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"There are four basic types of bows in modern archery: the re-curve bow, the compound bow, the long bow and the crossbow. Basically, there's four types of bows around today; compound bows, re-curve bows, long bows and crossbows."

From *blog.garilo.com/hunting/archery-101-different-types-of-bows/*

  1. Re-Curve Bow

    2. Traditional Recurve Bow
    *A homemade recurve bow (not finished) Purple heart veneers Hardrock Maple Core limbs Oak Handle Vibrantspirit - Own work- commons.wikimedia.org- CC BY*

    "A recurve bow is the most popular traditional bow today. Recurve bows shoot fast, are steady in hand, and the arrow sits directly over your hand when you shoot."

    From*https://www.3riversarchery.com/buy/bows/traditional-bows/recurve-bows*

  2. Compound Bow

    3. Compound
    *I, Ewok Slayer, Created this Image. Compound Bow. Full Size. Orig. 1300 kb. Cropped and Photoshoped. by Ewok Slayer from commons.wikimedia.org CC-BY-SA*

    "In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. In general, compound bows are widely used in target practice and hunting."

    From*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_bow*

  3. Long Bows

    4. Longbow
    *Lemonwood, purpleheart and hickory longbow (45 lbf at 28 inches). Photo taken by me, James Cram, and released into the public domain. Hitchhiker89 at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Public Domain*

    "A longbow is a type of bow that is tall – roughly equal to the height of the user – allowing the archer a fairly long draw. A longbow is not significantly recurved. Its limbs are relatively narrow so that they are circular or D-shaped in cross section."

    *From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbow*

  4. Crossbow

    5. Crossbow
    *A 50lb Pistol Crossbow. Vibrantspirit - Own work. CC BY 3.0*

    "A crossbow is a type of ranged weapon based on the bow and consisting of a horizontal bow-like assembly mounted on a frame which is handheld in a similar fashion to the stock of a gun. It shoots arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels."

    *From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow*

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