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 cool, but nuts. But for some, the idea is captivating: as it was, and ...

When a new moon arrives near the winter solstice, Cherokee bow makers go to the woods to cut and gather wood from Bois d’arc ...

This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life. The bow and arrow have been utilized by hunters and warriors for thousands of years. A simple-yet-elegant weapon, it’s provided meat and aided in ...

Looking for that unique gift for a guy? We may have found it. A local company has come up with something truly original: a wooden bow tie. Tim Paslay and Adam Teague are the two guys of Two Guys Bow ...

A little face protection is a great idea when first testing out your homemade bow. [Austin Karls] made this recurve bow during what he calls an engineer’s Spring break. He settled on the idea after ...

Dell Johnson came by his life as an outdoorsman and award-winning traditional bowhunter honestly. A leading maker of wooden hunting bows in Saskatchewan, he is a lifelong resident of Nipawin. He ...

Jody Hale is in the throes of bow season. The give-away is her fingers: Swollen, from regularly turning ribbons into loops and loops into bows that decorate houses in Baltimore and beyond. The 38-year ...

Bow-maker Eben Bodach-Turner roughs out a cello bow at his home workshop in East Montpelier earlier this month. Bodach-Turner works with pernambuco, an endangered tropical hardwood from Brazil that is ...

Cello instructor Ben Kulp, right, plays a Bach cello suite with a bow recently purchased from bow maker Eben Bodach-Turner, of East Montpelier, left, as he rehairs bows for students at the Upper ...