Bowhunting Equipment

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Add to that the romantic folklore of Robin Hood and the bow’s legendary history in warfare (from the Turks and Egyptians to Genghis Khan’s Mongols and the Chinese to the Normans and the Royal English). And the bow has been around practically as long as mankind has. At the moment of greatest strain, he must draw every sinew to the utmost; his hand must be steady; his nerves under absolute control; his eye keen and clear. By the most adroit cleverness, he must approach within striking distance, and when he speeds his low whispering shaft and strikes his game, he has won by strength of arm and nerve. Don’t forget the connections to our Native American predecessors. He who shoots with a bow, puts his life’s energy into it. However, the essence of hunting with the bow and arrow includes so much more than just a choice of hunting weapon. In the hunt he pits his well trained skill against the instinctive cunning of his quarry. Save the discovery of fire and the development of speech, and mankind has not had a trustier or more important partner in its prospering development. Saxton Pope (1923) Humans have always been hunters. That’s quite a history that was practically cast aside by the mid 1800s, but was rediscovered in the early part of the 20th Century and has steadily grown in popularity ever since. The bow has fed and nourished generation after generation for almost all of the past 50,000 years. The force behind the flying shaft must be placed there by the archer. The values and spirit of bowhunting revolves around such principles as: Challenge Simplicity Primitive Discipline Patience Practice Perseverance Skill Outdoorsmanship Craftsmanship © 2008 Pope and Young Club. Today, bowhunting is considered a specialized form of hunting. Ultimately, it is equipment that defines the endeavor known as “bowhunting”—a bow and an arrow.