Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To many, the idea of going to the woods, cutting down a tree, crafting a simple longbow, and taking a deer with it is nuts—very ...

When Joshua Hood looks at a Pacific yew tree, he sees more than just the beginnings of a bow. He sees a partnership that spans generations, a meditation on balance, tension and rest — a lifeway ...

We all struggle to make bows from time to time, don’t we! There are so many different ways to tackle bow-making and goodness knows, the experts make it look so easy! I’m envious of those crafters who ...

STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) – Searching the landscape of scrubby forest along the Red River basin, one tree still grows that’s prized by Native American hunters and modern ones too. “It’s native to ...

In the early 1940s a seemingly insignificant event took place. A man from New York, who worked for the Corning Glass Company, walked into a small archery company in Detroit, Michigan. In his hand he ...

This story, “Fred Bear at 80,” was published in the March 1982 issue of Outdoor Life. In the early 1940s a seemingly insignificant event took place. A man from New York, who worked for the Corning ...