The Best Arm Guards of 2026

Easton's Deluxe Bone is the arm guard you'll see on half the target lines in the country — a light molded-polycarbonate guard with a bone-inspired shape and adjustable elastic straps, in a handful of colors, for eleven dollars. It's short, it's cheap, it stops the string, and it disappears on your arm, which is exactly what a target archer wants. Nothing traditional about it, and nothing wrong with it.

Price

$10.99

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Short

The Tarantula Flex Foam is the value pick for anyone who wants a little more than bare plastic — a contoured internal shell wrapped in molded flex foam, vented, held on by two quick-release straps, for twelve bucks. The foam conforms to the forearm and the vents keep it cool on a summer range. It's Mossy Oak camo only, which reads hunting more than target, but it protects the same either way.

Price

$11.99

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Short

The OMP Mountain Man is the entry into leather bracers — vented suede with a two-strap hook-and-loop closure, seven inches of classic traditional look for fifteen dollars. It gives a recurve or longbow the leather aesthetic that a molded plastic guard can't, without the price of a hand-tooled one. The suede is vented to breathe, and the two straps hold it steady through the shot.

Price

$14.99

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Short

The Legend Armguard XT is the modern foam guard done well — thermoshaped EVA foam, vented for airflow, secured by adjustable straps with low-profile quick-release buckles, in three sizes and three colors. Unlike the one-size crowd, it actually comes small, medium, and large, so it fits a junior arm as well as an adult one. Light, breathable, and cleanly made, it's the target-and-beginner guard for someone who wants a proper size fit.

Price

$16.50

Coverage

Short

The Fred Bear Logo guard is the traditional bracer with a name on it — 100% leather, stamped with the Fred Bear logo, laced on with an adjustable elastic cord through four lace hooks. It's the guard for someone who wants their recurve or longbow to look the part, and it carries a heritage price to match. Seven by five and a half inches of genuine leather, it's more about the look and the badge than any protection a $12 guard doesn't also give.

Price

$29.99

Coverage

Short

The 3Rivers Traditional Only is the long leather bracer for serious traditional shooters — a single layer of heavy 8-to-10-ounce vegetable-tanned top-grain leather, made in the USA, secured with a stretch cord and a gunmetal two-hook system. It covers more forearm than the short guards, which is what a heavy-draw trad shooter in shirtsleeves wants. It's the priciest guard here, and it's built like it'll outlast the bow.

Price

$44.99

Coverage

Long