Why I like to use an American bowhunter

? Nowadays, archery is gaining popularity as a new sport in our country. This sport is not only highly competitive and entertaining, but also has practical performance and the effect of cultivating one's body and mind. As an amateur who has been learning archery for two years and enjoys the outdoors, I am always asked a question when I communicate with my friends in the circle, that is, why I only like the traditional American hunting bow. I will now explain and analyze this question for you in my first article.

Contemporary archery is divided into two main categories, mono and compound, by the type of equipment. Let me start with the first compound bow that I eliminated:

? The compound bow was first invented by the Americans in the late 1970s. Its basic design concept is to use the mechanical pulley principle to borrow force, to achieve the purpose of saving energy and improve the conversion rate of kinetic energy. One of the most classic and well-known is the second generation compound bow used by Stallone in the movie "First Blood 2" (contemporary compound bows all belong to the third generation).

But I personally feel that although this compound bow can outperform all the mono bows in terms of accuracy and arrow speed, its shape is too much like a pulley set, losing the aesthetics that a bow is supposed to have, so it was passed over decisively.

Then look at mono bows. Contemporary mono bows are generally divided into two categories: competition bows and traditional bows, so let's start with the competition bows.

This is the recurve competition bow used in the Olympics. The advantage of this bow is that it can shoot flat targets with a level of accuracy that is unmatched by any other mono bow. But therein lies the disadvantage of having to equip itself with a large number of accessories for accurate shooting: balance rods, sights, metal nocks, side cushions, etc. This makes the sport fixated. This makes this sport fixed between the arrow path and the target, losing the freedom, so I have no choice.

The traditional bow, on the other hand, is a bow and arrow that came to us from the historical record, and it is more suitable for outdoor use and versatile. There are two types of bows, the Mediterranean traditional bow and the Oriental traditional bow, according to the habit of nocking and nocking the arrow. Oriental bows, as the name suggests, are the traditional bows and arrows popularized in China, the Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, Japan and other countries.

As you can see in the picture, the oriental traditional bow has no arrow platform, the arrow is rested on the right side of the bow, and the back hand utilizes the thumb to spread the arrow. This way of archery is very fast, and can be better adapted to riding by twisting the string, when the Mongols conquered almost the entire Eurasian continent with this method of shooting.

But there is a major weakness in this method of archery, as the point of the arrow is on the right side of the bow, which makes it difficult to converge on the same axis, and the accuracy is low. Of course, low accuracy is also relative, if there are ancient warriors or hunters such as high-intensity training and use of opportunities, the level of archery can also be greatly improved, but in the modern society, we amateurs can do this is relatively difficult. Moreover, the traditional Chinese bow has a production process that utilizes the lamination of bamboo and wood with the use of ox tendons and horns, which is significantly higher than the level of pure bamboo and wood craftsmanship in Japan and South Korea, but it also makes the high quality traditional Chinese bows reach a price of about 20,000 RMB to start with, so I personally have not been able to get into this field.

The last bow I'd like to introduce you to is the Mediterranean style traditional bow. This type of bow is shot by nocking the arrow on the left side of the bow, and the back hand utilizes a three-fat spreading style of archery. Since the earliest record of this shooting method in the West originated from Crete in southern Greece, and from there spread throughout most of the Mediterranean coast, it is called Mediterranean style shooting, and the American hunting bow is categorized into the Mediterranean series because of the same archery method.

? The Mediterranean style traditional bow shooting method is the originator of the modern competitive bow, which is more suitable for standing archery. So it's easier to get started with the Mediterranean bow after practicing with a competitive bow. With the arrow resting on the left side of the bow, the line of sight easily converges with the arrow's pointing direction, which makes it easy to aim and to forgo the sighting device, making the bow very adaptable to the outdoors. In addition, the modern American bowhunters also set up a fur archery table where the arrows are hitched, which ensures that the point of the arrow is in the same place every time you draw the bow, which further improves archery accuracy and makes it easy to learn and train. Without excessive accessories and precise mechanical structure, the American bowhunter can be better adapted to the complex outdoor environment and easy to adjust, and the price is also within the acceptable range.

? So to summarize, if you want to have a single bow that can be used freely in the outdoors, the American hunting bow is definitely the right choice for you (how is it like an advertisement?). . Of course this article only represents my personal opinion, I hope this article can be a little reference value for all archery enthusiasts and friends who wish to get in touch with archery sports, and hope to communicate more.

The text level is not high, I hope you bear with me.