Staying Sharp: Bowhunting Practice Tips
Blank bale shooting is an excellent off-season shooting drill. Focus less on where the arrow is impacting the bale and more on proper shot execution and form. Photo courtesy of Terry Wunderle. Those...
View ArticleThe Home Bow Mechanic
Some of the most fundamental alterations to your bow set-up -- like adjusting your draw weight -- can also be the most effective in improving your form and accuracy in the field. Photo by Mitch...
View ArticleThree Essential Keys For Archery Form
One time when I was living at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, Mark Hainline, former world championship team member, and I were teaching archery lessons to a group of beginners....
View ArticleTips For Off-Season Bow Prep
Blank bale shooting is an excellent off-season shooting drill. Focus less on where the arrow is impacting the bale and more on proper shot execution and form. Photo courtesy of Terry Wunderle. As deer...
View ArticleTips for Building Your Own Hunting Arrows
Mass-produced arrows often leave much to be desired. Common themes include fletchings set too far forward and a lack of adequate helical to ensure broadhead accuracy. A decent fletching jig is one of...
View ArticleArrow Energy: Are You Packing Enough Punch For Trophy Bucks?
Everything from broadhead weight to blade sharpness can have an effect on penetration and, thus, the blood trail you’re left to work with. Photo by Brad Herndon/windigoimages.com. Want to start an...
View ArticleDeer of the Day – New Jersey Velvet Buck, Al Lipscomb
While hunting the second day of New Jersey’s bow season in Atlantic County, Al Lipscomb was able to take this fantastic 11-point, still-in-velvet, 7 1/2-year-old buck. The deer came in with two other...
View Article5 Ways You Can Miss A Whitetail
There’s no debate that there are more ways to miss a shot at a good buck than there are ways to hit one. Take these factors into account before — and when — your shot arrives, and your odds of...
View ArticleKeep Your Cool: Bowhunting Practice Tips
Effective archery practice involves more than the physical act of shooting the bow. Hunters should visualize a scenario for each practice shot, imagining the pressure of executing a shot in front of a...
View ArticlePre-Season Practice for Bowhunters
One of the best ways to prepare for the season is to shoot three-dimensional targets in realistic scenarios. Photo by Mitch Kezar/windigoimages.com. Late in the winter when deer season ends, most bows...
View ArticleBow Basics: How to Improve Your Sight Picture
Have you ever put your sight pin on a target or deer and observed more movement than you would see in the hula skirt of a Hawaiian dancer? Many archers share this common dilemma. Having a poor sight...
View ArticleTy Schaefer Buck: Pennsylvania’s New No. 4 Typical of All Time
As Ty Schaefer and his grandfather rode in the back of the pickup truck, staring in amazement at Ty’s first archery kill, the young hunter thought back to a nearly identical scene two years earlier....
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