I recall years ago, encountering a certain “Herd Bull” on a couple of traditional archery forums, and feeling inspired by the photos and stories that this person shared. A short time later, I discovered through the pages of TBM, that this “person” was actually Mike Mitten and his exploits in the field were [...]
Our friends over at Bowga Hunting made this short video celebrating Aldo Leopold, one of the great leaders of the conservation movement as well as hunter responsibilities and ethics. If you haven't read A Sand County Almanac, find a copy! Bowga Hunting has a great website for both traditional and modern [...]
If you spend enough time in the woods, you eventually come to the conclusion that hunting with binoculars is much better than hunting without them. But how do you carry them along? Inside your backpack, on a strap around your neck, dangling from a chest harness exposed to the elements…tucked into a vest [...]
For years traditional archers have been looking for a fix to solve the wet, soggy fletching and poor flight that can come from an arrow with flat feathers. From powders to sprays to putting covers on them, to even using condoms, there are many ways to try and keep feathers dry. Now before [...]
“I can’t see it!” That was the normal cry heard from a few of us boys who, shielding our eyes against the sun, were looking straight up trying to see a twenty-two-cent arrow just shot from one of their little fiberglass bows. It was a test of how powerful our bows were. If [...]
During the brief interim that I hunted with a compound, my good friend Tim Endsley was selling his version of the bow sling, under his Bad Medicine Archery label. I loved this little sling so much that I asked him to design and produce a counterpart for trad bows. With him being too [...]
What to do when forced to stay home. When Michael Rennie and his alien spacecraft fell out of the sky in The Day The Earth Stood Still, it was duly noted that it caused severe pandemonium and fright to the earth’s inhabitants. And how about when Kenny Rodgers sang “I just dropped in [...]
Stone Glacier started out as a company who made ultralight backpacks, but has grown exponentially, and now offers high quality hunting apparel as well. I was fortunate enough to score both the De Havilland jacket and pant, shortly after visiting the Stone Glacier booth while attending the Western Hunting Expo, back in March. [...]
Who doesn’t like the looks and nostalgia of vintage archery gear? When it comes to any dyed-in-the-wool traditional archer, there can’t be many who don’t appreciate what the classic Bear Archery logo stands for, or the pride and wanderlust that it evokes. Well, if you’ve been paying attention to the folks at 3Rivers [...]
Hoffman Boots is a fourth-generation business located in Kellogg, Idaho. Their mode of operation has always been to offer “high quality, functional products at a fair price.” The Hoffman name had been familiar to me for years, since they produce top notch logging and lineman boots. But they’ve only been offering hunting-specific boots [...]
