Quick Answer: The 2026 European Youth Archery Championships wrapped July 25 in Rome with 377 athletes from 40 countries competing across recurve, compound, and barebow divisions. Elsewhere this week: Cara Kelly claimed the IBO Women’s Triple Crown after a dominant three-leg season with Team Mathews, Pope and Young took a firm stand against Alaska’s proposed […]
Two compound bows can look identical and cost hundreds apart. Here’s the engineering behind the price tag — and where your money actually stops buying speed.
The pin count debate misses the point. Aperture diameter, fiber thickness, bubble level placement, and pin gauge decide whether your bow sight actually helps you hit the mark — and these specs play out very differently across single pin and multi-pin builds.
Confused by compound bow prices? Here’s how to match your budget to the way you actually shoot — so you buy the right bow the first time, not the most expensive one.
A step-by-step guide to sharpening fixed-blade and single-bevel broadheads with files, stones, and a strop — plus the rubber-band test that proves an edge is hunt-ready.
A practical release aid buying guide for compound archers — how wrist-strap, thumb-button, and hinge releases differ, and which one actually fits the way you shoot.
A practical breakdown of single pin and multi-pin bow sights for compound shooters — how each handles distance, speed, and the moment of truth on a target or in the field.
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.
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 […]
What actually rides in a serious bowhunter’s pack, what stays in the truck box, and the night-before walk-through that prevents blown opening mornings.