Tips on Compound Archery Bow Parts

Series Summary

Archery is thousands of years old and has historically been employed by warriors and hunters. Archery combines physical strength and steady concentration to pull the string back on the bow, while keeping the arrow nocked, and release the arrow. To actually hit exactly what you are aiming for requires practice and more practice - especially if you are hunting with a bow and arrow and your target is moving. Shooting a bow and arrow is actually great fun and challenging as well. If you would like to learn some beginner tips for shooting a bow and arrow, you can learn from one of our experts - for free.

In this free how to video series, learn how to shoot a bow and arrow from expert archer General Leroy Sisco. General Sisco will teach you about the various parts of a compound bow, how to improve your accuracy with a bow and arrow, how to shoot a bow and arrow, how to judge arrow quality, how to use an archery field point, how to use an archery broadhead, how to choose the best bow and arrow for you, how to choose the best archery equipment. Additionally he will teach you archery tips and techniques such as how far back to draw your bow, and how to draw a bow using various methods.

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Leroy Sisco, and on behalf of Expert Village, I'd like to give you a few tips and techniques on archery. I'm going to teach you what I think are some great tips about being a good archerer and accuracy in archery. The first thing you want to do is make sure you get you a very good quality piece of equipment. This bow here, I'm very fortunate, the bow tech named it after me, they call it "The General". And it's an incredible bow, I'm really impressed with the way the bow shoots, it is an amazing product. This is a little device I found, it makes it easier to keep in the blind to make it stand up but you've got to make sure you've got a good stabilizer on it. I like this little wrist sling, it gives you comfort when you're holding the bow. Different sights, this is a lighted sight; you can turn on whenever the light's dim on it. This is a dual cam system with a foldaway rest. A lot of people don't do the rope on the bow, or the rubber deal on it, but I always want to make sure that this is back and lined up perfect every time in a hunting situation, and that's primarily what I do, is hunting."