Complete Book Of The Bow Arrow

Author : Larry Wise
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780811724111
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bow and Arrow written by Larry Wise and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides guidance and tools for recreational archers, tournament archers, and bow-hunters, covering equipment, shooting technique, bow tuning, and arrow making and presents equipment requirements, organizations, and practice tips for target archery, field archery, and unknown-distance archery.

Author : Jim Hamm
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1461749255
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bows & Arrows of the Native Americans written by Jim Hamm and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the history and construction of these unique hunting tools.

Author : Vic Hurley
Publisher : Cerberus Books
ISBN 13 : 098347561X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arrows Against Steel written by Vic Hurley and published by Cerberus Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Mason/Charter, 1975.

Author : Howard Gillelan
Publisher : Derrydale Press
ISBN 13 : 9781564161635
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complete Book of Bow and Arrow written by Howard Gillelan and published by Derrydale Press. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clay C. Hayes
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548762810
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traditional Bowyer's Handbook written by Clay C. Hayes and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I can't really explain my attraction to the bow and arrow. I can't explain the pull of a camp fire either, or the ocean, or the open hills where you can see forever. It's just there. These things are in all of us I think, some vestige of our primitive past buried so deep in our genome as to be inseparable from what it is to be human. What we think of as civilization is a new experiment in the eyes of Father Time. Experts say that humans have been around for some fifty thousand years. We've been carrying the bow for maybe five thousand (atlatls and spears before that), and pushing the plow for maybe two thousand. We have been hunters forever. We are built to run, to pursue big game on the open savannas, to kill and eat them. With the dwindling of the Pleistocene mega fauna, mammoths and such, the bow became more important and indeed helped to make us who we are today. It still holds that attraction, same as the hearth. When I was a kid I would make crude bows from green plum branches, big at one end and small at the other. A discarded hay string would serve as a bowstring. My arrows were fat and unfletched and would scarcely fly more than a few yards, usually tumbling over in midair. The small creatures around our home were plenty safe. When I was about 12 or so my brother brought me two old Ben Person recurves he'd found at a yard sale. One was a short bow, probably no more than 48 inches and the other was more of a standard size. They both drew about 50 lbs if I recall. That fall happened to be a good year for cottontails around our little farm and I spent countless hours walking the fields and shooting at them as they busted from underfoot. Although I'd get several shots a day I never did hit one on the fly but I remember that fall fondly nonetheless. The pleasure of jumping rabbits and seeing the feathered shaft streaking toward them was a thrill I've never forgotten. I made my first "real" bow when I was in high school, after getting a copy of the Traditional Bowyers Bible in the mail (more on this in a moment). My first bow, a decrowned mulberry flatbow, broke within about 10 shots. The second held together quite well and is probably still around somewhere and capable of shooting an arrow, though it would probably draw about 70lbs. When I first started making bows I used the woods I had close at hand; mulberry, common persimmon, red maple, white cedar, etc. I'd probably made more than a dozen bows of various woods before I ever saw a piece of Osage. People often ask me where they can find a bow stave and, invariably, I tell them to use what they have close by. No matter where you live, you'll have something near that will make a bow. Go cut it down and get started. This book is an attempt to share some of what I've learned over my years of bow making. The Traditional Bowyers Bible series, as mentioned earlier, is still a great source of information. Why write another book on making wood bows you might ask? The simple answer is that there are so many ways of doing and explaining things. There are still unanswered questions and we'll cover many of them here. We will cover all of the most frequently asked questions, and lay out a simple plan that should guide you through the entire process, from finding a stave to stringing your bow and shooting your first arrow. Some of what you'll find here, you'll find nowhere else.

Author : G. Howard Gillelan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complete Book of the Bow and Arrow written by G. Howard Gillelan and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Agar Hansard
Publisher : London : H.G. Bohn
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Archery written by George Agar Hansard and published by London : H.G. Bohn. This book was released on 1841 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Paleolithic era, over 250,000 years ago, archery was invented. With bows and arrows made from wood (mostly pine), archery was presumably used only for hunting. As technology advanced, stone arrowheads were fashioned on the ends of arrows, making them more effective. Archery arrived in the Americas around 2,500 BC. While archery was mostly used for hunting, the tribes of the Southern United States created a game that involved shooting arrows into a moving hoop. The Indian tribes of the Great Plains were the first to become adept at archery on horseback. During the Iron Age, Babylonians and Assyrians used archery in warfare. Just as Native American tribes learned to perfect archery on horses, these peoples became skilled in archery on moving war chariots. Into the Middle Ages, European warfare relied heavily on both skilled and unskilled archers. Implementing mass archery tactics during the Crusades, the English invented their own bow, the English long bow, one of the most popular styles to this day. Today, archery is an Olympic sporting event, a skill used in recreational hunting, and somewhat of a lost art. Recently, archery has become a bit of a fad in America and the United Kingdom because of the rise in popular culture of archers like Robin Hood, Green Arrow and The Hunger Games'Katniss Everdeen.

Author : John Baldwin
Publisher : Early Amer Artistry
ISBN 13 : 9780965114639
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bows, Arrows & Quivers of the American Frontier written by John Baldwin and published by Early Amer Artistry. This book was released on 1999 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, UNIQUE, COMPLETE HISTORY BOOK OF BOWS, ARROWS & QUIVERS OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER by John Baldwin. Third in the series. Everything available about bows, arrows and quivers of the American Frontier. This subject matter is covered creatively to the fullest extent. Drawings and quality photos depict images in great detail.

Author : G. Howard Gillelan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780811721189
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of the Bow and Arrow written by G. Howard Gillelan and published by . This book was released on 1981-02-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. Howard Gillelan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780811704076
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complete Book of the Bow & Arrow written by G. Howard Gillelan and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "History, gear, rules, skills--the all-inclusive reference for hunting, fishing, field, and target archery"--Jacket.