The Meeting of Pope and Young
The biggest thing to happen to archery since sticks and string.
The Declination of a Bowhunter
For any hunter, fancies flip and flop and morph. Change seems a common entity. As a bowhunter, my lifelong hunting journey was no exception. A green vine, thumb-sized and flexible, served well for the bow – in those tender years of boyhood. A three-day life maximum...
Where the Buffalo Roam
It’s possible to stick Australia’s Asiatic buffalo with a bow, but be prepared for painful stalks and saltwater crocodiles.
How to Shoot a Bow and Arrow
Saxton Pope has been dead for nearly a century, but 21st-century archers can still get a personal shooting lesson from the master via his writings.
Archery Traditions: Crafting Wooden Arrows
Traditional archery has a way of embedding itself irrevocably into one’s psyche, and there are a few folks for whom it goes well beyond shooting or hunting. Grandpa loved to feed his hogs. He would trudge across the narrow tar-and-gravel coal road there in the bottom...
Tips for Safe, Successful Archery Hunts
How to prevent injuries and prepare for a safe, successful archery hunt this season The general-season archery bull elk permits (which are unlimited) went on sale online on July 16. That archery hunt and the buck mule deer archery hunt begins Saturday, August 15 and...
Sharpen Your Skills As Well As Your Broadheads In Arkansas
Many bowhunters pour over the sharpness of their broadheads, the look of their arrows and the conditions of their bows. Some new locations provided by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission offer year-round opportunities to keep the rust off and keep your shooting form...
Georgia Archery Season Opens Sept. 14
Archery hunters in Georgia will get to hit the woods beginning Saturday, Sept. 14 for their chance at bringing home some venison, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Last year, 80,000 archery hunters harvested...
My First Buck with a Bow
Saxton Pope, the father of modern archery, takes his first whitetail with stick and string.
My Greatest Shot: Lob Shot
One of several great shots featured in Sporting Classics’ Guns & Hunting 2015 issue.