This pronghorn is among Arizona's Big 12 that only bow hunter Barry Sopher has achieved. (Courtesy Barry Sopher)
By Lee Allen, OutdoorChannel.com
In the joy of hunting is intimately woven the love of the great outdoors. The beauty of the woods, valleys, mountains, and skies feeds the soul of the sportsman where the quest of game whets only his appetite After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction -- it is the contest of skill cunning The true hunter counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport.
- Dr. Saxton Pope, father of modern bow hunting and author of “Hunting with the Bow and Arrow,” 1923
Early inhabitants of what we now call the American West hunted without benefit of gunpowder and some still follow in those footsteps...