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Summary: Compound bows are a style of bow used in archery; learn about shooting with a compound bow in this beginner archery lesson on video.
Harold Hall is the President of the Fort Lauderdale Archers, Board of Directors. Mr. Hall has been in archery for over 45 years and is a certified NFAA instructor and has numerous...read more
" Hello! My name is Harold Hall, Ft. Lauderdale Archers in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and today we are going to talk about some of these supplies, and equipment that you would use for archery. On behalf of Expert Village I would like to welcome you. Okay one of the styles of archery that you could shoot is with a compound. A compound is a bow that is made of wheels, cams, it is an aluminum riser. These down here is a different style of cam then what is on the top. Some of them have what is called round wheels which would make it a single cam bow. This is what is called a dual soft cam bow its called a Merlin bow its made in England which they do have some here in the United States. There are bows that are in the compound series which are made by PSE. There are bows that are made by Hoyt. Different styles of risers, they have grips on them and the string. "
eHow Article: The Compound Bow in Archery
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ninjajoe22 said
on 8/2/2008 How old do you have to be to use a compound bow