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Jun
Jun
How much draw weight you really need for deer and elk — legal minimums, the kinetic energy that matters, and how to pick a poundage you can actually shoot.
25
Jun
Jun
A complete bow maintenance guide for compound shooters. Learn how to wax strings, inspect cams and limbs, spot wear early, and keep your bow shooting true season after season.
25
Jun
Jun
Quick Answer: To string a recurve bow, slip the larger top string loop onto the upper limb and seat the bottom loop in the lower limb grooves, then attach a bow stringer — saddle on the top limb, pouch over the bottom tip. Step on the stringer cord with both feet, pull the bow straight […]
24
Jun
Jun
Arrow FOC controls accuracy and penetration. Here is the front of center formula, ideal FOC for hunting, and how to increase it.
24
Jun
Jun
Quick Answer: To aim a recurve bow, build a repeatable shot first — a stable stance, relaxed grip, and an anchor point you hit the same way every time. Then pick an aiming method: use a bow sight for precision, the arrow tip for gap shooting, the string for string walking, or pure focus for […]
23
Jun
Jun
Quick Answer: A fixed blade broadhead penetrates deeper, holds up against heavy bone, and forgives nothing in your tune. A mechanical broadhead flies like a field point and cuts a wider hole, but loses 2 to 4 inches of penetration on most shots and breaks more often when it hits a scapula. For bone-heavy game […]
23
Jun
Jun
A hands-on walkthrough of building your own arrows in 2026 — from reading a spine chart honestly to cutting, fletching, and verifying the finished shaft on the bench.
23
Jun
Jun
Bareshaft tuning is the fastest honest read you can get on a compound bow. Strip the fletching off two identical arrows, shoot them next to a fletched group at 10 yards, and the unfletched shaft tells you exactly which way the bow is fighting your form. Paper tuning catches gross errors. Bareshaft tuning catches the […]
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Jun
Jun
NASP’s national finals filled the Daytona Ocean Center this week, USA Archery dropped the 2026 calendar that puts Yankton at the center of the sport from June through October, and the archery world lost Boris Isachenko at 67. The Mathews ARC 30 and ARC 34 also kept generating noise after Mike’s Archery and Extreme Outfitters […]
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Jun
Jun
NASP nationals wrap in Daytona, the NBEF honors Marilyn Bentz, World Archery expands its Development Support Program, and Yankton settles into the 2026 outdoor archery capital seat. Archery Weekly Jun 15-22, 2026.