I always anticipate the new issue in my subscription to Traditional Bowhunter Magazine. I read em cover to cover with the rare exception of a couple of subjects I don't care about. For example, I like to bowfish (haven't done for years though) but I don't like reading about it.
In a recent e-mail, TBM alerted subscribers about back issues for sale. I bought 30 of them ($2 each). What a gold mine! Whether 1993 or 2008 these are great reads, as fresh to me as new off the shelf.
Things I notice:
1. Many articles are much longer.
2. Ads are out-of-date
3. Some articles cover bowhunters who at the time were living but have now passed. Those are sad ones.
4. Some current bowyers weren't making bows yet.
I'd buy another 20 or so but it will be difficult to keep straight what I already have...I don't like buying duplicates.