Many facets of hunting have changed over the last few decades, but none as dramatically as the tools of take. When adorned with a state-of-the-art distance-ranging scope, a fast shooting center-fire ...

CAMP HALE When I ask Tom Hardenow what he thinks of rifle hunting, he gets a little crazy in the eyes.Rifles? Rifles? Those noisy things? Where do you think you are?Its quite obvious where I am, and ...

WHEN RYAN GILL was 13, his father gave him a stave—or long stick—from a black locust tree, along with a single wood rasp. By the time his dad got home from work that evening, Gill was standing over a ...

What most people see when looking at a tree sapling is only a sapling, however when Lyle Shaulis looks at one, he sees a bow in the rough. Recently, Shaulis found a hickory sapling he thought would ...

Want to carve and shoot your own bow and arrow like Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games?” Then, join the Central New York Primitive Skills Group for one of its, twice-monthly meetings held on 59 ...

LeFLORE COUNTY, Okla. -- Years of training and persistence paid off for an Oklahoma hunter after he harvested a 300-pound black bear using a primitive bow, string, arrow and stone point earlier this ...

A Pennsylvania archer enjoys the sport so much he hand crafts his arrows from trees, stones and turkey feathers. For most archers, it is convenient to purchase arrows and broadheads from a store to ...

SOCIAL CIRCLE - The week-long primitive weapons deer hunting season begins Saturday, Oct. 10. During primitive weapons season, hunters may use archery equipment (including crossbows), muzzleloading ...

MARYLAND– The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says this year's Primitive Deer Hunt is set for February 1st through the 3rd. The department says that hunters can use primitive methods such as ...

Those of us with years of hunting experience might remember and reflect back on the last few days of the deer hunting season in New York state when it was called, back in the day, "The Primitive Arms" ...

One hunter successfully harvested his fourth bear in six years using a primitive recurve bow. The heaviest bear reported this season weighed 649 pounds and was from Potter County. Less than 3% of ...