When Joshua Hood looks at a Pacific yew tree, he sees more than just the beginnings of a bow. He sees a partnership that spans generations, a meditation on balance, tension and rest — a lifeway ...

There are many forms that meditation can take in nature. Devotees of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, practice a slow saunter through the woods while soaking in its energy. Lovers of labyrinths lose ...

Like many bowhunters, the number of bows I own keeps increasing as the years pass. I stored them wherever I had extra room: under beds, on bicycle hooks, and in closets. For years I’ve procrastinated, ...

Many of us in the archery and bowhunting community are familiar with Martin Archery. Growing up, I remember seeing their advertisements for compound bows on the back of most hunting magazines.

When a new moon arrives near the winter solstice, Cherokee bow makers go to the woods to cut and gather wood from Bois d’arc ...

STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) – Searching the landscape of scrubby forest along the Red River basin, one tree still grows that’s prized by Native American hunters and modern ones too. “It’s native to ...

We all struggle to make bows from time to time, don’t we! There are so many different ways to tackle bow-making and goodness knows, the experts make it look so easy! I’m envious of those crafters who ...

When Ike Floyd went to the headquarters for RER Bows in Merrill, Wisconsin, to buy a new traditional bow, he didn’t expect to end up being one of the new co-owners of the company. Ike, 19, and his ...

Many young hunters will be hitting the deer woods for the first time this fall, but one young hunter has been making his mark since the opening morning of archery season. Zane Harris, an 11-year old ...

When Ike Floyd went to the headquarters for RER Bows in Merrill, Wis., to buy a new traditional bow, he didn’t expect to end up being one of the new co-owners of the company.