Perhaps you wonder to yourself about the safety when shooting bows. Obviously, they can be dangerous if not used correctly, but what is the true danger of bows? Are bows dangerous? Perhaps not as dangerous as guns, bows can still be dangerous. The arrows from a bow kill most often from severing arteries and causing…

A common practice of many prehistoric cultures, the bow and arrow stretches back in time to an era before recorded history. The earliest definite record of the use of the bow and arrow dates from 17,500 to 18,000 years ago in Mannheim-Vogelstang, Germany. You see a second record at Stellmore 11,000 years ago. Bow and…

Maybe you have heard the term whisker biscuit before and wondered what it means. You know it relates to archery, but you don’t know what they use it for. What is a whisker biscuit? Introduced in 2003, whisker biscuits act as an arrow rest especially useful for hunters. The device uses synthetic bristles that hold…

Whisker biscuits encircle the arrow and provide you with a rest for your bow. Perhaps you have used one a while and wondered to yourself when you should replace it. Especially if you had a friend give you a whisker biscuit, you don’t know the age, but you don’t want to fire worn-out archery gear….

You bought a few carbon arrows a couple of years ago and wondered if the arrows could eventually go bad. That’s a good question, and we’re going to cover it here. Do carbon arrows go bad? After a while, you need to replace carbon arrows because ongoing hard impacts and continued use break down the…

Perhaps you have wondered to yourself about the weight of the arrows chosen. In bowfishing, we commonly use heavier arrows, but do you want them with regular archery? Can arrows be too heavy? Heavier arrows fly at slower speeds, but they resist the wind more easily and penetrate deeper into targets. Know the arrow weight…