Bowhunter

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A monthly American magazine about hunting with a bow and archery

proper noun
/ˈboʊˌhʌntər/

Literature

: Bowhunter

Serlin said he started out donating his time through the Physically Challenged Bowhunters Association and learned what went into helping disabled people when it came to hunting.
Bowhunter magazine
Metro Bowhunters
Bowhunters Resource

Examples

The "Vital" Whitetail has also been approved by the National Bowhunter Education Foundation for its International Bowhunter Education Program.
What I don't get is why rifle hunters need to take the Canadian Firearms Safety Course, but archery users are not mandated to take a Bowhunters' Course.

Blog text (5)
M.R. James, Schafer's neighbor and editor of Bowhunter magazine, had encouraged the soft-spoken bowhunter to share a written narrative about the hunt.
Crumley ran a small ad in Bowhunter magazine in July 1980, and by fall he'd sold his entire run.

Surface Forms

Bowhunter main

Morphology

Bowhunter = bow + hunter (transparent) = bow + hunter

Clear compound of 'bow' + 'hunter' meaning someone who hunts with a bow; a learner knowing both parts can infer the sense.

Etymology

The word Bowhunter is made of bow and hunter. Bow means 'a curved weapon used to shoot arrows' and hunter means 'a person who hunts', so Bowhunter is the title for a magazine for people who hunt with bows and care about archery.