Archery How To

Takedown recurve bows are favorites among hunters, target archers and backyard archers alike. They break down and pack easily. You can often get different weight limbs for different applications. They’re the Swiss Army knives of recurve bows. But not all takedown recurve bows are built the same. That is, you need to know what kind you have if you want...

TradTech Archery had a great showing recently at the 2018 World Archery Field Championships in Cortina, Italy, with the Tradtech RC Carbon Wood limbs helping archers bring home two silver medals. The World Archery Field Championships is a prestigious tournament that’s only held every two years, and is only open to a limited number of the best field archers in...

What’s the difference between a hunting bow and a target bow? Maybe you’ve wondered this on a recent trip to your local archery pro shop when you eyed up the selection of hunting recurve and compound bows in one area and those labeled for target archery in another. Except for the muted colors or camo that dominates the hunting selection...

What do 2016 Olympic bronze-medal-winning archer Brady Ellison and traditional archer Tom Clum Sr. have in common? They both shoot their bows according to the techniques taught by Kisik Lee - head coach of the U.S. National Archery Team. Ellison, of course, shoots a fully-rigged Olympic recurve bow, while Clum shoots a traditional, barebow recurve. A certified, USA Archery Level...

In true traditional archery, the bow - recurve or longbow - doesn't have a sight for aiming. But the archer still has to hit what he or she is aiming at. So how do you do that? In this video, Matt Zirnsak - a die-hard traditional archer who produced a series of films and does a podcast all under the...

You’ve seen the pictures of Robin Hood and his merry men running through the woods with quivers of arrows strapped to their backs. Errol Flynn as Robin Hood That’s a nice look for Hollywood, and it’s cool for traditional archers shooting targets. But it’s not very practical for today’s bowhunters. Broadheads and back quivers aren’t a good combination. Whoever invented...

Matt Zirnsak is a longtime, barebow target archer. He admits to "geeking out" on the technical side of traditional archery - bow tuning, arrow tuning, aiming techniques, torsional stability and on and on. While these are facets of archery that most often are associated with compound archery and Olympic recurve, Zirnsak believes they absolutely have a place in traditional archery. Tim...

Lancaster Archery Supply earlier this year launched a podcast with the goal of exploring any and all topics pertaining to archery in all of its forms – traditional, bowhunting, target, 3-D, recreational, etc. If it relates in any way to the use of a bow and arrow, we want to talk about it. But a podcast dedicated to archery is...

Traditional archers are known for their simplicity. Everything about their gear is uncomplicated. The rests they choose for their bows are no different. They’re simple, but functional. Before you start to pick a rest, take a look at your bow’s riser. If it’s bare above the shelf, with no holes in it, your rest choices are more limited than if...

John Wert is a nearly-lifelong traditional archer and the director of TradTech Archery. He'd rather hunt and target shoot with a stick and string than any other weapon, and is well-known around the country as an expert in setting up traditional bows. To help mark the 10th anniversary of TradTech - a division of Lancaster Archery Supply - Wert sat...