S3DA: Helping Young Archers Prepare to Bowhunt
Scholastic 3D Archery promotes the sport, offers scholarships, and teaches conservation to youths. S3DA also hosts tournaments that use 3D lifelike animal targets, which offer a great way for youths…
Female Bowhunting Mentors are Rare and Valuable, so Be One!
Female bowhunting mentors are a niche group with an important job. They’re tasked with – and held accountable for – introducing girls and women to bowhunting. Why are these volunteers,…
S3DA Promotes Lifelong Archery and Bowhunting Participation
Increasing the hunting population is a priority for hunter-based organizations, and few groups offer a better pipeline for license-buying conservationists than the Scholastic 3-D Archery program. Dirk Dieterich, S3DA president,…
5 Reasons to Take Archery Lessons
Do you want to try archery for the first time? Or are you a longtime bowhunter, and you want to improve your shooting? What if you can’t remember the last…
Practical Gifts for the Bowhunter in Your Life
Americans open millions of gifts on Christmas morning. Some recipients love their presents. Others hate them. To ensure every bowhunter in your life leaves the Christmas tree smiling, get them…
Bowhunting the Burbs
Going off the grid for days to bowhunt remote places is exciting, but hunting near home is more convenient. Taylor Chamberlin lives just outside Washington, D.C., in suburbia where continuous…
Pick it Up! Keep Wild Places Litter-Free
Over 40 percent of Americans said they’ve littered at least once, according to Credit Donkey. Are you one of them? Before answering, think back. Have you ever flicked a cigarette…
5 Ways Competitive Archery Makes You a Better Bowhunter
Your partners stand silent as you prepare to shoot. The white-tailed deer is broadside at 35 yards. Your heart rate starts racing as you reach full draw. The pressure mounts…
Lessons Learned in the Field
If you think you’ve mastered bowhunting, you have lots to learn. Even expert bowhunters make mistakes when facing challenges and uncertainty. Each day afield offers opportunities to gain knowledge and…
Bowhunting Helps Veterans Cope and Recover
The nation has over 3 million bowhunters and hundreds of thousands of military veterans and service members. In addition, hundreds of organizations across the country reunite or reintroduce veterans to…
