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    COMPETING WITH PRIMITIVE BOWS

    Jul 02, 2020 4 minutes
    By Alex Tyler

    Watching a repeat on television, you can often tell how much time has passed since the programme was made by looking at the technology used. Seeing the boxy cars of the sixties, the massive mobile phones of the eighties, and the clunky laptops of a decade or so ago reminds us of technological progress. Within field archery however, there are bowyers and archers who celebrate historical bow designs. The Primitive category is for bows which replicate ancient designs, and are made of entirely natural materials (though for safety reasons, modern glues and synthetic bowstrings are allowed).

    The history of archery goes back a long way, with the earliest

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