Top 10 Traditional Archery Must Reads

[monk]

What do you consider to be the Top 10 Traditional Archery Must Reads in ascending order (1-10) of importance?

[ronp]

Witchery of Archery has to be in the top 10.

[ronp]

And Bows on the Little Delta should be on the list.

[centaur]

Hunting With the Bow And Arrow; Saxton Pope

Hunting the Hard Way; Howard Hill

Bowhunting Alaska's Wild Rivers' Jay Massey

Fred Bear's Field Notes

Stalking and Still Hunting;Fred Asbell

Sagitarius;Bob Swinehart

No particular order on these, but they are all great reads

[Brianlocal3]

Traditional way Fred Anderson
traditonal bow hunters handbook tj conrads
Shooting the stickbow Anthony camera
Archers bible Fred bear
Hunting the hard way Hill
Hunting with bow and arrow pope

[ThePushArchery]

Total archery

[McDave]

In addition to what has already been mentioned, historically, read The Grey Goose Wing, and  Traditional Archery from Six Contenents.  For fun reads and getting a sense of what archery was like in it's heyday in the 14th and 15th centuries, read Cornwell's The Grail Quest trilogy and Agincourt. The 4 volume series The Traditional Bowyers Bible has a vast store of knowledge whether you are a bowyer or not.

[Kopper1013]

Sand country almanac
Just another old bow Hunter
Bows of the little delta

[Ulysseys]

Trailing a bear by Robert Munger is #1 for me then
Any Massey book though 1000 campfires is my favorite
Really enjoy E. Donnall Thomas (longbows in the far north)
Traditional Archery Hunting by Clay Hayes
Longbow by Jay Campbell
That's a few of the more memorable ones

[britt]

Zen in the art of archery is a great read.

[Birdbow]

Ishi and Elvis by Jim Hamm

[VA Elite]

By far for me it has been One With the Wilderness by Mike Mitten. I read that book 5 years ago before I ever shot a trad bow. Talk about a Solo Spirit!!

[ghall80]

Yeah I would have to put Mittens book in the top 10 for sure
Bears books all of them Little Delta and Hunting with the bow and arrow all a must!!!

huge fan of the Wensel Books

[huckbuck]

1. Hunting Rutting Whitetails
2. One Man's Whitetails
3. Come November
4. Buckskin and Bone
5. Once upon a Tine
6. One with the Wilderness
7. In Pursuit of Trophy Whitetails
8. Whitetail Magic
9. Bowhunting Alaska's Wild Rivers
10. 1000 Campfires

"Elkheart" by Dave Petersen gets my vote for #1. Massey's books are #2 #3 and #4. #5 would be Don Thomas' "Longbows in the Far North". After that, it's the classics--Bows on the Little Delta, Hunting the Hard Way, etc.

[ncsturkey]

1. Tuning the Longbow and Recurve by O.L. Adcock
2. Tune for Tens by Rick Stonebraker

[Big Lefty]

There aren't many on these lists that I haven't read, and enjoyed.  Although I am still missing, Bowhunting Alaska's Wild Rivers...

A couple I didn't see list, Toxophilia by Fred Anderson and My Neck of the Woods by Bryce Lambley.  Can't leave out the Compton Archives either!

[bear mike]

TJ Conrads has some good ones also

[Littlejake]

My Neck of the Woods
 Best of Trails End

[Hawkeye]

"Bowhunting- A Passion for Life"  by Monty Browning

Just got this, and the stories and photos are TERRIFIC!  If you can't track it down, you can try emailing [email protected]


I'd also offer another strong vote for Mike Mitten's "One with the Wilderness"  Very well written.