Bow Hunting

Archery is both the skill and the practice of usingaway. A good archer is careful and will restrict his
a bow to shoot arrows and hit a target. Theseshots to less than 60 meters, taking into
days, it is a renowned sport of precision andconsideration several factors such as the archer's
accuracy but this skill dates back to early historyability, the draw weight regulated and the target
as a tool for hunting and a weapon in conflict.animal among others. Good bow hunters also
Archery was seen in the histories of the differentchoose to restrict their shooting range and prefer
cultures all over the continents, all exceptto shoot from a shorter distance. This is to make
Australia.The initial evidence of archery is thesure that the target is killed swiftly, humanely and
"tya," which is a bow that was probably used forwith as little arrows as possible. Shooting from a
hunting and was later turned into a weapon forcloser distance allows the hunter a far more
combat. These bows ultimately took over the usepersonal hunting experience because they get to
of the "spear-thrower" as the main tool fortest the target's senses of sight, hearing and
launching projectiles. The spear thrower launchessmell as well as their own. This limit in range is a
projectiles by using leverage to gain a greaterhuge challenge for the hunter and is one of the
velocity. It is made of a shaft with a hook wheremain reasons why archery hunting is a very
the end of the spear rests and is thrown by thestriking sport.As with weapons of war, there are
movement of the upper arm and wrist.The usea lot of types of bows that an archer can choose
of Archery in hunting is more commonly calledfrom. Traditional bows like the self bows, the
Bow Hunting. In our modern society, hunting is nolongbows and recurve bows are able to
longer our main source of food and livelihood. Thisaccurately launch their arrows from a distance
is because we can buy food and almost anythingmore than 20 yards but they shoot best when
in shops and grocery stores. In this day and age,shot from a range of less than 20 meters.
hunting is considered as a sport, calling the killNowadays, compound bows are usually preferred
'game.' And, as in all sports, hunting is regulated byby bow hunters but seeing hunters with recurve
a lot of rules and regulations. Some people alsobows are also common and legal in North
target fish and use modified bows. This is calledAmerica.The favorite though is still the longbow
bow fishing.In North America, for example,because most hunters prefer to make the whole
regulations for bow hunting concern the huntinghunting experience as traditional as possible.
unit, which means the location of the hunt; theHowever, more skill is needed to manipulate a
season, pertaining to the particular time; and whatlongbow and achieve a clean hit than with other
type (male or female) of animal species can betypes of bows. Crossbows are generally used by
hunted down. Most of the time, Bow hunters arethe disabled hunters but its use by able hunters
given a special season to hunt so that conflicthas been allowed in several states in 2005.True to
with rifle hunters are kept at a minimum. Also,any weapon, proper training, skill and practice of
there are technical regulations in the hunt such asthe archer are needed to be able to bring out the
the minimum draw weight that is applied to thebest in a bow and hit a bull's eye. Even more will
hunting of big game species. This is to maximizebe required to take down an animal target cleanly,
shot lethality and game recovery.Bow hunters arehumanely and with one shot if possible. An
different from rifle hunters because rifles canexcellent archer can kill with one well-placed shot
shoot from a range of more than 200 metersas efficiently as a hunter with a rifle.