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Archery Dates & Vocab
Notable archery dates, along with some vocabulary.
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02/05/2010

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England
Definition
First country to accept archery as a sport
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End
Definition
# arrows shot in a round
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Eccentric pulley/cam
Definition
off-center pulley or cam
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Draw weight
Definition
Force required to draw any bow a given distance
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Holding weight
Definition
Weight required to hold a bowstring at a certain distance
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Cast
Definition
Length of limbs of bow
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String height
Definition
Distance from the center of the string to the center of the limb
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Longer limbs
Definition
More energy
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Stacking
Definition
Weight increases as bow is drawn back
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Target shooting
Definition
Set distance, can be done indoors
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Clout shooting
Definition
Shoot upwards towards a target on the ground
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Roving
Definition
Wilderness target hunting
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1828
Definition
First archery club in America (Philadelphia)
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1879
Definition
NAA formed
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1878
Definition
Maurice Thompson's Witchery of Archery (first archery book in North America)
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1900
Definition
Saxton Pope and Anthony Young - fathers of american bowhunting
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1923
Definition
Pope's book Hunting with the Bow and Arrow
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1938
Definition
Ben Pearson - first archery factory
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1950
Definition
Howard Hill - first modern showman archer
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1950's-70's
Definition
Fred Bear, BP, Earl Hayt, Allen & Jennifer factories
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Late 60's
Definition
Allen invented the compound bow
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1946
Definition
Doug Easton - aluminum arrow
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1972
Definition
Archery appeared in Olympics
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1900
Definition
Archery first appeared in Olympics for a short while
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1951
Definition
Plastic vanes
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1961
Definition
Stabilizer
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1970
Definition
Release aids (consistency)
Term
1937
Definition
Bowsights
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