Archery

Archery

Of or pertaining to the skill of shooting arrows with a bow.

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string server

Sports; Archery

A device, which allows you to make nocking points on the bowstring.

stringer

Sports; Archery

Archer's using recurve bows use this device to string their bows.

tab

Sports; Archery

This is a piece of leather that is worn on the archer's fingers to protect the fingers form the bowstring. It also helps in the archer to release the arrow. See also Finger Tab.

takedown bows

Sports; Archery

This is a recurve bow that has removable limbs, so the bow can be broken down and thus allowing smaller storage, which makes the bow easier to travel with.

target

Sports; Archery

What the archer is shooting his arrows at. Targets are made up of 10 concentric rings. The outermost circle is worth one point and the center circle is worth 10 points.

target dimensions

Sports; Archery

There are two target dimensions. One is approx, 48 inches (122 centimeters wide) with the concentric rings having a width of 2.4 inches (6.1 centimeters). Then there is an approx. 31 inches (80 ...

Archer's shoot at four different distances. Men shoot at distances of 295 feet (90 meters) and 229 feet (70 meters) and the target is approx. 48 inches (122 centimeters) wide. They also shoot at 164 ...