Today, Archery is a sport often associated with hunting and competition, used in sport from boys’ and girls’ clubs to the Olympic stage. Archery has survived thousands of years BC to today, in the face of gunpowder bullets to nuclear super-weapons. And, it doesn’t look like the bow and arrow will go out of style anytime soon either. The truth behind the matter is that even today people feel a certain need to get in touch with a primal method of survival, testing the very engrained makeup of the true hunt, man against nature. Archery history has its multi-fingered hands in former and present times.
Archive for July, 2009
Recurve Bows
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Compound Bows
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009The compound bow was first invented in 1966 by Holless Allen. It has become the predominant bow used for hunting because of the high velocities at which the arrows travel to the target.
Hunting Bows
Monday, July 6th, 2009If you’ve ever been interested in archery or bow and arrow shooting, then you must be sure you like the materials you’re using. Certain bow types, for example, work better for these people, while other bow types work better for those people. The differences between the types of bows are many, but the inherent skill involved is the same. The evolution of the bow gives an array of breeds of bows today.
