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Published December 24, 2025 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

How to set up a takedown recurve bow

A takedown recurve's ability to be taken apart and easily stored after a day at the range or a morning...

Published April 15, 2020 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

How to Match Limbs and Risers for Your Takedown Recurve Bow

Takedown recurve bows are favorites among hunters, target archers and backyard archers alike. They break down and pack easily. You...

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Published May 31, 2018 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

What's the difference between a target bow and a hunting bow?

What’s the difference between a hunting bow and a target bow?Maybe you’ve wondered this on a recent trip to your...

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Published October 16, 2017 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

Traditional archery aiming techniques

In true traditional archery, the bow - recurve or longbow - doesn't have a sight for aiming. But the archer...

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Published September 07, 2017 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

The basics of bow-mounted quivers for bowhunting

You’ve seen the pictures of Robin Hood and his merry men running through the woods with quivers of arrows strapped...

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Published May 05, 2017 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

Guide to Traditional Archery Arrow Rests

Traditional archers are known for their simplicity. Everything about their gear is uncomplicated.The rests they choose for their bows are...

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Published August 26, 2016 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

Traditional Archery Bows Explained

In traditional archery, the bows often are compared to works of art, rather than simple, arrow-delivering tools.Traditional archers carry their...

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Published March 23, 2016 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

What's the right size recurve bow for me?

Recurve bows come in a variety of sizes, but not all will perform well for every archer. There are some...

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Published December 16, 2015 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

What you need to know about archery tab faces

Leather finger tabs have a couple different faces. When looking for one, recurve and longbow archers might find themselves asking,...

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Published December 11, 2015 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

Lancaster Archery Classic Barebow Division Explained

After the 2015 tournament, the annual Lancaster Archery Classic now features a Barebow Division for recurve archers who prefer to...

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Published November 13, 2015 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

How to know if your bow's draw weight is too heavy

Are you drawing too much weight?Getting a bow with the right draw weight is an individual endeavor. Everybody's different. There...

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Overhead view of Coach Heather Pfeil aiming her compound bow.

Published September 15, 2015 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

What's the Best Archery Stance?

In this video Lancaster Archery Academy instructor Heather Pfeil demonstrates correct and incorrect stances for shooting a bow and arrow....

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Published September 11, 2015 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

Broadhead Selection Guide

As the fall archery hunting seasons close in, there’s one question on the lips of bowhunters that we hear time...

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Published August 27, 2015 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

Archery Slang: Speak the language

Sports and slang go together “like peas and carrots,” as Forrest Gump would say.There isn’t a game out there that...

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Published August 26, 2015 in Guides and InformationBy P.J. Reilly

Six Archery 'Don'ts' You need to Know

Like other sports, archery is a game of dos and don’ts. There are many of each, but they all don’t...

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How to set up a takedown recurve bow

How to Match Limbs and Risers for Your Takedown Recurve Bow

What's the difference between a target bow and a hunting bow?

Traditional archery aiming techniques

The basics of bow-mounted quivers for bowhunting

Guide to Traditional Archery Arrow Rests

Traditional Archery Bows Explained

What's the right size recurve bow for me?

What you need to know about archery tab faces

Lancaster Archery Classic Barebow Division Explained

How to know if your bow's draw weight is too heavy

What's the Best Archery Stance?

Broadhead Selection Guide

Archery Slang: Speak the language

Six Archery 'Don'ts' You need to Know

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