Most of us spend hours preparing our archery equipment for bowhunting season, but when season opens, many shift their focus to the act of hunting itself, relegating gear importance to the backseat. This negligence can lead to blown shots or equipment failure, because, like it or not, hauling your equipment around in a vehicle or…
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Otis the bear is one glorious half-ton of fur and blubber, and for the second year in a row, he’s the winner of Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Championship. What makes a champion? If you’re 480 Otis the bear, it’s patience, experience, and a few thousand salmon. Each fall, rangers in Alaska’s Katmai National Park…
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CrossFit For The Wilderness Athlete Part 2 KNOW THYSELF Right now is the time of the year where you should be at your physical “peak”. The animals are active, the weather is cooling down, and even out here in Phoenix, Arizona I am able to walk outside without bursting into flames! Many of you have prepared…
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Even with the latest bowhunting technology at our fingertips, it’s easy to get comfortable with tried-and-true gear and miss out on innovations that can take our archery game to the next level. My first compound bow came equipped with a capture-style rest, and simply out of habit and familiarity, that’s what I stuck with for…
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Who’s To Blame? “Oh, my aching back! My knee’s are killing me. My Ankle is always throbbing.” These are the issues that many of us deal with on a daily basis. Not all at once, but one issue today, and then it’s another issue tomorrow. It always seems that once you have ridden yourself of…
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At the risk of making Fred Bear roll in his grave, I’m just going to come out and admit it: I can’t make it through a day afield without high-tech gadgets. From my smartphone and video camera to trail cameras and even heated insoles for my boots, you’ll find a handful of battery-powered devices in my…
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This holiday season, skip the ugly pajamas, festive socks and tacky ties, and get the bowhunters on your shopping list what they really want — the latest gear to keep them outfitted for the field. Whether you need gifts for a seasoned crossbow maven or an aspiring archer, we’ve found the best picks to please any…
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ANOTHER WORLD RECORD AND MORE DOMINATING PERFORMANCES BY TEAM HOYT AT INDOOR WORLD CUP STAGE 3 IN NIMES, FRANCE. All eyes were on Team Hoyt archers during the 2017 Indoor World Cup Stage 3 in Nimes, France. Brady Ellison (USA) ignited the Nimes crowd and the entire archery world during qualifications with his new Indoor…
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Years ago, when I decided to trade in my rifle for a bow, my dad bought me a Diamond Razor Edge. As a new archer, I was able to crank the draw weight down well below the bowhunting minimum until I grew comfortable and developed the strength to ramp it back up. Just a couple…
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Prime bows are stable performers each year, demonstrating excellent quality and sporting features that support the company’s slogan, “Designed to Hunt.” My son Caleb became a Prime customer in 2016 and put that slogan to the test. Prime got an A+ as he and his Ion smoked a Pennsylvania buck and two does! The bow…
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