In this video, learn to craft a traditional bow and arrow using bamboo, demonstrating primitive construction techniques that ...

To many, the idea of going to the woods, cutting down a tree, crafting a simple longbow, and taking a deer with it is nuts—very cool, but nuts. But for some, the idea is captivating: as it was, and ...

I've been mildly obsessed with YouTube's "Primitive Technology" channel for almost a year now. In it, an unnamed man in Far North Queensland, Australia builds things in the woods. He shows us the ...

Modern technology helped Jim Meinecke step back in time to create hunting bows and arrows as they were built centuries ago. The bow hunter from Fayetteville learned the art of making his own wooden ...

A Pennsylvania archer handcrafts his own arrows from trees, stones, and turkey feathers. Zach Borger switched from modern compound bows to primitive longbows for a greater challenge. The archer has ...

WHEN RYAN GILL was 13, his father gave him a stave—or long stick—from a black locust tree, along with a single wood rasp. By the time his dad got home from work that evening, Gill was standing over a ...

Brad Merkel found his ideal hobby. Merkel is a carpenter who enjoys making traditional archery equipment in his spare time. This hobby-business connection is clear, even on Merkel's business card, ...

A Pennsylvania archer enjoys the sport so much he hand crafts his arrows from trees, stones and turkey feathers. For most archers, it is convenient to purchase arrows and broadheads from a store to ...