Recommend a magazine
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From: craig@work
22-Jul-14
Looking for a new read. Have been getting petersons bow hunting for about 10 years and am getting increasingly tired of the endless ads and all the crossbow stuff. Suggestions?
Craig
From: Fuzzy
22-Jul-14
couldn't tell ya..."Playboy" ain't what it used to be and "Maxim" is too "metro"
From: Mountain sheep
22-Jul-14
Eastmans BHJ is still a good read.
From: sethosu
22-Jul-14
I get EBJ, EHJ, Western Hunter, Elk Hunter, and Huntin Fool. They are all good but greeting tired of Huntin Fool.
From: Jaquomo
22-Jul-14
They're all going to have lots of ads because they have to survive in a highly competitive environment and pay the staff and writers.
I still get Maxim so I can keep up with what the Other side is doing. Plus, they have some great stories.
From: X-Master
22-Jul-14
Deer & Deer Hunting, Whitetail Journal
From: Buffalo1
22-Jul-14
Deer & Deer Hunting
African Hunting Gazette (if you are in to African hunting)
From: Chad429
22-Jul-14
Western Hunter and Elk hunter Magazine are very good
From: BC
22-Jul-14
Bowhunter Magazine
From: loopmtz
22-Jul-14
Hard to beat, Extreme Elk Magazine....
From: Rick M
22-Jul-14
Extreme Elk, P&Y and Eastmans are the only ones I still get.
From: SoDakSooner
22-Jul-14
Bugle for RMEF members. Also get EBJ and Bowhunter. I need to subscribe to others, but I seem to buy every bowhunting rag on the newsstand too.
From: LBshooter
22-Jul-14
Unfortunately most of the mags have ads galore and bowhunter is. One of the top. A few articles spread out over hundreds of ads with plenty of x-bows. Deer and deer hunting is one of the better one.
From: BowSniper
22-Jul-14
Deer and Deer hunting (just ignore the moon phase stuff...) :-)
From: BullHunter
22-Jul-14
Extreme Elk is the best I've found. Great magazine.
From: ELKDIY
22-Jul-14
Extreme Elk! Just finished the new Fall Edition! Ready to read it again. You cannot go wrong.
From: muley505
22-Jul-14
Western Hunter and Elk Hunter are both excellent. I also enjoy Hunting Illustrated, EHJ, EBJ. I get a little tired of tons and tons of stories in the EHJ/EBJ with not as many actual articles, and this is where Western Hunter/Elk Hunter and Hunting Illustrated slightly excel over Eastman's in my opinion. I get a little weary of everyone's hunting stories as they all start sounding similar to me - "I finally, after 62 years of applying, drew a coveted (hate that word when used in this context) AZ strip tag ..." etc. I prefer a magazine that has more gear reviews and advice from people who live and breathe hunting and have access to more gear than I do; you get more of that with Western/Elk Hunter magazines, and I prefer them to the Eastman's stuff for that reason. Eastman's does have a useful MRS section (worth the price of the subscription) in the back that is helpful for the 4-6 months of the year as people are working on figuring out their applications. After the draws are done, the MRS becomes somewhat less helpful, but it still has useful things at times. I subscribe to about 8 different hunting-related magazines, and I enjoy Western Hunter and Elk Hunter magazines the most, and they are very reasonably priced as well.
From: standswittaknife
22-Jul-14
I'm a Traditional Bowhunter Mag fan. Anything E. Donnell Thomas is part of I'll read...
From: craig@work
22-Jul-14
Thanks for the suggestions everyone
From: Ermine
22-Jul-14
Extreme elk and Western Hunter are my favorite.
From: bowbeck
22-Jul-14
Exreme Elk, Elk Hunter, EBJ, EHJ, Western Hunter are all good reads. I enjoy Traditional Bowhunter as well. Like posted earlier EHJ and EBJ can get a little overdone with the stories that all sound the same but still good reads.
From: moosenelson
22-Jul-14
Extreme elk, traditional bowhunter, and my FAVE-FFG. Fur fish and Game has taken over top billing for me.
Reading about hunting deer doesn't have the same draw it used to.
