Insights

Notes from behind the counter.

Tuning, gear, hunting season and the occasional bit of family history. No filler, no listicles about the top ten anything.

Hunting Sep 4, 2026 3 min read

Broadhead tuning: why field points lie

Your bow can shoot field points into one hole and still throw broadheads six inches wide. Here is the physics, and the fix.

Hunting Aug 28, 2026 3 min read

What to do a month out, two weeks out, and the week before opening day. In that order, for that reason.

Tuning & Gear Aug 14, 2026 3 min read

Five things a bow does when it is drifting out of tune, and what each one usually means before it costs you a season.

Getting Started Aug 7, 2026 3 min read

No equipment, no experience, no idea what to expect. Here is exactly how a first archery lesson goes, start to finish.

Getting Started Jul 24, 2026 3 min read

Three very different tools that all shoot arrows. An honest comparison of what each one is good at, from a shop that sells all three.

Kids & Family Jul 10, 2026 3 min read

Why seven is the number, what a first session with a child actually looks like, and how to tell whether it is going to stick.

From the Family Jun 19, 2026 2 min read

How a bow shop opened in Saddle Brook in 1957 and stayed in one family for three generations.

Hunting Jun 5, 2026 2 min read

Two hundred mounts, three generations of hunting, and one polar bear in the back of a bow shop in Saddle Brook.

Leagues & Community May 22, 2026 2 min read

Eight weeks, a scorecard and a lane assignment. What league night is actually like, and why handicapped scoring means you cannot embarrass yourself.

Tuning & Gear Apr 17, 2026 2 min read

Strings are the most replaced and least understood part of a bow. What goes into building a set properly, and what you feel afterward.

Tuning & Gear Mar 13, 2026 2 min read

We could ship you a bow tomorrow. Here is the honest reason we would rather you drove to Saddle Brook.

Leagues & Community Feb 27, 2026 2 min read

Pig Man, Hoyt and Easton seminars, and why a bow shop keeps putting chairs out for the evening.

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