Bowhunting (or bow hunting) is the practice of hunting game animals by archery. Many indigenous peoples have employed the technique as their primary hunting method for thousands of years, and it has survived into contemporary use for sport and hunting.
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š Bowhunting in the context of Bow and arrow
The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows). Humans used bows and arrows for hunting and aggression long before recorded history, and the practice was common to many prehistoric cultures. They were important weapons of war from ancient history until the early modern period, when they were rendered increasingly obsolete by the development of the more powerful and accurate firearms. Today, bows and arrows are mostly used for hunting and sports.
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of using bows to shoot arrows. A person who shoots arrows with a bow is called a bowman or an archer. Someone who makes bows is known as a bowyer, someone who makes arrows is a fletcher, and someone who manufactures metal arrowheads is an arrowsmith.
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Bowhunting in the context of SkaĆ°i
In Norse mythology, SkaĆ°i (/ĖskÉĖĆ°i/; Old Norse: [ĖskÉĆ°e]; sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi) is a jƶtunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains. SkaĆ°i is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and in Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the works of skalds.
SkaĆ°i is the daughter of the deceased jƶtunn Ćjazi, and was married to the god NjƶrĆ°r as part of the compensation provided by the gods for having killed her father. In Heimskringla, SkaĆ°i is described as having split up with NjƶrĆ°r and as later having married the god Odin, and that the two produced many children together. In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, SkaĆ°i is responsible for placing the serpent that drips venom onto the bound Loki. SkaĆ°i is alternately referred to as ĆndurguĆ° (Old Norse 'ski god') and ĆndurdĆs (Old Norse 'ski dĆs').
Bowhunting in the context of Compound bow
In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wilbur Allen in North Kansas City, Missouri, and a US patent was granted in 1969. Compound bows are widely used in target practice and hunting.
Compound bows are typically constructed of man-made materials such as fiberglass and carbon fiber, while traditional bows and warbows usually are entirely or partially made of wood or bamboo.
Bowhunting in the context of Field archery
Field archery is any archery discipline that involves shooting at outdoor targets of varying and often unmarked distance, typically in woodland and rough terrain.
Being a traditional field sport as well as a widely recognized competitive sport in its own right, field archery can be used to improve the techniques and fitness required for bowhunting in a realistic wilderness setting. Archers sometimes refer to the additional skills required to deal with challenging terrain, lighting and weather conditions as "fieldcraft".