My first bow was a fiberglass recurve that I found in my grandparent’s attic. It would barely stick arrows into the target, but you couldn’t pry that thing from my grimy five-year-old hands. Youth ...

In the beginning, prehistoric man hunted with stones and wooden spears. Archeologists are not sure when man first used the bow and arrow for hunting, but likely it occurred in Africa. Cave paintings ...

How to draw a compound bow? Simply grab the grip and yank back on the string until you can’t pull any farther, right? Unfortunately, or maybe happily, drawing and shooting a compound bow is more ...

I couldn’t even begin to guess how many different bows I’ve shot over the years. Let’s just say it’s a bunch and leave it at that. I do know this with absolute certainty: The best compound bows of ...

An aerospace engineer by day, Corey Hass gets his kicks in the mountains and deserts of the southwest on weekends. For the last two years, he's been trying to trail run Grand Teton, but has, to-date, ...

I’ve been testing the best compound bows head-to-head for Field & Stream since 2013. In that time, no other hunting bow brand has caused more of a reaction among readers than Mathews. On the one hand, ...

“Like an expert singer skilled at lyre and song—who strains a string to a new peg with ease, making the pliant sheep-gut fast at either end—so with his virtuoso ease Odysseus strung his mighty bow.

In the modern age of archery, amid intricate ligh weight compound bows, carbon arrows, and a plethora of gadgets, there is a small but dedicated group of archers who cling to the traditional way.