When Stephen Ralphs was 5 years old, he was given a copy of “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Fifty years later, he found himself on Russell Crowe’s farm in Australia giving private archery lessons in ...

Recurve bows are challenging to shoot well but all the more rewarding when you unlock the keys to accuracy. If you want to head down the trad road and embrace the challenge, you’ll need a few things ...

When most of us think “stickbow” we picture the long, D-shaped arc of a longbow. We also think it’s older than the recurve, but that might be a Robin Hood, western-bias thing; Eurasian warriors and ...

Chris Hinton is a dedicated games writer and database editor with an abiding three-decades-long fondness for video games. Having once worked in the corporate world as an Accountant and Financial ...

Sam Deojay is a longtime handyman, so when his son broke the longbow he’d been using to practice archery, he figured, “I’ve got enough wood, I’ll make one. How hard can it be?” He found out just how ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Longbows, or Yumi, have been used in Japan for centuries. But today, a handmade bamboo bow can cost over $2,000. At over 2 meters tall, these bows are difficult handle.

Crossbow hunters, mark your calendars for Sept. 4, 2025. Senate bill S6360, which would permit the use of crossbows for taking big game in any area longbows and compound bows are allowed, was ...

Chris Hinton is a dedicated games writer and database editor with an abiding three-decades-long fondness for video games. Having once worked in the corporate world as an Accountant and Financial ...