104 Traditional Archery Suppliers to Consider
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Special Report found the silver lining. is year, Here, Jonathan some of the worst winter weather Karch of 3Rivers I we’ve ever seen here in Northeast Archery shows Indiana kept me from attending the us the new Forge ATA show in Nashville, Tennessee. small game head. Luckily, I had some of my people there This unique head ts behind a 5/16 and they were able to connect with a inch eld point to few traditional manufacturers there for become a hard hit- me. ey also reported a noticeable ting small game increase over last year in the num- head and a fine ber of booths with traditional o er- stump shooting head. The long tip ings. However, since I did not walk the of the eld point oors of the ATA show, I needed to works well in bow gather as much “what’s new” informa- quivers to keep tion as I could from the vendors attend- your arrows from rattling as well. ing the Traditional Archery Expo in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Digging deeper led me to nd quite a few golden nug- event is organized by Jerry and Sharon January; it’s a great event. gets: noteworthy new items that may Brumm, owners of the Great Northern If you’re interested in what’s new have easily been missed if I hadn’t Bowhunting Company. is is a pre- in traditional archery, you’re reading been paying such close attention. mier event for traditional archers and the right article, because in addition If you’re not familiar with it, the bowhunters, drawing hundreds of to those aforementioned hidden gems, Traditional Archery Expo is held each traditional archery vendors and thou- there were many new bows, arrows, year toward the end of January, in sands of retail customers. If you’ve quivers, tools and accessories on dis- Kalamazoo, Michigan. is popular never been there, check it out next play and we’re going to share them all with you. Traditional Archery Suppliers to Consider First, a quick state-of-the-industry 3Rivers Archery: 3riversarchery.com (866) 732-8783 message: I’m pleased to report that Arrow Fix: arrow- x.com (330) 464-5160 the overall mood of all the traditional Bear Archery: beararcheryproducts.com (812) 467-1388 manufacturers and vendors I spoke Great Northern Bow Company: gnbco.com (517) 852-0820 with was very optimistic. All of them Great Northern Quiver Company: gnqco.com (269) 838-5437 were excited due to the steady growth Hunter Image: gfredasbell.com (231) 828-4086 they’ve experienced in the past year Joel Turner - A&H Archery: acsbows.com (616) 677-2726 and everyone interviewed agreed that Kustom King Traditional Archery: kustomking.com (877) 566-4269 traditional archery is de nitely in the Outdoor Lines, LLC: outdoorlines.com (616) 844-7351 midst of a strong upsurge in interest, Predator Traditional Bows: huntersniche.com (989) 984-0838 sales and growth. St. Joe River Bows: stjoeriverbows.com (517) 617-3658 As you probably know, traditional Spinrite Cresters: spinritecresters.com (248) 818-0705 archery has many facets, so whether Striker Bows: strikerbows.com (419) 628-2393 you’re a full line traditional dealer TradTech Traditional Archery: tradtecharchery.com (800) 829-7408 already or interested in testing tradi- Traditional Archery Products: tional in your shop to cash in on some traditionalarcheryproducts.com (303) 569-2372 of the traditional growth potential, True North Arrows: truenortharrows.com (989) 443-9027 there’s plenty for you to choose from. Two Tracks Bow and Wool Company: twotracksbow.com (989)824-0588 Why not provide what your local cus- tomers are looking for? If they don’t 104 APR14AT104-121T-R-A-V.indd 104 3/3/14 4:56 PM Traditional Bows & Accessories By Todd Smith 3Rivers Archery’s Japanese Yumi (bow) The Trail Blazer center of the back quiver It is surprising that so many traditional and a bamboo arrow. They are used in the is a new o ering from 3Rivers Archery. This shooters are now experimenting with practice of Kyudo or the “Way of the Bow.” concept of putting the arrows in the center sights. This new single pin sight from Kyudo is a Japanese discipline that places of the back rather than over the right or 3Rivers can be attached to traditional more emphasis on releasing the perfect left shoulder of the shooter allows this bows with either screws or tape. So far, the arrow than on the accuracy of the shot. one quiver to work for either right or left interest in it has been signi cant. handed archers. Knowing that one quiver ts all is nice when stocking shelves. get it from you, you