Thursday, September 8, 2016

Bows And Arrows As Archery Hunting Equipment

By Amy Hall


Archery is commonly known before as a means of hunting and combat in the old times. It was first made by the ancient people by the use of some basic materials and is used for hunting wide life animals. It was also considered as a weapon for war in the historic times.

Equipment are evolving and have been made a lot of forms and designs. Because of this, various archery hunting equipment are made available. A lot of bows and arrows are being invented already for archers who has different types when it comes to equipment.

Bow has three types which consists of recurve, compound, and longbow. For beginners, they are obliged to use the recurve bows since it is much easier to use and it fires easily. Compound bows have common similarities with recurve bows but it differs with the string used. And first bow that became so popular is the longbow but it is difficult to fire and aim when using this.

There are three types of arrows that an be used. Many people have said that one dangerous type of arrow is the carbon type, because it contains carbon fibers, and because it is very light and is not firm, it may possibly break down easily. Aluminum arrow, as compared to the carbon type, is a little bit firmer and heavier. And the popular arrow that is being used in historic times is the wood arrow which is better used with longbows.

Nowadays, this is considered as a unique sport and unique recreational activity. People who play this game are called the archers. And the experts about this game is called a toxophilite.

Archery as competitive sport is shooting arrows to hit a certain target at a distance. This is the most common and most popular type of this sport. Many ways of shooting evolve in this time of the sport. First way is the clout shooting in which the arrow is aimed upwards so that it lands and hit the horizontally placed target.

Another way is roving marks, in which archers shoot a new target from the area or location of the previous target. Roving marks way of shooting is said to be the oldest way of shooting. And lastly is the butt shooting wherein butts, mounds of earth, are being used as a target.

Para archery is a type of the sport which is offered for athletes who has abnormalities. Athletes are being categorized according to their specifications. These categories are open, W1, and a category for the visually impaired.

Open category is for athletes who are using wheelchairs but are capable standing. W1 category is for those who are in wheelchairs also but are also incapable of walking and even standing. Both categories have been featured in Paralympic Games. The visually impaired category is for athletes who have vision impairment. This type of category has not been featured in Paralympic Games.




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