| Hunting game animals by use of bows and arrows | | | | accuracy. Smaller and faster targets are more |
| and archery techniques is called bow hunting. It | | | | difficult to kill. Weather affects the shoot by |
| has been widely practiced through history in all | | | | means of mist and fog. On the other hand, rifle |
| countries where bows were made and used. | | | | hunters' range could be more than 200 yards. |
| Hunting was considered a sport of royals and | | | | Also, the lethality of rifles is more. ' |
| nobles in ancient through medieval times, and a | | | | Nowadays modern compound bows are the |
| matter of prestige for those who practiced it. It is | | | | preferred weapon for hunting, because of their |
| a reason why cheetahs became extinct in India. | | | | greater durability and speed and accuracy of the |
| Recently due to lethality of weapons available, | | | | arrow. Recurve bows are also used and often |
| diminishing populations of wild animals, and | | | | legal. Traditional longbows are usually quieter and |
| increasing animal rights campaigning, bow hunting is | | | | slower than modern bows. Crossbows are |
| regulated in most countries and banned in quite a | | | | sometimes allowed but are controversial due to |
| few. | | | | their similarity of operation with guns. |
| Nowadays, bow hunting is often practiced and | | | | The hunting seasons are usually different for bow |
| regulated legally in many countries. Animal rights | | | | hunting and rifle hunting, since riflemen have a |
| organizations such as PETA are working hard to | | | | significant advantage over archers with respect to |
| ban hunting of all kinds for animal rights reasons. | | | | accuracy, range and shot lethality. Bow hunting |
| Bow hunting in particular has a 58% or greater | | | | also has a different set of restrictions than |
| wounding rate, that is, for every successful kill, | | | | firearm hunting. |
| there is a wounding. Nevertheless, hunting is | | | | Bow hunting is considered by some to be cruelty |
| considered as a sport even in modern society. It | | | | against animals since it involves killing healthy |
| takes a lot of practice and a permit too to | | | | animals in wild populations usually for pure pleasure. |
| become a decent bow hunter. | | | | However, it is also a way of controlling animal |
| Bow hunting may be done with several different | | | | populations and interacting with natural habitats, |
| types of bows. The range of a kill may be 20-30 | | | | especially for urban people. In Australia, native |
| yards depending on level of expertise, equipment, | | | | species which are not usually killed as game may |
| target and weather. Beginners using bows meant | | | | be killed by bow hunters during government |
| for beginners usually have a lesser range and | | | | authorized culls. |