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    modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The compound bow was first developed...
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    use of the bow. There are many different kinds of bow shapes. However, most fall into three main categories: straight, recurve and compound. Straight and...
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    forms of bow including the modern recurve and compound bow. These modern forms are now dominant in modern Western archery; traditional bows are in a minority...
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    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...
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  • This article contains a list of notable archers from modern-day, historical, and fictional sources. Huang Zhong Einar Tambarskjelve Horace A. Ford Howard...
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    experience. The modern recurve is the only form of bow permitted in the Olympics (though the compound bow is permitted in some categories at the Paralympic...
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  • stages Compound bow, a type of bow for archery Polyhedral compound, a polyhedron composed of multiple polyhedra sharing the same centre Compound (music)...
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    off the bow. On compound bows, feathers may be a hindrance, and plastic vanes are a better solution. At the high speeds coming off a compound bow, plastic...
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  • index feather) composite bow (equipment) – A bow made from various laminated materials compound bow (equipment) – A modern bow that uses a system of cables...
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  • Thumbnail for Holless Wilbur Allen
    invented the compound bow. Allen was born July 12, 1909, in Stilwell, Kansas. In the 1960s, he sawed the ends off a conventional recurve bow and then added...
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    1999 in Japan, and started shooting compound bow a year later. In 2003, she won first place shooting compound bow in both the FITA and Olympic rounds...
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    achieved with heat and force. Longbow Crossbow Cable-backed bow Compound bow Laminated bow Recurve bow http://www.usarchery.org/userfiles/file/flight_primitive_rules...
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  • the president of Bear Archery. The company was not one of the first compound bow manufacturers, but eventually found success with early models like the...
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    Crossbow (redirect from Cross-bow)
    crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called...
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  • Binary cam (category Bows (archery))
    The binary cam is a design for the pulley system of a compound bow. Craig Yehle, director of research and development at Bowtech Archery, received a patent...
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  • A bow draw in archery is the method or technique of pulling back the bowstring to store energy for the bow to shoot an arrow. The most common method[citation...
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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...
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  • introduced in Crysis 3 include a new Nanosuit ability called "Rip & Throw", a compound bow and hacking, which allows players to hack into enemies' equipment, drones...
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    recreational big-game trophy hunter, then tracked and killed with a compound bow the following morning, between 10 and 12 hours later. Cecil was 13 years...
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  • gold medals in the women's recurve and men's compound events, respectively. In the women's compound bow, Fiji's Shanti Cook won two gold medals, and Tahiti's...
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    compound bows most commonly use a release aid to hold the string and release it precisely, although finger tabs are also popular with compound bows,...
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  • Longbow (redirect from Long bow)
    or compound bow; it is usually lighter, quicker to prepare for shooting, and shoots more quietly. However, other things being equal, the modern bow will...
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  • Bow, Compound Bow and W1 Bows was held in Senior category. The qualification rounds of the competition was done as 720 rounds 70 m for Recurve bows,...
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    Quiver (section Bow quiver)
    invention, the bow quiver attaches directly to the bow's limbs and holds the arrows steady with a clip of some kind. They are popular with compound bow hunters...
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  • (PdF), a series of chemical compounds Parton distribution function, in particle physics Peak draw force, in a compound bow in archery Percival David Foundation...
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  • manufacturer of recurve and compound bows located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most notable for their competition recurve bows, which are featured prominently...
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  • with Bowtech Archery to release two signature bows – the BowTech Eva Shockey Signature Series Compound Bow launched in 2015, and the Mossy Oak Break-Up...
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    History of archery (redirect from Short bow)
    forms of bow including the modern recurve and compound bow. These modern forms are now dominant in modern Western archery; traditional bows are in a minority...
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    An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually...
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    Bowstring (redirect from Bow string)
    unusual on a modern recurve bow or compound bow, but are still effective and still used on traditional wooden or composite bows. Sinew and hide strings may...
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