From: Bou'bound
22-Jul-14
Traditional Bowhunter
From: CAS_HNTR
22-Jul-14
Just got my first extreme elk magazine.......im not even and elk hunter and this is the best put together magazine I have seen in a while......looking forward to the rest!
From: Don
22-Jul-14
Traditional bowhunter
From: Hunter II
22-Jul-14
Try this one: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Petersen%27s+Bowhunting-p21555
or this one: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Petersen%27s+Bowhunting-p21555
From: oldgoat
22-Jul-14
The other TBM, Traditional Bowhunter Magazine. No crossbows there, just checkout an issue, I read it and enjoyed it even before I had a trad bow glimmer in my eyes!
From: BULELK1
22-Jul-14
Other than my Conservation Group magazines that come with the membership like RMEF, Wild Sheep, RMBS, Long Hunter, P&Y, B&C then--Elk Hunterm EBJ and Extreme Bow Hunter mags.
Good Luck, Robb
From: Chad429
23-Jul-14
Taking your advice guys and just subscribed to Extreme Elk!!
From: 76aggie
23-Jul-14
Another vote for Traditional Bowhunter. They have great stories even if you have never owned a stickbow. It tends to carry down to earth articles and stories as opposed to the "Hey Look at ME!" other magazines tend to dwell on.
From: jmiller
24-Jul-14
Bowhunter and Trad Bowhunter
From: jstephens61
24-Jul-14
Bugle, EBJ & Extreme Elk
From: Crete$
24-Jul-14
Extreme Elk magazine. By far the best magazine that has landed in my mailbox! You won't be disappointed.
From: Tilzbow
24-Jul-14
For the best writing and story telling "Grays Sporting Journal" is head and shoulders above all others and it's not even close.
That said I also subscribe to many of the others listed above and enjoy different aspects of each.
From: BOHNTR
24-Jul-14
Western Hunter & Elk Hunter Magazine.
From: RogBow
24-Jul-14
I might subscribe to Traditional Bowhunter just to escape the crossbow articles.
From: Jeff Holchin
24-Jul-14
TBM is the best bowhunting mag out there
From: elkslayer
25-Jul-14
Big Buck Magazine is one of the best out there,short stories with amazing photo's.
From: Greg Kush
25-Jul-14
Traditional Bowhunter
From: HULLHEAVER
25-Jul-14
Bow and Arrow Hunting Magazine. Editor is Joe Bell and has some great tech stuff as well as mostly western hunts. There are still some Whitetail stories, but for the most part it's western and alpine hunts.
From: Rayzor
26-Jul-14
Rayzor's Link
South Pacific Bowhunter now available here in the US. Hands down the best bowhunting mag in the industry in my opinion. Published a couple time a year some some of the best photography, print quality and articles you'll find.
From: BOWUNTR
26-Jul-14
P&Y Ethic... Ed F
From: Medicinemann
26-Jul-14
Another vote for South Pacific Bowhunter.....heck of a magazine, Antonio (Lara)!!
From: arlone
26-Jul-14
If you have any interest in traditional/primitive archery I would recommend Traditional Bow Hunter, TradArcher's World Nd Primitive Archer. I still get Bowhunter but it isn't M.R.'s magazine anymore!! No crossbow stories yet, but the adds are mutipling. I am a PBS member, so also get there quarterly mag.
From: Mule Power
27-Jul-14
Surprised to see only a single mention of Bugle magazine. Kill two birds with one stone: Join the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, support a good cause AND get what has to be one of the best magazines out there. Not trying to sell anything in the articles. Just really good material. Like a breath of fresh air. Try it & I bet you'll renew your subscription.
From: Swamp Buck
27-Jul-14
Extreme Elk
From: wyobullshooter
28-Jul-14
I've reduced my reading to 4 magazines. In no particular order they are Bugle, Bow & Arrow, EBJ, and Extreme Elk.
From: Ollie
28-Jul-14
Traditional Bowhunter. Membership magazines for P&Y and PBS. You will find crossbow advertisement in every mainstream bowhunting magazine that I am aware of.
From: Three Fingers
28-Jul-14
Bear Hunting Magazine. Covers all aspects of bear hunting. Very good read.
