Tag Archives: compound archery

How to Measure Draw Length at Home Without a Bow Shop

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Learn how to measure draw length at home using the wingspan method, the wall trick, and a measuring arrow — no pro shop or expensive tools required.

Recurve vs Compound Bow: Which Is Right for You?

Recurve vs compound bow comparison showing two recurve bows and two compound bows side by side

Quick Answer: The recurve vs compound bow decision comes down to how you want to shoot. A recurve bow is simpler, cheaper, more portable, and holds full draw weight in your fingers, which builds form and suits target shooting and traditional archery. A compound bow uses cams and cables to cut holding weight by 65–85%, […]

Garcia Shoots 719/720 Near-Perfect Score | Archery Weekly Mar 10-16

Indoor archery competition with three archers aiming at targets during tournament

Sebastian Garcia shoots 719/720 at Mexico’s national trials, 16-year-old Grezzani wins European Indoor barebow gold, NASP state tournaments draw record youth participation, and spring turkey gear arrives.

Draw Length Measurement: How to Find Your True Fit

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Draw length measurement is the single spec that makes or breaks your shot. Learn how to measure it accurately, why it matters, and how to dial it in on a compound bow.

Archery Anchor Point: 7 Rules for Repeatable Accuracy

Bowhunter at full draw with consistent archery anchor point from treestand

Three out of every four wild misses inside thirty yards trace back to one fault: a sloppy archery anchor point. Coaches at Nock On call it the single most decisive piece of form in either style. If your release hand lands in a slightly different spot on every shot, your arrows will too — no […]

Schloesser Wins 12th Antalya Gold | Archery Weekly Jun 8-14

Mike Schloesser celebrates his 12th compound World Cup individual stage gold at Antalya 2026

Mike Schloesser hit his 12th World Cup individual gold in a shoot-off, Zhu Jingyi backed up her Puebla title, India stunned Korea in the recurve mixed team final, and Türkiye answered a European Championship setback with home-soil compound gold.

India Stuns Korea, Schloesser Wins 10 | Archery Jun 8-14

Mike Schloesser Antalya 2026 archery World Cup gold compound men

The Antalya archery week ended with two stories that will travel further than the venue blurb suggests. Mike Schloesser collected his 10th individual World Cup gold on a windy Saturday, and on Sunday a 17-year-old from Maharashtra and her 25-year-old teammate handed Korea’s reigning Olympic mixed-team duo a 5-1 loss in the gold-medal match. Between […]

USA Tops Pan Am Medals | Archery Weekly May 25-31, 2026

USA tops Pan Am medals in Medellín, Williams sets two recurve 50+ world records, Veronica’s Cup opens in Kamnik, and Yankton confirms its 10-event 2026 outdoor slate.

Team USA Tops Pan American Medellin Medal Table | Archery Weekly May 25-31, 2026

Pan American archery 2026 hit a US-flavored peak in Medellin this week, with Team USA dragging 31 medals out of the Unidad Deportiva Andrés Escobar and Mark Williams pulling two pending world records off the recurve 50+ lines. Across the Atlantic, Slovenia hosted the tenth edition of Veronica’s Cup with the world’s hottest compound shooters […]

Türkiye Sweeps Antalya Compound Titles | Archery Weekly May 18-24, 2026

Recurve archer at full draw aiming at outdoor target during European archery championships

Türkiye sweeps both compound titles at Antalya 2026, Bakker wins first major in recurve as Germany claims both team golds, and three world records fall — your full archery week.