| Many people still loves hunting by Bow
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| | slipknot in one notch, and bend the bow
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| and Arrow instead of using Guns. If you
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| | to get the correct distance between the
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| are arrow loving person, this article is
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| | bow and bowstring. Then measure off on
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| to guide you how to make your own bow and
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| | the other end of the cord where you have
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| arrow and how to use it perfectly.
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| | to make the spanning loop. When the loop
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| Archery, a popular sport today, has been
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| | is finished, you can hook up the
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| practiced by man for thousands of years.
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| | bowstring. To complete the bow, wind the
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| First used in the deadly pursuit of
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| | handgrip and the ends with cord.
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| animals for food, the bow and arrow now
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| | The Bowstring
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| provides fun and recreation.
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| | For your bowstring, use unbleached linen
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| The Indians used yew wood for their
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| | thread. Get three pieces of No. 12 Irish
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| bows. Hickory, lemon-wood or ash will
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| | linen thread, wax each piece with
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| serve equally well for making a bow.
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| | beeswax, and braid the three together.
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| The Bow Get a staff that is as tough and
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| | Then twist the braided string and wax it
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| as evenly grown as possible. Its
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| | again. The Arrows the length of your
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| dimensions should be about 5 to 6 feet
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| | arrows can vary from 22 to 30 inches. The
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| long, depending on the length of your arm
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| | longer your bow, the longer your arrows
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| span, fingertip to fingertip, and about 1
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| | should be. They should not be thicker
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| - to 11/2 inches thick. The side opposite
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| | than -5/16 of an inch. Hardwood is
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| the bowstring should be sanded smooth,
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| | preferred, but you can use very tough
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| and the thickness should taper off toward
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| | softwood if necessary. To be sure that
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| both ends. However, the thickest point
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| | they will fly well, stabilize your arrows
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| should not be in the middle (M in
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| | with feathers. Aiming an arrow does not
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| illustration), but about half the width
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| | travel in a straight line for more than a
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| of your hand below it. Although you will
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| | very short distance. As it loses speed,
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| set the arrow at the exact center of the
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| | it starts to fall in a slow curve. You
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| bow, you hold the bow at the thickest
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| | must aim so that the arrow's path of
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| spot. When you are shooting, the lower
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| | flight, or trajectory, brings it to the
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| limb of the bow will be longer than the
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| | target. You can make a target from moist
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| upper limb.
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| | earth or weave one with braided straw.
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| At the ends of both upper and lower
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| | Whenever you are shooting, be sure no one
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| limbs are the nocks notches in the wood
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| | is standing between you and the target,
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| that hold the bowstring. Make the nocks
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| | or even in the area in which the arrow
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| on the side opposite the bowstring and
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| | can go astray.
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| plane them slightly flat. (See the center
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| | If you take care of your bow and arrows,
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| cross section.) Now take a cord that is
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| | protecting them from moisture, they will
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| solid but not too thick, fasten it with a
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| | last a long time.
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