Safe excitement for young shooting enthusiasts More than 19 million Americans safely participate in target shooting each year—with firearm or archery equipment. State DNRs and hunting organizations promote increasing the number of juveniles in the sport. This book is a great supplement to Hunter Education courses required by states and provinces and will give parents confidence that their kids are safe and responsible. The how-to information provides everything a young shooter needs to know to become a good shot and a safe outdoor enthusiast. The step-by-step photos show how to put the skills and tips into action. Detailed safety instruction increases confidence. Chapters include: Rifles Ammunition Safety Shotguns Bows & Arrows Shooting Games Muzzleloaders Marksmanship Getting Started in Hunting

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Petersen's Bowhunting field editor and bowhunting expert Bill Winke takes you through critical yet surprisingly easy steps to bow setup and maintenance. Along the way, he breaks down how bows and accessories work together and the best tuning methods to get your arrows shooting accurately. From paper tuning to getting fixed-blade broadheads to fly straight, Winke has taken the mystery and guesswork out of setting up an accurate hunting bow and produced an illustrative and in-depth tuning guide that will be a great addition to your bowhunting library.

Perfect your bowhunting technique with this comprehensive guide covering equipment, skill-building, and field-tested tips for taking down big game. Most hunters agree that bowhunting is a low-percentage affair. To improve your chances in the field, it’s crucial that you choose the right equipment, set it up properly, and have the necessary skill to use it when the moment of truth comes. In this guide, expert archer and bowhunter Lon E. Lauber gives you the knowledge and techniques you need to drastically improve your accuracy. Whether you’re working with a compound bow, recurve or longbow, Lauber helps you understand your weapon. He then offers in-depth advice on how to practice good shooting form. This is followed by a discussion field skills such as balancing accuracy and speed and maintaining mental focus, and shooting in adverse conditions.

This 128-page guide provides expert information on becoming a better archery hunter and shooter, whether you are a beginner or seasoned expert. Featuring tips and secrets found only inside the pages of North Amerca's No. 1 whitetail magazine, Deer & Deer Hunting's Guide to Better Bowhunting is illustrated with instructional, eye-catching photography and tips that will make you a better shooter and hunter.

From the most trusted name in guns and ammunition comes this ultimate reference on bowhunting. The Shooter’s Bible Guide to Bowhunting offers everything you need to know about the sport and its gear, from its origin as a means of survival to modern gear. Compound bows and crossbows have undergone an explosive rise in popularity in recent years, due in part, Dr. Todd A. Kuhn explains, to complex socioeconomic, environmental, and biological factors. As expansive tracts of land vanish, many hunters can no longer pursue game with high-powered rifles. That, plus vast improvements in archery gear, has hunters flocking to compound bows and crossbows as alternatives. In the Shooter’s Bible Guide to Bowhunting Dr. Kuhn examines all things bowhunting and archery. Topics covered include: Compound, recurve, and traditional bows Arrows and broadheads Sights and rests Releases and triggers Quivers Tree stands, blinds, decoys, and other popular gear This exhaustive desk reference provides a never before seen look into the history and engineering of archery, theories and trends in game discipline, and, of course, an exhaustive catalog of archery equipment both new and traditional.

In this new volume, expert archer Dwight Schuh explores every aspect of the exciting and challenging sport of bowhunting. In step-by-step fashion, the author explains the secrets and skills of hunting with a bow and arrow: how to shoot a hunting bow, the best choice of equipment, how to stalk game, aiming skills and a host of other indispensable information. Complete and authorita-tive, this comprehensive book covers every aspect of bowhunting, a sport that demands the ultimate in skill and fieldcraft.

Bow hunting is not an ordinary hobby and that's why it can be so rewarding. You get adrenaline rush from the hunt. You experience the great outdoors. You compare achievements with fellow hunters. You tweak with your weapon to make it work better for you. Well, those are just some of the benefits. Avid bow hunters can add many more reasons why this activity is so enjoyable, but that's not what we're here to talk about. If you're reading this book, chances are you already know those reasons. You likely have your own reasons. You either want to try out bow hunting or you are already into it. If you belong to the former, then you want some guide to help you get started with it. If you belong to the latter, then you just want additional information to get better at it. Whichever the case, you downloaded the right book. This book is a guide to bow hunting. Of course, nothing beats actual experience in learning how to hunt with a bow, but it doesn't hurt to have a guide. After all, what happens in a hunt can and will differ from case to case. There is no single book that can let you know what to expect in every hunting session. However, it pays to be well informed beforehand so you at least have an idea what to do. This comprehensive guide to bow hunting will give you more than that. The contents of this book will provide you information so that you won't have unnecessary difficulties with your hunt. Contained in this book are the following: Overview of Bow Hunting Choosing Your Bow Choosing Your Arrows Accessorizing Your Bow Basic Archery Gear to Bring The Hunt Preparing Your Kill Sample Venison Recipes Other Tips Next Steps to Take Now get, read on and good luck on the field, hunter!

From Field & Stream’s bowhunting experts and the authors of The Total Deer Hunter Manual comes the book that demystifies everything about bowhunting. From crossbows to high-tech compound bows to an old-fashioned recurve find it all, accompanied by tactics for every animal that can be bowhunted, in The Total Bowhunting Manual. With high-quality design and intricate detail, this manual is perfect for your tablet or phone. America’s best hunting guides bring you 261 field-tested tips, tricks and skills from decades of experience: · Shoot Better: With detailed exercises and advice for every kind of bow, this book takes you out on the archery range, into the woods, and onto the water with specialized drills and exercises. · Get the Gear: Bowhunting is a gear-heavy sport, and improvements are being made almost every day, but you need to find the right type, size and fit. Whether you want to hunt like Robin Hood or Katniss with historic gear or take to the trees with a high-tech, carbon fiber compound bow with all the accessories, these authors detail what you need. · Bring Home a Trophy: When people think “bowhunting” they think of deer but any animal that you can hunt, can be hunted with a bow. Find tips for taking down alligators, moose, birds, bears, caribou, turkey, fish and more; all the expert advice you need to go home with a trophy, not an excuse. Whether you’re preparing for trip of a lifetime or just want to extend your season and improve your technique, this is the book you need.