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2. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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   Can be rendered as two words ("bow string"). bowyer (craftsman) – One who makes bows; bracing (practice) – The act of attaching a bow string to a bow. brace height (measure) – The distance from the string to the pivot point of the bow's grip. bracer (equipment) – A protective strap or sheath for an archer's forearm (a.k.a. arm guard)

3. PGC expert explains what hunters should know about CWD and ...

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   Last year during the 2023-2024 hunting seasons, 472 deer tested positive. For perspective on the overall deer harvest, the agency estimates Pennsylvania hunters shot 430,000 whitetails last year ...

4. Crossbow - Wikipedia

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   21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.

5. Compound bow - Wikipedia

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   In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. [1] 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.

6. Hunting license - Wikipedia

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   Most introduced species that can be hunted recreationally during open seasons (mostly deers) do still require a hunting licence, whether with firearms or using bows, and almost all native animals (except some duck, quail and kangaroo species) are protected. Landowners may obtain a "Destruction Permit" to kill or remove native species when their ...

7. History of crossbows - Wikipedia

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   This cross-bow is a bow of the barbarians quite unknown to the Greeks; and it is not stretched by the right hand pulling the string whilst the left pulls the bow in a contrary direction, but he who stretches this warlike and very far-shooting weapon must lie, one might say, almost on his back and apply both feet strongly against the semi-circle ...

8. Bowstring - Wikipedia

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   A bowstring joins the two ends of the bow stave and launches the arrow. Desirable properties include light weight, strength, resistance to abrasion, and resistance to water. Mass has most effect at the center of the string; one gram (0.035 oz) of extra mass in the middle of the string slows the arrow about as much as 3.5 grams (0.12 oz) at the ...

9. Upper Oak Creek Descent Ruts of the Woodbury Cutoff, Ox Bow ...

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   This segment of ruts is one of the few remaining remnants of the Woodbuy Cutoff due to extensive agriculture in eastern Nebraska where the trail once ran. The ruts are approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) wide at their eastern edge and run southwest along a ridge for about .125 miles (0.201 km) at which point the trail curves to the west.