Iowa Blues

Bowhunting Life

By Brian Strickland

I really couldn’t ask for anything more. I was perched 20 feet up in a tree, in early November, in arguably one of the best places in the Lower 48 for bowhunting whitetails. I was in Iowa. As far as I was concerned, I was sitting in whitetail paradise.

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Get A Grip

How you grip your bow and how well you duplicate your grip from shot to shot has a direct effect on overall accuracy. 

By Michael Corrigan

Your bowhand is the first part of your body to make contact with your bow before the shot, and the last to remain in contact after the shot.  

Even more important is the fact that your bowhand is the only part of your body in contact with your bow throughout the shot. Although the lapse in time from the moment the bowstring is released until the arrow clears the arrow rest is very short, the interaction between your bowhand and the bow handle can be very significant. How you grip your bow and how well you duplicate your grip from shot to shot has a direct effect on overall accuracy.  

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A Secret From The Past

Out Back

By John Sloan

He couldn’t remember the word for it. It was one of those deals in which there was an image within an image, and you had to look really close to see the second image. 

He equated it with seeing both the forest and the trees. When the second image finally dissolved into sharp focus, he couldn’t imagine why he hadn’t seen it before. Obviously, he just hadn’t looked. The second image was an old home site. 

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Stick-N-Limbs

By Michael Corrigan

Two years ago I missed a good buck. My aim was dead-on, but a hanging vine deflected my arrow. The buck stood right at 30 yards from my tree, and the vine hung horizontally above his vitals at about the 20-yard mark. At the shot it was apparent that something had gone wrong and a sick feeling came over me as the buck hightailed it to the next county. The arrow was deflected, and as I adjusted focus with my eyes, I could see the hanging vine as it shuddered from the impact. I make no excuse for the miss and take full responsibility. Up until that fateful day, it had been quite a while since I missed a target completely. The reason for the miss was due to a lapse in judgment. I simply ignored one of my own fundamental rules that apply to shooting at game animals. I did not take steps to ensure the trajectory path of the arrow to the target was clear. My negligent actions cost me a great buck, but the incident made me a better hunter.  

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Walk-Back Tuning

By Michael Corrigan

It is vital to have a well-tuned bow before switching from field points to broadheads.

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