I still remember the first compound bow I ever saw. My dad and I belonged to an archery club in Wisconsin in the early 1970s, and everyone there shot recurves. But my dad’s cousin Howard was visiting ...

When you go to a local pro shop to start looking for a beginner compound bow, you’ll hear a bunch of bow terms thrown around: riser, module, buss cable, limbs, limb pockets, and cams. If you’re new to ...

The truth is, you could grab any of the new flagship bows and be successful. But the goal of the Outdoor Life bow test is to determine which of the many good bows out there is the best. To do that we ...

All of a sudden, archery season will be upon us. Like a frost in the morning follows a warm, Indian Summer afternoon. Seems like summer is never going to end. And then bow season is suddenly here.

Top-of-the-line (“flagship”) compound bows from most makers hover around the $1,000 mark. And you can spend more cash tricking the bow out with accessories and buying arrows. Most companies make a ...

Archery is about the feel of the string being released and watching the arrow fly toward its intended target. That’s the mindset for an Erie County archer who strives to keep traditional archery ...