The Longbow Shop Blog

The first ever Bearpaw Kill Tournament to be held in the UK will be held on the 26th and 27th of August 2017 On the 10th and 11th of June the Wild Geese Field Archers in NR Great Ayton, North Yorkshire will host the 1st. Bearpaw Kill Tournament ever held in the UK. We’re very pleased that the reputation of our special “tournament” continues to spread – reaching more and more instinctive archery enthusiasts all over the world. Our unique scoring system, the special class divisions, along with the realistic and challenging shot set-ups are popular with all archers of...

Right Wing or Left Wing? OK we are asked this question a lot. Which feathers do I use on my arrows - Right Wing or Left Wing? The simple answer is use whatever you want as long as they are all the same wing on the arrow. So all Right wing or all left wing… no mixing on the same arrow! It makes no difference whatsoever in our opinion to the arrows flight and we have experimented a lot over the years. Some myths say that the arrow needs to spin away from the bow - we don’t agree with...

We are very proud to announce that we are now distributing Longlife targets from Bearpaw. LongLife targets have been a premium supplier of 3D targets for several years with amazing success in the market and their products have gained a reputation of having an extremely high level of robustness. Their 3D targets are designed, prototyped and produced to the highest quality in Germany. The customers of 3D parcours value the high level of quality and durability of the LongLife animals with clubs worldwide being able to afford these premium targets. Every single 3D target has been designed professionally with realistic...

Hands up who’s kids are very happy in front of a video game or a TV? Mine certainly are and that’s great for some hand eye co-ordination but personally I would sooner they get out into the fresh air alongside playing their video games. Getting my kids involved in Archery for me as a coach was a winner - it’s a safe, fun activity with tons of extra benefits to be had along the way plus I get to spend quality time with us doing something together - no brainer! New blood If you’re new to the sport or your...

We had great visit from Made in Liverpool TV’s Lowdown presenters Ben and Gaelle this week. As part of their weekly programme they wanted to learn how to shoot so when they approached us to come and have a go with us of course we said yes! They spent a while being taught how to shoot a recurve bow by coaches Harry and Mike. We started them off on our club trainer bows and then moved them on to an English Longbow. We love teaching archery to people and never get tired of seeing the big smiles on new archers faces!...