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Author : Brian J. Sorrells
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811760348
Advice on all aspects of selecting and shooting a longbow, including buying custom and choosing arrows.
Author : Brian J. Sorrells
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811714587
Advice on all aspects of selecting and shooting a longbow, including buying custom and choosing arrows. • Learn proper shooting form and tips for improving accuracy • Exercises to develop strong technique for target and stump shooting, 3D archery, and hunting • Explores the history of the longbow as well as its modern appeal
Author : Stephen Graf
Publisher : Stephen Graf
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990782662
In this book you will find easy-to-follow instructions for making your own American Longbow from scratch, and advice on how to shoot it. It will take you through the entire process of building a bow, from design to construction. In addition, it explores both the philosophical and concrete reasons why making your own bow will add to the story of your good life. If you've ever thought about making your own bow, this book is a good place to start.
Author : Robert Hardy
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0750943912
This carefully researched history traces the longbow from its earliest beginnings to its present-day status.
Author : Hugh D. H. Soar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1594162131
A Leading Expert on Traditional Archery Offers Insight Into How the Longbow Was Drawn from Medieval Sources to Modern Recreations "Soar's book [The Crooked Stick] is indispensible."--Bernard Cornwell, New York Times bestselling author Relying on more than fifty years' experience in archery, historian Hugh D. H. Soar reflects on how the longbow was drawn and shot across the centuries through examining the design of the bow and early literature about the bow, combined with his and his colleagues' applied knowledge using replica bows. No complete medieval longbow has survived, but those found aboard the Tudor warship Mary Rose provide the best archaeological evidence to the possible construction of the medieval bow. Contemporary treatises written about the proper manner of shooting the bow, together with the resurgence in interest and construction of replica bows beginning in the late sixteenth century that form part of the author's collection provide the basis for this work. How to Shoot the Longbow: A Guide from Historical and Applied Sources is a fascinating and practical look at the use of a legendary invention.
Author : Clay C. Hayes
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1548762814
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 : Linda Davies
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545853590
The stunningly written start to an exciting new trilogy about a smart, strong, bold girl who travels back in time to protect her family's past and ensure its future using her archery skills. Set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, the brave and beautiful longbow girl, Merry Owen, discovers a river that takes her back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII. While there she finds she must compete in an archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from being seized by their aristocratic neighbors the de Courcys. Merry's best friend James de Courcy (and heir to the de Courcy wealth) follows her back in time and the two get tangled up in their families' ancient histories. There are forces working against them both in the past and the present. Will they be able to survive their pasts to save their futures?
Author : Brian J. Sorrells
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0811731332
Author Brian J. Sorrells shares his time-tested training program for developing shooting skill and provides guidance on all aspects of traditional archery, from choosing arrow shafts to entering your first tournament.
Author : Howard Hill
Publisher : Derrydale Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781586671235
Thrilling stories about hunting wildcat, buffalo, mountain sheep, wild boar, alligator, deer and small game with a bow and arrow.
Author : H. D.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Archery
ISBN : OXFORD:600086808
Author : Jay Campbell
Publisher : Ravens Eye Press LLC
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Bowhunting
ISBN : 0984005609
A story of the wild adventures of Jay and Karen Campbell, who chase big game with the longbow in Australia, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Caribbean, weaves their complicated life and deadly encounters with big rivers and big animals while still showing the joy is in the journey.
Author : Flemming Alrune
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Archery
ISBN : 0764327895
"A bent stick and a string- for 20,000 years there has come from it a fascination that remains to this day. Archery in it's original form, with a simple device, without special features, has been finding more and more participants for some years and the art of bow building has also been rediscovered."--Front insert.
Author : Hilary Greenland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Archery
ISBN : 0952462761
Author : Anthony Camera
Publisher : Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Archery
ISBN : 1602642443
"Shooting the Stickbow" is the first comprehensive treatise on shooting modern recurves and longbow! Topics include equipment choices (bow, arrows, strings, shooting gloves and tabs, arm guards, arrow rests and sights), shooting form (proper anchoring, shoulder alignment, back tension, breathing and more), tuning (four methods are described and compared), aiming (five aiming methods are fully explained and contrasted), physical and mental aspects if becoming a proficient archer (functional anatomy for the archer and how it relates to shooting and the mental game of winning are discussed in detail and exercises are provided to enhance both physical and mental performance). "Shooting the Stickbow" answers the questions most often asked by new archers and delves into topics not often considered, but critical to accurate shooting for experienced archers.
Author : Mike Loades
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782000860
An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary victories enjoyed by English forces over superior numbers at Crécy and Poitiers, and remained a key battlefield weapon throughout the Wars of the Roses and beyond. It also played a leading role in raiding, siege and naval warfare. Its influence and use spread to the armies of Burgundy, Scotland and other powers, and its reputation as a cost-effective and easily produced weapon led to calls for its widespread adoption among the nascent armies of the American Republic as late as the 1770s.