How Your Hunting Laws Change and What You Can Do About It
If you want to protect and secure public land and ensure favorable laws regarding bowhunting, you must actively participate in the legislative process. Thankfully, Bowhunters United makes it easy for…
How to Plan Your First Western Bowhunt
Embarking on your first archery hunt out West can be an exhilarating experience. The rugged landscapes of the Rocky Mountain West combine breathtaking scenery and bountiful hunting opportunity for those…
What’s the Difference in Machined and Cast-Aluminum Treestands?
There are two main types of treestands to consider: cast aluminum and machined aluminum. Both are purpose-built and designed to meet the needs of bowhunters with a wide range of…
Prep Now for Great Fall Food Plots
Deer need food, water and cover to thrive. By creating or improving suitable habitat, bowhunters can increase shot opportunities and help game populations flourish. But habitat improvement takes work. Many…
A Comprehensive Bow Maintenance Checklist
What’s the most important bowhunting tool you have? Easy, it’s your bow! You can’t hunt without it, so it’s important to keep it in tiptop condition. That state of being…
The Best Locations and Habitats for Successful Bowfishing
If you want something fun to do this summer, grab the retired bow in your closet, invest in some bowfishing equipment at a local archery shop, and find the nearest…
Cassie Gasaway BowfishingFeatured June 13, 2023
The Best Bowhunting Podcasts, as Recommended by BU Members
Thanks to the close-range nature of bowhunting, bowhunters have the opportunity to hear unique sounds, like a whitetail pulverizing an acorn with its molars or a gobbler trying to win…
Bowhunting: Knowing the Language
Some activities come with their own terminology. It can take a little while to pick up some of the lingo when you’re new. Understanding the language can be especially difficult…
Why You Should Eat Your Buck’s Testicles (and Heart, Tongue and Liver Too)
The typical American mindset says that eating organs, or offal, is weird and gross — perhaps even something from a Halloween skit. But the truth is that the heart, tongue,…
Overcoming Obstacles
Bowhunting teaches valuable lessons. It requires practice, persistence and the ability to overcome unexpected obstacles. Bowhunters often possess a certain amount of grit. The skills developed through bowhunting can often…
