About Archery

Archery in one form or another has been around for over 20,000 years, and evidence of this can be found in the form of stone arrowheads discovered in Africa which date to before 20,000 years BC. In these ancient times we can assume that the bow was used for hunting, being far more practical than a spear.

Over the years it has been developed into a weapon of war; evidence for this has been found in wall paintings in Egypt. In our own history we know that the longbow has been pivotal in winning many medieval battles. Only the later development of gunpowder and artillery made the bow outdated as an effective weapon.

Today, however, archery has become a popular sport. There are a number of different disciplines and competitions ranging from recurve target archery which has been seen at the Olympic Games, through field competitions shot over rough land and forests across the country, to the hyper accurate Las Vegas competitions shot with compound bows for thousands of dollars of prize money.

There are three basic types of bow in use today, the traditional Longbow, the Recurve bow, and the Compound bow.  For more detailed information on these different types of bow, please Click Here.

There are also several main types of archery style - Target shooting, Field shooting, and Clout shooting are the most common.  For more information on these styles of archery, please Click Here.

In Target Archery, there are many different "Rounds" shot by archers, each with differing distances and numbers of arrows shot.  For more information on these archery rounds, please Click Here.