Good Archery Sites?

[Buckaroo]

My son is interested in bow hunting and I am looking for good web sites that we could visit to get better informed.

Thanks

Buckaroo

 

[slow1911s]

IBO | International Bowhunting Organization - To Promote, encourage and foster the sport of bowhunting

Get set with your equipment and go find a 3-D tournament/match. Great practice, a lot of fun and very, very humbling.

 

[El Cazador]

Bowsite.

Bowsite.com - Bowhunting Supersite

There's a sister site The Leatherwall, for traditional archery:

http://leatherwall.bowsite.com/tf/lw/threadsx2.cfm

Indiana's Bowsite forum:

http://forums.bowsite.com/tf/regional/threads.cfm?state=IN

The Indiana Bowhunter Association:

http://www.indianabowhunter.com/main.aspx

I'm a past President of the IBA. I can probably steer you in which ever direction you want to take your son.

also, and importantly:

http://www.nbef.org/

Anything else, let me know. I'll try to help, or send you to those that can.

 

[Buckaroo]

Thanks guys! We live minutes away from the Deep River Bowmen club Deep River Bowmen of Valparaiso, Indiana - bowhunting club and plan to hook up with them soon.

Buckaroo

 

[trophy hunter]

here is a bowhunting and archery site i`m part of and is centered here in the southern indiana area/
AntlerTalk.com

 

[Cpt Caveman]

Tradgang is the best archery site on the internet. Also Primitive archer is a great magazine and forum/website if you want to delve into the all natural side of archery.

 

[jforrest]

I found this site a few months ago. It explains the parts of bows and what to look for when buying one. I found it very informative.
Compound Bow Selection Guide - HuntersFriend.COM

 

[stony]

ArcheryTalk.com

 

[tyrajam]

You gotta check out Whitetailaffliction.com , lots of local guys who will bend over backwards to help you out.

 

[Bhriindan82]

What about competitive archery (target shooting, tournaments, etc.)? Are there any clubs/organizations in central Indy into that sort of thing?

 

[El Cazador]

What about competitive archery (target shooting, tournaments, etc.)? Are there any clubs/organizations in central Indy into that sort of thing?

Deep River used to hold shoots, as did a bunch of clubs. I know Nancy's just west of Cloverdale still does, Farmland Conservation Club has a couple a year. The Indiana Bowhunter Association holds a couple a year at Boondocks Farms outside of Knightstown, and Boondocks holds shoots for a couple of other groups, too. Cloverdale used to have quarterly shoots, but I don't know anymore if they do or not. They are having their weekend-long Traditional Nationals Archery shoot pretty soon. Used to be the second weekend in June, I think.
I can send you a copy of the Spring issue of the IBA magazine in .pdf that has a fairly comprehensive schedule of the 2009 shoots, if you want. Shoot me a PM with an e-mail addy.

 

[shinkle]

go to the outdoorsman sport shop in greenwood and take your time and look around. write down what questions you have now, so you won't forget to ask any. then step up to the counter and be honest about your current abilities and how far you want to take it. be open to numerous suggestions. ask to hold/touch and look at everything, don't just stare over the counter at it. take the bows down and pull them back. remember only a some amount of bows are there. so realize ordering one is very common. so ask questions. most importanting remember that a bow is not like a factory shelf gun. you adapt your body to fit a normal gun, but you adjust a bow to fit you.

 

[packingranny]

Washington Conservation Club in Washington Indiana has bow shoots. We are having the shoots August 29th from 8-2pm and September 12th , 8-2pm.
Washington Conservation Club 2010-08-29 @ 3DShoots.com August 29, 2010
I think you will like it. Indoor restrooms, water provided on the trails. It's a 30 target shoot. We also have four bows for practice only for adults or children . Two are right handed and two lefty's. It's a way to find out if you want to maybe down the road buy bows etc and go to the target shoots. My own granddaughters got a chance to practice and see if they like doing this. Two did, but one had a bit of trouble doing it. But, she was gamed. She is so much a total shoe/purse person lol ...but she has gone out with her dad hunting. Hope we see you there.

 

[econnell]

Tradgang is the best archery site on the internet. Also Primitive archer is a great magazine and forum/website if you want to delve into the all natural side of archery.