Building a bow from scratch taught me more about respect for life and balance in the wild than any modern gear ever could.

One hunter successfully harvested his fourth bear in six years using a primitive recurve bow. The heaviest bear reported this season weighed 649 pounds and was from Potter County. Less than 3% of ...

A study reviews the archaeological evidence and concludes that the famous bow made of horn, wood, and sinew did not appear until the Late Bronze Age, probably in the Near East, dismantling earlier ...

Zach Borger switched from modern compound bows to primitive longbows for a greater challenge ... Self bows are made from a ...

A Pennsylvania archer enjoys the sport so much he hand crafts his arrows from trees, stones and turkey feathers. For most archers, it is convenient to purchase arrows and broadheads from a store to ...

A Pennsylvania archer handcrafts his own arrows from trees, stones, and turkey feathers. Zach Borger switched from modern compound bows to primitive longbows for a greater challenge. The archer has ...

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 ...

Bill Decker eyed the fencepost carefully, sizing up its potential. Gray and decayed on the outside, it wouldn’t have looked like much to an outsider, but Decker knew it was destined for greatness.

How would you like to learn a skill that was practiced by your ancestors during the Neolithic era more than 5,000 years ago, and uses the same basic materials? A bow drill is the oldest known human ...