:00

Managing Buck Fever

I was thirteen years old and had just finished crawling through knee-deep Wisconsin snow in December to position myself within bow range of a deer feeding in a cut corn field. In addition to the numbingly cold temperature, I recall feeling heat pounding in my ear drums and slight trembling throughout my body. [...]

Managing Buck Fever2024-08-22T08:42:20-06:00

Bury Your Dutch Oven

Dutch oven cooking is fun and easy! Do you ever wish you had a hot meal waiting when you got back to camp from a long day in the field? Here's a video showing how to do it. Burying a Dutch oven is one of those things you often hear about [...]

Bury Your Dutch Oven2024-08-08T15:05:04-06:00

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

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

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
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