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Stand out, by personalizing the look and performance of your arrows Today, archers can choose not only from a vast assortment of arrow shafts, but also a seemingly endless array of options for dressing them up. Once the bare carbon or aluminum shafts, wraps (optional), fletching, inserts, nocks, and tips are in hand, it’s all … Read more
It’s late summer and most of us are eager to place our early season stands. Indeed, where seasons are open, the earliest days are a great time to score with your bow. Here’s how to hone in on those prime stand locations. Pinpointing Deer Your first priority is to sort out the deer movement, and … Read more
Recurves and Longbows Demand a Different Approach to Archery I was 12 when I got my first wooden longbow and a quiver full of then state-of-the-art fibreglass arrows. Living in the country gave me plenty of time and area to hone my archery skills. I practised incessantly, stump shooting at every opportunity. Fast forward a … Read more
Back in the early 90’s, like a lot of us, I shot my compound with a leather shooting glove and continued as a finger shooter for the first five years of my foray into the exciting world of bowhunting. Since then, substantial innovations have resulted in shorter axle-to-axle lengths, riser modifications, advanced limb designs, and … Read more
Bowhunting over bait can be fun, but if you really want an adrenaline rush, try spotting and stalking a black bear at eye level. Before you go, however, be sure to practice shooting – a lot. The best pre-hunt advice I can offer is to practice shooting at a 3D target from variable distances. Targets … Read more
Using a simple box call, my wife Heather, and I stood on a logging road mid-mountain. Letting out a series of yelps, we were abruptly cut off by an eager gobbler. After scrambling through thick evergreens, we broke into the most perfect clearing you could imagine. It had giant fir trees to hide behind, and … Read more
Gone are the days of shooting at hay bales. Today archers have plenty of high-performance target options to choose from. To be an effective archer, practice is a must. If we hope to achieve consistent accuracy, repetitious shooting is a must. Only by drawing and releasing hundreds, if not thousands, of arrows, can we as … Read more
