Featured Items

Review: Bowtech Destroyer 350

continue reading >>—>

How to tie a Catfish/Torqueless Bowstring Loop

Thumbnail image for How to tie a Catfish/Torqueless Bowstring Loop

Using a Catfish or Torqueless bowstring loop has a lot of benefits and is very versatile.  This video takes a look at how to tie the loop: This next video shows how to install the loop:  (still in production! check back soon) Why Use a Catfish or Torqueless Bowstring loop? There several good reasons to [...]

continue reading >>—>

Archery Tips 6 – Grocery Bags and Bushings/Pin Nocks

Archery Tips

A great way to install pin nock bushings or uni-bushings is to use grocery bags.  place the bag loosely over the end of the arrow shaft and push the bushing along with the bag into the shaft (layer the bag for a tighter fit.)  Carefully tear the bag away from the bushing; if material remains [...]

continue reading >>—>

Improve Your Shooting Through Video

Thumbnail image for Improve Your Shooting Through Video

Places!  Roll tape!  Action!!!  What does video and improving your shooting have to do with each other?  Quite a bit actually.  By being able to see yourself and take a critical eye to you form, it’s much easier to see flaws that cannot be detected by oneself while shooting. A perfect example happened recently with [...]

continue reading >>—>

300 Days to 300 – Equipment Corner

Equipment for 300 days

The last few weeks have seen lots of rain, more rain, camping, work and setting up my Bowtech Destroyer 350 for the upcoming elk season.  Therefore while there has been a lot of shooting, very little has been done with my target setup.  I had been asked to list the equipment I’ve been using and [...]

continue reading >>—>

How to Make Perfect Arrows

Perfect Arrows

One question that often gets asked is how to properly make arrows.  As soon as I got into archery I knew pretty quick that I wanted to make my own arrows.  The first dozen I ever bought came pre-fletched but after that I have only used self-fletched arrows.  For several years I worked in a [...]

continue reading >>—>

Tuning Tip: Using Lighted Nocks to Check Arrow Flight

Thumbnail image for Tuning Tip: Using Lighted Nocks to Check Arrow Flight

There are many methods that can be used to tune a bow and arrows such as paper, walk-back and bare-shaft tuning.  All of these methods have their place and can be used effectively when performed by knowledgeable hands. For many years I’ve also tried to use a visual check by watching the arrow while in [...]

continue reading >>—>

Review: Bowtech Destroyer 350

Bowtech Destroyer Review

2010 is full of some great bows that push the limits of performance and introduce new technologies to the market.  One such bow is the Bowtech Destroyer 350 which was sent to Archery Report for review.  When the Destroyer arrived, my first impression was that the bow is great looking and seems to exude a [...]

continue reading >>—>

Review: Mighty Magnetic Release Aid Holder

Patsy Bear Archery Products

Patsy Bear Archery Products (I love that name!) has a nifty little gadget called the Might Magnetic Release Aid Holder.  Have you ever had trouble (not me!) keeping track of your non-wrist strap release?  Do you set it down and forget where it was or randomly stick it in different pockets of your cargo pants?  [...]

continue reading >>—>

Archery Tips 5 – Estimating Draw Length

Archery Tips: Estimating Drawlength

And easy way to estimate your draw length is to use the wingspan method.  To measure wingspan, stand with your back against a wall and have someone make a mark at the tip of each of your middle fingers; now measure the distance between the marks.  Take this measurement, subtract 15″ then divide by two.  [...]

continue reading >>—>

Archery Report Happenings

As you may have noticed the amount of posts on Archery Report has dwindled somewhat.  This is certainly not because of a lack of material to write about but rather a lack of time for the writing.  I am in the middle of changing over the software that controls the design of the website as [...]

continue reading >>—>

Uphill and Downhill Shots, How to Adjust for Proper Arrow Impact

There is often confusion when it comes to shooting uphill and downhill shots on how to adjust for the incline.  Do you hold high on uphill shots or low on downhill shots?  Vice versa?  Or no change at all?  The answer may surprise some people. The key to understanding an arrow’s trajectory on uphill and [...]

continue reading >>—>

300 days to 300 – Day 84 update

Thumbnail image for 300 days to 300 – Day 84 update

Last update’s lesson consisted on focusing and the same theme was continued the last couple of weeks.  I have been struggling with switching between my target scope and the pin sight I use for 3D, and shooting with pins has suffered (see Archery and the Mental Game for details.)  The last few days I have [...]

continue reading >>—>

FOBs (Fletching Only Better) and the Rest Rocket

Thumbnail image for FOBs (Fletching Only Better) and the Rest Rocket

When I was originally working on the Fletching Review there was an issue with the FOBs (starrflight.com) that was causing them to drop more than expected.  At first I attributed this to the design of the FOB, it’s increased weight and possible higher drag.  After talking with Paul Morris of Starrflight, he suspected that I [...]

continue reading >>—>

Archery Tips 4 – Bowstring Twisting

Thumbnail image for Archery Tips 4 – Bowstring Twisting

When adding or removing twists in a bowstring or cables, unwind the string or cable completely from the cam before changing the twists.  Pull the string tight while twisting.  This will ensure that the twists added or removed are distributed more evenly throughout the entire length and will reduce the amount of shots it takes [...]

continue reading >>—>

Archery and the Mental Game

Thumbnail image for Archery and the Mental Game

With all of my recent emphasis on 300 in 300 days, the bulk of my shooting practice has been with my target bow and scope.  The progress has been going quite well in that aspect of my shooting.  However, I have been shooting 3D leagues for three weeks now and the results have been less [...]

continue reading >>—>

TAP Review (The Archery Program) Update

Thumbnail image for TAP Review (The Archery Program) Update

I was finally able to find time and cooperative weather to get out and finish the shooting portion of the TAP Review.  Head on over to the TAP Review Page to see the final results of how well a sight tape created in TAP performs.

continue reading >>—>

How to Measure a Bow’s Draw Length

Thumbnail image for How to Measure a Bow’s Draw Length

Knowing what draw length a bow is set to is important so that the archer can properly select and setup their equipment.  Most people rely on what setting the bow is set at to determine the draw length of the bow.  Unfortunately this is not always accurate as many bows are actually set anywhere from [...]

continue reading >>—>

Archery Tips 3

Field points and broadheads tend to work themselves loose when shot, riding in vehicles or just generally getting jostled around.  This can be prevented by putting a small amount of string wax onto the threads before screwing them into the inserts. The opposite can occur if the threads are exposed to water or other environmental [...]

continue reading >>—>

300 days to 300 – Day 72 update

My word of the week is “FOCUS”; as in don’t do what I did last update and lose focus so easily.  The last update was definitely an example of what happens when form and focus do not peak together.  My form felt good, the release was good, but without being able to consistently focus on [...]

continue reading >>—>

← Previous Entries