With the right techniques, and consistent care, the life of your traditional bow can be lengthened significantly. When caring for your bow, there is some regular maintenance that should be done, as well as a few things that should never be done to your bow. Check out a few tips that can lengthen [...]
Throwback Thursday takes us way back to one of the pioneers of bowhunting in the United States. Amazing footage from Art Young's 1926 grizzly bear hunt fueled the fire for many others who desired adventure and challenge in bowhunting with a simple traditional bow. See Next: 3 Yards Away from [...]
On the Run or Stationary Ambush As a bowhunter, its arguable that at the moment of the release, the crux of the shot, that our digits affixed to the end of our hands are most influential to our success. The fingers play an important role, from the obvious task of hooking the string [...]
There are so many things about hunting that I truly love. The preparation long before the hunt that includes figuring out the new regulations, which can be as complicated as writing a term paper on a subject that you think you have knowledge about and find out that you actually know nothing. Making [...]
The polar bear’s head bobbed in and out of sight as it moved through the slabs of broken ice. I leapt off of the dog sled, threw my mittens to the ground, and wrestled out of my heavy down jacket. Grabbing my bow and quiver, I ran forward in my clunky boots to [...]
If you ever have a chance to see one of the great collections of vintage broadheads that travel around the country, do it. One might think that putting a point on an arrow shaft to make it more lethal to deer and other game animals might be a simple matter, but the amount [...]
Many bowhunters make their own bowstrings and there is one major name in bowstring materials that comes to mind: BCY. BCY offers so many different bowstring making materials for all of archery, and they pride themselves in their exceptional customer service. That being said, a specific product line they have carried is being discontinued. [...]
I once made a comment that finding good shooting advice on the internet was like digging a $20 bill out of a septic tank. It has value, but you’ll dig through a lot of “stuff” to find it. That being said, many years ago a traditional bowhunting Texan named Rusty Craine handed us [...]
The more I learn about primitive people the more amazed I am at their intellect, skill, and ingenuity. Regardless of how advanced we become, stone age people still have things to teach us. In this article we will explore another possible example of their engineering that could have resulted in high-performance primitive bows [...]
Many people today are concerned about health: Health for themselves, health for the environment, and health for future generations. Seemingly endless studies on which ever-present chemicals, additives, preservatives, and seed strains are bad for humans and the environment leave us searching for good alternatives from the long, convoluted food supply and distribution network. [...]
