Book Beginner's Guide to Traditional Archery

The popularity of traditional archery has exploded in recent years, with more and more people discovering the unique challenges and rewards of instinctive shooting.

In this easy to understand book, author Brian J. Sorrells shares his simple, time tested training programme for developing shooting skills.

He also provides essential guidance on all aspects of traditional archery, from choosing arrow shafts, to refining your form, to entering your first tournament.

Whether you've never shot an arrow or are making the move from compound bows, this handy, readable guide Beginner's Guide to Traditional Archery serves as the perfect introduction for anyone looking to break into this exciting sport.

Topics covered

• Selecting bows, arrows and other equipment
• Proper shooting form
• Training to improve accuracy
• Bowhunting and target archery
• Bare shaft tuning

Traditional bowhunters must be close to their quarry before they take a shot and that nearness is what makes the hunt so thrilling and personally rewarding. That excitement and respect for natural resources and the hunting tradition infuses this unique guide.

A chapter on the whitetail deer population in the USA and increases in urban and suburban areas deals with this recent phenomenon and tells how traditional bowhunters can help solve the problem.

In this book, you're certain to benefit from the author's extensive experience with instinctive shooting, which develops a foundation of shooting skill through repetition. It explains in straight forward, no-nonsense prose how to get started.

This is what people have said about the book.

This book was very helpful for providing the information that you need to know when you are getting into the sport, or looking for a refresher. It delivers exactly what it claims to and the author presents the information very well. Not only worth the money, but worth the time it takes to read it.

This book provides some very useful information that will help you get started in traditional archery the right way, while avoiding common mistakes that could end an excellent pastime prematurely.

Mr. Sorrells' writing style is very easy to read and comprehend. He is quite skillful at making the various issues addressed in this book understandable.

I would recommend this book to anyone getting into or thinking of getting into traditional archery.

Sound, practical advice...I wish this book had been around forty years ago.

The author, Brian J. Sorrells is an experienced bowhunter and target shooter who has written for Bowhunter and Traditional Bowhunter magazines. He lives with his family in the state of Indiana, USA.

Beginner's Guide to Traditional Archery by Brian J. Sorrells - A step-by-step method for instinctive shooting using traditional bows. Useful for both competitive archers and bowhunters looking to improve their shooting skills. Paperback 20.3cm x 14cm or 8" x 5.5quot;, 64 informative and detailed photos, cover design by Caroline Stover, 106 pages.