Conservation officials responsible for manage ment of our wildlife resources tell us that the crux of the problem of an adequate supply of game is land. People differ in ideas as to how land best may be used. Forestry, farming, wildlife, and man made works are in conflict one with another because […]

‘Hunting small game with the bow can turn out to be a frustrating instead of an exciting experience. Providing a chance to sharpen your powers of observation and to test your marksmanship with the bow, small game hunting quickly loses its appeal when a two hour tramp fails to produce a single […]

‘Venison that has been properly dressed, well pre served, and, correctly cooked is delicious food. Cooking tests made in the School of Home Economics of the Pennsylvania State University indicated that correctly cooked venison which had been properly cared for after killing probably could not be distinguished from beef of a similar […]

‘We have been like hunters who have lost the points of the heavens and from whom the sun has been held for days,’ said Hawk-eye, […]

In the Allegheny National Forest, the United States Forest Service is confronted with the problem of supporting an unbalanced sex ratio in the deer herd on an overbrowsed range. Under an archaic buck rule only a distressingly small percentage of the deer population contained within the boun daries of the forest is […]

Monotony probably drives more archers into re tirement than age or any other factor. Over the years, a sur prisingly large number of archers who do not hunt have laid aside the bow because of lack of variety in the shoots conducted by their local clubs. When a club offers nothing but […]

Baby powder, adhesive tape, paper clips, glue, pins, thread, rubber bands, pencil, file, pliers, bees wax; the list of items found in an archer’s kit is as endless as the variety of items found in a house wife’s sewing basket. The simile does not end there as the bowman too is apparently […]

Second only to the bow in importance is the bow string. The diameter is limited to the width of the arrow nock and a good bow string must maintain a constant length under repeated stress and in changing weather conditions. The string is subjected to unusually hard wear at the arrow nocking […]

The sport of archery is relatively safe, although the bow is rightfully classed as a lethal weapon and was the means by which ancient man gained physical superiority over the animal kingdom. In ancient armies, archers were the coun terpart of the modern infantrymen. Wars of conquest were decided in battles in […]

Probably no single accessory has caused more dis cussion and controversy among archers than the bow sight. The modern archer was the first to adopt the principle of the gun sight to the bow. Our ancestors shot without any mechanical sighting aids. Today archers are divided roughly into two camps designated respectively […]