Hugh Soar takes a look back at the history of bow sights When today’s competitive archers glance at the gold through the lens of their chosen bow sight, they may be forgiven for not reflecting upon the antecedence of these…
sights
Interview: Para-archer David Drahoninsky
Has para-archery star David Drahoninsky finally got serious? We caught up with him in Berlin. David Drahoninsky, of the Czech Republic, is one of the biggest characters in international archery, and one of the most successful para-archers of the last…
Tagged with: archery, bejing, Berlin, bow, bows, compound, David Drahoninsky, GBR, para-archery, Paralympic Games, paralympics, recurve, scopes, sights, W1, W1 compound
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Posted in Interview
Shift Your Sights
James Park explains how to ensure your sights are set for maximum scoring potential In an earlier feature for Bow International I showed the results of some research I conducted on archers’ arrow groups at the World Cup Stage 1, and…
Sight Settings
How accurate are yours? James Park looks into an important aspect of bow setup Some readers might be aware that I have had a long-term interest in accurate sight settings. Back in the late 1970s I worked out the mathematics…
Judgement time
Considering taking on an unmarked field round? Alex Tyler explains how to start judging distances Shooting over unmarked distances is the area where the difference between field and target archery is most obvious. Target archery tests the archer’s ability…
Tagged with: 3D, alex tyler, face, field, instinctive, judging distance, sights, unmarked distances
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Posted in Traditional