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Compound Therapy

More time in woods principle reason school principal bow hunts

Compound Therapy
Staff member Jody Morphew (right) shows a bow to Tommy Norton, who requires a longer draw than most. (Mike Suchan photo)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – If Tommy Norton couldn’t bow hunt, he says he’d probably go crazy. It’s his solace, his sanctuary, his therapy. Making sure he’d be able to enjoy the upcoming deer season had him more than an hour from rural Hot Springs home on a Saturday afternoon at Archer’s Advantage.

The largest shop of its kind in five states, Jerrell Dodson’s store is a bow hunters dream, with every accessory and walls of crossbows, compounds to recurves. Dodson estimates 10 percent of his business is traditional bows, and his answer to why some still choose to pursue deer with stick and string sums up all bow...

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