The compound bow dominates the world of archery and archery hunting. But once upon a simpler time a bow was a simple weapon constructed of stick and string. Looking over the space aged modern ...

In the modern age of archery, amid intricate ligh weight compound bows, carbon arrows, and a plethora of gadgets, there is a small but dedicated group of archers who cling to the traditional way.

In the beginning, there were self bows - bows made from a single piece of wood - longbows and the improved but still primitive recurve bows to sustain millennia of wild-animal-eating humans and their ...

A surge of interest in traditional archery spurred Lancaster Archery Club to hold its first Traditional Archery 3-D Shoot last weekend. Lee Vivian, a longtime traditional archer, explained that there ...

Sam Deojay is a longtime handyman, so when his son broke the longbow he’d been using to practice archery, he figured, “I’ve got enough wood, I’ll make one. How hard can it be?” He found out just how ...

Archery is about the feel of the string being released and watching the arrow fly toward its intended target. That’s the mindset for an Erie County archer who strives to keep traditional archery ...

When a U.S. soldier at Camp Cuervo in Baghdad, Iraq, put out a request for donations of traditional archery equipment for his unit, the Michigan Longbow Association could have easily sent over a few ...

There are many forms that meditation can take in nature. Devotees of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, practice a slow saunter through the woods while soaking in its energy. Lovers of labyrinths lose ...

As with most archery deer hunters, whether they hunt with traditional or modern equipment, Gary Savaloja says his ultimate goal is to shoot a trophy buck, a quest that remains elusive. Gary Savaloja, ...

Archery expert Grizzly Jim looks at 10 bow-and-arrow scenes from popular TV shows and movies and rates them based on realism. He looks at "Hawkeye" S1E1 (2021), "The Hunger Games" (2012), "Brave" ...