Field grit and autumn craft run through the issue: a full recap of the IFAF Bowhunter Champs in Killygarry where squalls, open lanes, and long holds turned every shot into a lesson; plus the UAR results from 31 August laid out cleanly for anyone planning their winter targets and benchmarking progress.
Our two-part Strongbow Archers feature walks a club from first meeting to first open Flint: constitution and affiliation done right, risk assessments that match the ground, kit rooms set up with purpose, a humming Time Judge system, and four record-eligible rounds across a spotless weekend. It reads like a practical handbook for any club building toward reliable events and a generous welcome.
Andrew’s 20 Questions sits down with Mattia Cestonaro of Loch Riach for wooden-arrow wisdom, travel-ready ambition, and the year’s big competitions on the horizon. Beginner Tips by Aoibhinn Cowley offers a steady plan for the wet months—brace height, stringing, nocking points, spares, and course etiquette—ideal to share with newcomers. Pricing the Wind gives a field-ready decision method—prepare, observe, commit, learn—while An Arrow Knows No Master (Machiavelli), Part II turns virtue and efficacy toward the moment of release. In Smack My Controversy, a sharp letter weighs online-only registrations and what genuine hospitality looks like on a shoot day.
Seasonal reading rounds it out: Edgar Allan Poe’s engineering of terror shows fear built like joinery—unity of effect, chambered spaces, endings that ring—while Dracula: the story of the story follows the Count from Wallachian soil through Stoker’s stage and into a century of film, with fresh angles on hunger, romance, and endurance. Add HDH-IAA Historical Worlds highlights and a fireside Lesser Things & Trivia spread, and you have a stack of pages made for long October evenings.
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