Roettger, 64, of Star Prairie, Wis., about an hour northeast of the Twin Cities, has been shooting traditional style bows since his 12th birthday, when his dad took him to a J.C. Penney outlet and ...

After first drawing up a plan he headed down to the shop to cut out the wooden riser (the middle part of a bow). Unlike traditional recurve bows this is made up of three parts. Traditionally you ...

Grayvn Traditional Archery owner Ned Miller works on a hickory longbow in his Altoona workshop. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Creating bows found nowhere else has been the key to success for ...

When shopping for the season, it can feel almost impossible to find things that don’t verge on totally traditional or uniform in style. This is where bows can serve as a North Star, inspiring an ...