Every part of a compound bow is a piece of a puzzle, and when all the pieces fit together, you get a tool that produces accuracy, speed, and a balanced feel. Knowing these parts, their location on the ...

In the beginning, prehistoric man hunted with stones and wooden spears. Archeologists are not sure when man first used the bow and arrow for hunting, but likely it occurred in Africa. Cave paintings ...

OUT in the open, where the air smells of grass and earth and every shot counts, a bow is only as good as the string that drives it. It may look like a simple cord, stretched taut between two limbs, ...

Which compound bow is best? The main drawback with traditional archery is the strength required to pull the bowstring. The solution is the compound bow. Its ingenious system dramatically reduces the ...

Firing a bow is no longer a case of pointing it into the sky and lobbing an arrow into the distance. Now you can point your arrow at your target and actually hit it, thanks to the technology behind ...

In Spain, the Cave of the Bats, Albuñol, held a major secret: bowstrings discovered in the 19th century predate those used by the ice mummy Ötzi by more than two millennia, shedding new light on ...

Ollie Kramer aimed his compound bow, drew the bowstring and released, the arrow hitting his target. A stegosaurus. On a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, the 16-year-old archer wielded that bow — a gift ...