Tag Archives: compound bow

Let-Off Explained: How Compound Bows Ease Your Holding Weight

John Dudley in a full draw with a compound bow.

Let-off is the mechanical magic that lets a compound archer hold a heavy bow at full draw with almost no effort. Here is how it works and how to use it.

Draw Weight Selection Guide: Matching Your Bow to How You Shoot

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A complete draw weight selection guide covering discipline, body type, let-off, arrow spine, and safe progression so you pull the poundage that actually fits your shooting.

Hunting Compound Bows: How to Match a Rig to Your Quarry

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A field-first guide to choosing a hunting compound bow — how draw weight, speed, axle length, and let-off actually translate to clean kills on whitetail, elk, and everything in between.

Parts of a Compound Bow: 12 Essential Parts Explained

Parts of a compound bow labeled diagram showing riser, cams, limbs, and bowstring

A clear, beginner-friendly breakdown of every part of a compound bow — riser, cams, limbs, string, sight, rest, peep, and more — and what each one does.

3D Archery for Beginners: 7 Essential Basics

3D archery for beginners: archers shooting foam deer targets on a wooded course

3D archery for beginners: how foam-target courses work, ASA vs IBO scoring, the gear you need, and why to start in a known-distance division.

World Champ Banned 3 Years | Archery Weekly Jun 29–Jul 5

PSE Sicario Carbon compound bow drawn by a bowhunter in 2026

Compound champ Mariana Bernal’s 3-year doping ban, the 357 fps PSE Sicario, Gillingham back to Bowtech, and a Madrid-to-Yankton July.

Sheetal Devi Breaks Own Record | Archery Weekly Jun 29-Jul 5

Compound archer at full draw during international archery competition

Quick Answer: The biggest archery news of June 29–July 5 came from Nove Mesto, where India’s Sheetal Devi improved her own Asian compound record to 697 with 21 Xs, finishing 13 points clear in qualifying before losing a 143–141 thriller to Great Britain’s Jodie Grinham. Meanwhile the World Cup circuit packed up for its final […]

Brace Height Explained: 5 Proven Ways to Tune It

Archer at full draw with a braced recurve bow at an outdoor range

Quick Answer: Brace height is the distance from the deepest part of your bow’s grip to the string when the bow is strung but not drawn. A lower brace height gives you a faster arrow but punishes bad form; a higher one is slower, quieter, and more forgiving. You measure it with a bow square […]

Release Aid Buying Guide: Matching the Trigger to Your Shot

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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.

Arrow Rests Compared: Drop-Away, Whisker Biscuit & Launcher

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Arrow rests compared head-to-head: how drop-away, full-containment, and launcher rests actually differ, and which one belongs on your compound bow.