Dakota Archery Products, Inc. was born in a small farm garage on the prairies of South Dakota when President of the company, Don Hulm, had an idea for an arrow holder for his shoot-through arrow rest. After 38 years of archery hunting, this idea was just the latest in a long line of improvements Don had made on his own equipment. However, something about this idea was different, and after much research and soul searching, Don decided to pursue this idea as a business venture.

In January of 2001, Dakota Archery Products, Inc. debuted at the AMO Show in Indianapolis, Indiana, with a simple idea: help people "Hunt with Confidence". The original product line consisted of three models of the patent pending Arrow Holder along with the patent pending Fall-Off Bumper. The initial response to the product was outstanding and innumerable requests were made to make the product fit other rests.

Currently, Dakota Archery Products offers the Dakota Confidence Arrow Holder for over 50 different arrow rests, with additional compatibility coming soon. In addition to the Arrow Holders and Dakota Confidence Fall-Off Bumpers, the company also produces Quiver Extenders for the Mathews two piece nondetachable quiver along with a conversion bracket to allow the quiver to hold seven arrows instead of five. The newest products in the company's line include Light Brackets for selected fiber optic sights and Targeting Systems for consistent practice.

The company remains a family oriented business using the efforts of immediate family and close friends for production and packaging. Research and development of new products continues with extremely exciting projects under way to further the line of products offered to bow hunters.

With apologies to ADM, the mission of Dakota Archery Products, Inc. which drives their innovative effort: "We don't make all of the archery products you use, we make some of the archery products you use, better!"