The author's choice to swap a compound bow for a recurve was a tipping point for her, her father, and her daughter ...
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Crafting a Mongolian composite bow from raw materials, from horn laminations to the first range test
In this build episode, a Mongolian style composite recurve bow is assembled from an elm core, flattened horn, hide glue, and a handmade silk bowstring, then tested for performance after a tense first ...
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 ...
I still remember the first compound bow I ever saw. My dad and I belonged to an archery club in Wisconsin in the early 1970s, and everyone there shot recurves. But my dad’s cousin Howard was visiting ...
The tools familiar to hunters, or action heroes like Katniss Everdeen and Robin Hood, are showing up in a new version of the popular middle school game of dodgeball. It's called archery dodgeball, ...
Sheetal Devi’s trailblazing feats despite being born without arms stood out as she lifted Indian archery to new heights in 2025, but the sport was also pulled back by familiar cracks in recurve ...
Born without arms due to a rare congenital condition called phocomelia, Sheetal pushed boundaries further by qualifying for her first able-bodied international competition. IMAGE: Sheetal Devi created ...
The Indian men's recurve team produced its most stirring performance in recent memory to stun heavyweights South Korea in a nerve-wracking shoot-off to clinch its first Asian Archery Championships ...
Hunting with a crossbow, a type of archery weapon, is a versatile and effective method for pursuing small and large game, as well as for bowfishing. Representing a hybrid between a rifle and a bow, a ...
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