Eat Wild Game and Never Buy Meat Again
Eating nothing but wild game year-round is realistic, but you must work hard and hunt often to keep your freezer full. Wild-game animals provide lean, organic, hormone-free meat. Hunters who…
Cassie Gasaway FeaturedBowhuntingWild Meat April 23, 2020
Wild Turkeys: A Conservation Success Story
Many wildlife species face a gauntlet of threats to their survival, including habitat loss, climate change, rebounding predator populations, and other factors. That makes the wild turkey’s recovery in North…
Joe Shead FeaturedBowhunting April 14, 2020
Turkey Hunting Playbook
Picture this: It’s the evening before your turkey hunt. You’re atop a ridge, listening for gobbles. You soon hear one a few hundred yards away in a swamp. The next…
Scott Einsmann FeaturedBowhunting April 7, 2020
What’s Fair Chase?
The natural world is built upon prey-and-predator relationships. In the bowhunting world, bowhunters are the predators and their prey includes elk, deer, bears and turkeys. Bowhunters use their senses, skills…
Cassie Gasaway FeaturedBowhunting April 2, 2020
Tricky Business: Shot Placement on Turkeys
Shot placement is everything in bowhunting, and bowhunters must always aim for quick and ethical kills. That usually means hitting what hunters call “the vitals,” an animal’s heart-and-lung region. A…
Jackie Holbrook FeaturedBowhunting March 26, 2020
The 7-Month Plan: Beginner to Bowhunter by Fall
Bowhunting is fun, challenging, and great for conservation. If you’re leaning toward becoming a bowhunter, consider these 10 reasons to get started, and then determine opening day in your state,…
Cassie Gasaway FeaturedBowhunting March 19, 2020
Meet Your North American Wild Turkeys
Spring is near, and turkey season will soon open for bowhunters. Turkeys cover most of North America, ranging from parts of Canada to as far south as Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula….
Erik Barber FeaturedBowhunting March 12, 2020
Start Competing in 3D Archery
Everyone welcomes the sight of buds blooming each spring. Bowhunters, however, would rather skip ahead to autumn when the leaves fall off those trees. Yes, some bowhunters get out for…
Jackie Holbrook FeaturedBowhunting March 5, 2020
5 Steps for Bagging Your First Gobbler
Your heart races as a nearby tom gobbles just before strutting into your decoys. As you grab your bow, you hear the gobbler’s unmistakable drumming and its wing tips dragging….
Erik Barber BowhuntingFeaturedHow To March 3, 2020
Winter Deer Scouting
Diehard bowhunters have no offseason. Year-round archery practice is fun and keeps your shooting form in top shape. And whether you’re seeking redemption for the bruiser buck that got away…
Joe Shead FeaturedBowhunting February 20, 2020