Posts by Gerard
A Guide to Making Target Achery Equipment from Scratch Using Simple Tools and Materials
A new handbook by World Archery details how to make target archery equipment by hand, including bow and arrow building in the developing world. Archery is found in native cultures all over the world. Bows remained pretty much the same for millennia even in Europe through the beginnings of modern target archery in the seventeen and…
Read MoreNew Archers Off to a Great Start at Golden Gate JOAD and Adult Achievement Archery
The weather just keeps getting better and so does the archery. We continue to have great turnouts at Golden Gate archery, and great students. This first time student is showing that even with a light weight practice bow you can achieve very small groups. I feel like pointing out, though, that this excellent group is…
Read MoreMake an Easy Olympic-style Archery Finger Sling You Don’t Have to Retie
We already showed you how to tie a finger sling from a shoelace the way many Olympic archers do. Now we’ll show you something better. Many world class archers prefer homemade shoelace finger slings over commercial para cord finger slings because wide shoelaces distribute the weight of the bow better on their fingers and are…
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