The Recurve & Longbow in Archery

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Modern recurve bows and longbows have advanced features and technologies. Learn about some of the features of the recurve bow and the longbow, in this beginning archery lesson on video.

By Harold Hall, eHow Contributor

Contact: www.fortlauderdalearchers.com

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

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"Okay another style of bow is whats called a recurve and a long bow. Years ago when people first started archery or even thought about shooting archery the long bow was basically or what they called self bow was actually just made out of wood. It wasn't as intricate as you see in this one here. The strings were maybe horse height, any kind of height or something from a animal that they could use as a string. Didn't have a shell on it. It was basically shot off your hand. Like I said it wasn't quiet as elaborate as this and it didn't have a silencer on it and of course it came along it came up with the recurve. Okay that is basically another style that you could shot."