A little face protection is a great idea when first testing out your homemade bow. [Austin Karls] made this recurve bow during what he calls an engineer’s Spring break. He settled on the idea after ...

When it comes to traditional archery, recurve bows are hard to beat. In an era where compound bows are continually advancing, recurves keep things simple. These bows provide a challenge for hunters ...

The compound bow dominates the world of archery and archery hunting. But once upon a simpler time a bow was a simple weapon constructed of stick and string. Looking over the space aged modern ...

The tool of choice for most bowhunters is a modern marvel. It’s highly engineered, supremely efficient, and forged from ­aluminum, carbon, steel, and computer-aided algorithms. And then there are the ...

There’s something truly special about hunting with a bow and arrow. It’s a game of precision, patience, and of course, having the right gear. If you’ve never tried it, then you’re in for a treat.

While its design is rather simple, the recurve bow was an impressive achievement when created long ago, allowing an archer to wield a smaller yet more effective bow. The modern recurve hasn’t changed ...

An archer shooting the Samick Sage Takedown Recurve bow at a local club range. Long before carbon limbs and precision-­engineered cams reshaped the world of archery, the wooden recurve bow stood as a ...

CLARA CITY — Dalen Caspers has collected so many trophies attesting to his prowess with a recurve bow that he has to line them on shelves in his home like books at the library, side-by-side. There is ...

In 1980, there were roughly 90,000 bowhunters in New York. By 2010, that number had increased to 260,000. Brian Otto, 54, of Penfield, a member of the shooters advisory staff for the famed Bear ...

The Cloverdale Traditional Archery National event was June 9 and 10 at Cloverdale and is for traditional shooting: you can only shoot a long bow or recurve like the Native Americans used a stick and a ...