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Bowhunting: How to Deal With Wind

Shooting in wind is one of the most daunting tasks bowhunters face. However, there are a few things archers can do to mitigate the effects of nature’s blow.

Archery Gear for Bowhunting the West

Headed on a backcountry bowhunt? Be sure to equip yourself with the right gear.

Is Your Bow Hunt-Ready?

Our man admits the mistakes he has made over a lifetime of bowhunting so you can avoid them when setting up your rig for this season.

How to Find Your Front of Center

An arrow's accuracy is partially determined by how weight is distributed along its length. Adding weight front of center could improve performance.

Bow Review: Prime Centergy

Check out our review on the latest bow from Prime. Is it all it’s cracked up to be?

Know-How: Be a Deadly Shot

There are great archers, and then there are deadly ones. Great shots might stack a quiver of arrows in the 10-ring at 40 yards; deadly shots stack game in the back of the truck season after season. Both of these guys practice the fundamentals of shooting, but deadly shots realize the woods is not a static archery range.

Know-How: Does Your Bow Need Super-Tuned?

Most target archers obsess over bow tuning, while hunters are often satisfied with whatever tweaking was performed on their bow moments after purchasing it. It should be the opposite.

Your Dream Bow Shop

Ready to add that bow shop to your garage or shed? We've got the gear you need.

Hardware: Mathews No Cam HTR

Mathews Archery proprietor Matt McPhearson has never stood idly on past merits. He’s a natural innovator, as seen in his once-revolutionary Solo Cam bows that dominated the hunting market for nearly two decades. His company’s new bow, the No Cam, aims to correct perhaps the Solo Cam’s only flaw—notably a relatively new term created by Mathews competitors called nock travel.

Mathews No Cam HTR

Roughly once per decade a new design changes the archery industry. Did Mathews do it again with its No Cam HTR? Field Editor Jeff Johnston takes a closer look.

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