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  2. Bowhunting - Wikipedia

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    Bowhunter in Utah. Bowhunting (or bow hunting) is the practice of hunting game animals by archery. Many indigenous peoples have employed the technique as their primary hunting method for thousands of years, and it has survived into contemporary use for sport and hunting.

  3. Compound bow - Wikipedia

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    The bow has the axle attaching the limb to cam is mounted at the edge of the cam as opposed to the center. In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. [1] The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wilbur Allen in North Kansas City, Missouri, and a US ...

  4. Composite bow - Wikipedia

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    A composite bow is a traditional bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together, a form of laminated bow. The horn is on the belly, facing the archer, and sinew on the outer side of a wooden core. When the bow is drawn, the sinew (stretched on the outside) and horn (compressed on the inside) store more energy than wood for the same ...

  5. History of archery - Wikipedia

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    Longbowmen archers of the Middle Ages.. Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is documented as part of warfare and hunting from the classical period (where it figures in the mythologies of many cultures) until the end of the 19th century, when it was made obsolete by the invention and spread of ...

  6. Bowhunter TV - Wikipedia

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    Release. June 27, 2005. ( 2005-06-27) –. present. Bowhunter TV is a television series about the sport of bowhunting which debuted on the Outdoor Channel in 2005. It is made in conjunction with Bowhunter Magazine and now airs on the Sportsman Channel. The show is produced by the Outdoor Sportsman Group and owned by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment .

  7. Mongol bow - Wikipedia

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    The Mongol bow is a type of recurved composite bow historically used in Mongolia, and by the horse archers of the Mongol Empire. "Mongol bow" can refer to two types of bow. From the 17th century onward, most of the traditional bows in Mongolia were replaced with the similar Manchu bow which is primarily distinguished by larger siyahs and the ...

  8. World Archery Federation - Wikipedia

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    World Archery Federation. The World Archery Federation (WA, also and formerly known as FITA from the French Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the ...

  9. Bow and arrow - Wikipedia

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    Bow and arrow. A Karo boy holding a bow and arrow. The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles ( arrows ). Humans used bows and arrows for hunting and aggression long before recorded history, and the practice was common to many prehistoric cultures.

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