know they’ll get it Koppedrayer. Bows like this are used somewhere else. by company makes the most sense. e in the Japanese discipline of Kyudo, ere are varied demographics companies are grouped as logically as or the “Way of the Bow.” Kyudo places feeding this growth. We have seen more possible for the ow of the content. much more emphasis on the spiritual and more compound shooters adding essence, the precise movements and traditional bows to their bowhunting 3Rivers Archery the release of the perfect arrow than arsenals. Women in the entire hunting 3Rivers Archery has added many on the accuracy of the shot. It is a wor- industry are becoming quite a force in new items for 2014. I spoke with thy challenge and we’re lucky to have the marketplace, which in turn trickles Johnathan Karch, vice president of access to such a quality bow, made by down to traditional bowhunting and sales and marketing and he shared a master bowyer like Jaap, at such a with another episode of “ e Hunger some of the top picks for 2014 with me. reasonable price. Games” hitting the streets recently, the e Tomahawk Bow line has two If you’re shooting a Japanese Yumi, surge of kids and tweens showing up new members: the understorm II you’re going to need bamboo arrows in shops looking for “bows like in the and the Autumn Harvest. True to their and 3Rivers is o ering your choice of movie” is nothing short of amazing. lineage, these sleek longbows o er etched bamboo arrows with horn or Normally, this article would be graceful lines and the promise of per- bone nocks and steel points installed. arranged in a category or product order formance in the eld. Small sections in the front and back but this year, there were so many ven- Another new bow of interest is of the etching and a section behind dors interviewed that an organization the Japanese Yumi Bow from Jaap the point are wrapped with traditional 105 APR14AT104-121T-R-A-V.indd 105 3/3/14 4:58 PM Bohning’s new mini serving tool is popular with traditional shooters for emergency in- the- eld repairs. This compact little unit allows the archer to work in tight spaces and to easily carry one in the eld just in 3Rivers is o ering TopHat points for 2014. case. TopHat is a German company that manu- factures precision points and accessories for both wood and carbon arrows. Pictured silk thread. If you think you might o er at the top is the TopHat eld repair point, your customers the Yumi mentioned which you twist onto the end of a bro- above, consider these arrows as well. ken wood arrow. Under that is the TopHat In quivers, 3Rivers is introducing threading tool for threading the blunt end a center of the back quiver called the of a wood arrow. Next in line are a couple of special TopHat points that absorb shock to Trail Blazer. It’s all leather, it easily minimize arrow damage and nally, at the The rugged Safari Tu back quiver from holds a dozen arrows and since it rides bottom is the TopHat Dura-Point system for 3Rivers, available in green or pink camo, in the middle of the archer’s back, it carbon arrows, in which the point itself acts is a popular choice by kids and parents is ambidextrous. is is an interesting as a protective collar around the end of the alike. The 15 inch depth is plenty for the shaft to help prevent damage. shorter arrows kids use, the shoulder strap concept in back quivers. is adjustable and the quiver is designed for Sights on traditional bows? You tape-on sight. For compound shooters both right and left handed shooters. bet. Sights have been used on tradi- looking to switch to traditional but still tional bows for decades; they went out wanting to use a sight pin, this is an as a protective collar around the end of favor for many years but now there excellent choice. of the shaft to help prevent damage to are more and more stickbow shooters e Forge Converta Blunt is an the shaft on hard impacts. TopHat is who have no aversion to getting a little interesting new small game and stump German innovation and engineering at help in boosting their accuracy. 3Rivers shooting concept. e 75 grain Forge work for archers all over the world. now o ers a single pin screw-in/ point is placed behind a 5/16 inch Another new item of interest is diameter screw-in eld point. Once it’s the Bohning mini-server. is clever assembled, you’ve got a deadly small little unit allows in-the- eld repair of game/stump shooting point that ts servings that need to be replaced, yet nicely into your bow quiver. it’s small enough to t in a pocket or TopHat is a German company that in your daypack.