Back from a quick trip to British Columbia to visit my parents and now out to bear camp again I found myself with some down time tonight after all the chores were done. I brought my Kwyk Styk with me to get some reps in and make some adjustments on braceheight, remove the old string silencers and add some moveable nock points. I’m shooting from a seated position out to 17yds. The max distance the baits are set from the blinds at the bait sites. Shooting Beman centershot 400 spine arrows. Full length with 200 gr points. Arrows are flying very well. I’ll likely add some beaver fur silencers to the string. Very happy with this bow so far. Thinking it maybe the hunting companion this fall or if I’m lucky to get out for the spring bear hunt I’ll be ready.

Do you fly fish? Have you ever thought about it trying out traditional archery or learning to hunt with a recurve or longbow? The two share similar process and qualities. Beyond fly fishing, old school heritage skill sets matter, and they all connect you to the same path that bow hunting does with a recurve or longbow bladesmithing, bush crafting -woodworking and many other skills relate to this as well. Throw a comment below if you have other processes and skills that relate back to traditional archery we’d love to hear about them!

Finally got my first trad buck skull cleaned up by a local guy. He did a great job and I'm happy to have this to hang up on the wall.

Set of twins first of year seen

I got a new bow and got my arrows for it tuned this weekend. 60" Traditional Only Oberon. Stock photo since I haven't gotten a good picture of it yet. I'm good out to 15 yards. Lol