Bowhunters today benefit from much larger deer herds and better equipment than was available during the 1970s.
When bowhunting elk in the Rocky Mountains, you're seldom alone. Pine squirrels are seldom far from sight or sound, and sometimes bears, pine martens and mice keep things interesting.
When Karl Malcolm heard a bull bugle from atop a nearby ridge at midmorning, he hoofed his way to the scene. After seeing an elk ear twitch nearby, he arrowed the first elk to leave the thicket.
A young cougar made national news when it got killed on a Connecticut highway in June. But cases of long-distance travels by wildlife aren't rare, and usually involve young males looking for territories of their own.
If bow mechanics could plan inspections and maintenance work for us, they’d schedule our appointments at least two months before opening day. But because they can’t do our planning for us, archery pro shops are now witnessing the annual mid- to late-August panic as frantic bowhunters rush in each morning when the doors open. […]
If not for the shock, maybe I should have raced downtown to buy a Powerball ticket after shooting my first Robin Hood during a recent lunch break. That’s right: I drilled one arrow down the tube of another arrow already in the target’s bull’s-eye. In this case, the center-spot on one of my 3-D […]
As bowhunters scout public lands for elk and deer, be alert for illegal marijuana-growing operations. These "grows" are showing up across the United States and into Canada.
Scientists are learning how to predict areas where wolf attacks will occur as North America's largest canine predator expands its range.
Recent research finds that while fatal attacks on people by black bears are rare, their numbers have increased the past 50 years. In most cases, the bears were hunting their victims.
Coyotes have long been part of the landscape across much of the whitetail's range. But these "dogs" aren't native to Southeastern states. Since showing up there since the 1960s, they've often found easy pickings on newborn fawns.
A 30-inch eastern hognose snake suns itself in a backyard woods' archery range.
While test-shooting four models of 100-grain broadheads recently, I couldn’t help but think about my first archery season for white-tailed deer 40 years ago. My bowhunting setup in 1971 consisted of cedar arrows, Bear Razorhead broadheads, and a 43-pound Bear Grizzly recurve bow. I traded away that bow in 1974 after switching to an Allen […]
The state of Wisconsin had little choice but to buy an 80-acre site in the middle of the state that once held the world's worst outbreak of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer.
More states are making room for crossbows during their regular archery big-game seasons. The reason? Crossbows not only recruit new bowhunters, they retain bowhunters who would normally drop out at older ages.
Why do so many hunter/gatherers feel the need to cost-justify their activities by trying to calculate the value of venison or fish they bring home? Does a golfer, softball player or flower-gardener cost-justify their hobbies and recreation?
Deer researchers attending the 2011 Southeast Deer Study Group meeting in Oklahoma City got to view and learn more about the remarkable traditional bowhunting program at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant.
Unlike most hunting shows, "The Wild Within" on the Travel Channel doesn’t shy from showing blood, raw meat or incisions exposing an abdominal or chest cavity. Host Steven Rinella celebrates meat more than antlers, proudly displaying choice cuts as prime trophies.
You'll find few bows, arrows or archery targets at the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, but it's a great place to get a sneak peek at the year's top optics, clothing, footwear for bowhunters.
The ATA Trade Show is so large it's impossible to visit every manufacturer's booth. Time is precious, so manufacturers focus on their "paying customers" -- pro shops and other archery dealers.
