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I began shooting a bow and arrow and bowhunting in about 1961 in central Indiana.
There weren't very many bow shooters or bowhunters back then, and even fewer deer, and what information you could find on shooting or hunting with the bow was extremely limited and was, for the most part, adapted from whatever was known about hunting with firearms. I wanted to know more, but it was hard to come up with information. Most articles were written by outdoor gun writers who saw the opportunity to make a few bucks writing about a new sport. I sold my first article to a bowhunting magazine in 1971, and have been at it ever since. I started writing articles because there were things that I thought some of the bowhunters I'd met needed to know; things like how to sharpen broadheads and knives, successful whitetail tactics, and the importance of physical conditioning, and accurate shooting…which are, ironically, still important topics today.
Since then I've written about bowhunting most North American animals and have been fortunate enough to see most of the United States, Canada and parts of Africa, and some of Europe in the process. I've written three books, INSTINCTIVE SHOOTING; INSTINCTIVE SHOOTING II; and STALKING AND STILL-HUNTING; THE GROUND HUNTER'S BIBLE; and an instructional shooting video, also named INSTINCTIVE SHOOTING.
I've always been involved in bowhunting organizations at all levels, from local and state, to national, serving as president of the Pope and Young Club for 18 years, and currently serving as president of Compton Traditional Bowhunters. From 1977 to 1991 I built custom traditional bows as Bighorn Bowhunting Company in Colorado. For several years Bighorn was the only traditional bow company advertising in the national media. I've never owned or hunted with a compound bow.
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| Articles by G. Fred Asbell | |||||||||||||||||||
| Issue | Article | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 01 | World Records | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec/Jan 02 | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feb/Mar 02 | Shooting Your Bow Accurately | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apr/May 02 | Bowhunting Practice | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jun/Jul 02 | Bowhunting Mule Deer is a Special Privilege | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aug/Sep 02 | You Can't Beat a Good Nap for Bringing in Deer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 02 | Instinctive Aiming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec/Jan 03 | The Magical Bow Arm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feb/Mar 03 | The Tipi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apr/May 03 | Let Each Day of Bowhunting be a Learning Experience | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jun/Jul 03 | Tom Parsons--Kim Sha Archery and the TP Bow | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aug/Sep 03 | The Elusive Instinctive Anchor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 03 | It Had To Be The Hat | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec/Jan 04 | Alternative Quivers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feb/Mar 04 | More On Alternative Quivers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apr/May 04 | Snap Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jun/Jul 04 | Strong Like The Bull! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aug/Sep 04 | Putting An End to Snap Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 04 | Western Whitetails Ain't The Same | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 04 | Game Profile--Mule Deer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec/Jan 05 | Bow Weight and the "Guy Thing" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feb/Mar 05 | Hybrid Longbows--An Evolution | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apr/May 05 | Common Scents | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jun/Jul 05 | Common Scents II--Odor Elimination | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aug/Sep 05 | And God Created Caribou | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 05 | Why We Miss | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec/Jan 06 | The Dominant Eye and The Instinctive Shooter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feb/Mar 06 | Ground Blinds--New Wave Bowhunting | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apr/May 06 | Saskatchewan Bear Hunt 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jun/Jul 06 | Practice: Making Measurable Improvement | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aug/Sep 06 | Stop Tinkering and Changing Things! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 06 | The Swing Draw | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec/Jan 07 | The "I Wish I Knew" Elk Hunt | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feb/Mar 07 | A Quiet Shooting Bow | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apr/May 07 | Learning to Shoot With The Back | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jun/Jul 07 | The Drawing Hand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aug/Sep 07 | Early Season Whitetails in Missourai are Good! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 07 | Shooting off the Shelf vs The Elevated Rest | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec/Jan 08 | Wool | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feb/Mar 08 | The Case for the Short Bow | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apr/May 08 | Penetration and Arrow Weight | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jun/Jul 08 | The Old Ways Ain't That Bad | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aug/Sep 08 | Roger Rothhaar--Whitetail Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 08 | On Your Feet in the Woods | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec/Jan 09 | The Stance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feb/Mar 09 | The Case for Slow and Slower | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apr/May 09 | It Was a Different Year | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jun/Jul 09 | Quest for a Rocky Mountain Goat | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aug/Sep 09 | Keeping A Journal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oct/Nov 09 | The Neck Knife | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec/Jan 10 | Planning & Dreaming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feb/Mar 10 | Binoculars…Are You Missing The Boat? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apr/May 10 | The Case for the Longer Bow | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jun/Jul 10 | Right Brain--Left Brain and the Bowhunter | ||||||||||||||||||
