Traditional Bowhunter Magazine

Lots of hunters I know use surveyor's tape to mark the last known sign when trailing a wounded animal, but there's a better alternative: toilet paper. TP has several advantages in this situation: It's easy to attach to leaves and branches, even if your fingers are too cold to tie a knot. Just [...]

Featured Articles If Moose Could Read by Fred Allard Whitetails Coast to Coast by E. Donnall Thomas, Jr. Big Sky Whitetails I'm Never Doing This Again…Until Next Time by Matthew Morris Interview with Randy Cooling A Season Afield by Jim Willems Utah Pronghorn Leopold's Legacy by Paul Forward Once Again, it [...]

There are lots of hypotheses on how to determine the sex of a deer or elk from its footprints. The following technique was shown to me by my tracking mentors, and I have tested it on hundreds of deer, elk, hog, and a few bighorn sheep trails. When I encountered the trail of [...]

Paraffin wax, generally found near the home canning supplies, is an excellent thread-lock and “anti-seize” lubricant for steel or aluminum threads that are in contact with aluminum or brass. Most carbon and aluminum arrows have aluminum or brass inserts to add weight. Steel target points, field points, broadheads, and even aluminum screw-in or [...]