Bowyer Bowyer A bowyer is someone who makes bows. Bows are used for hunting and for archery. The development of gunpowder and muskets slowly led to the replacement of bows as weapons of war which decreased the importance of bowyers. Historically, a huge variety of bows have been produced for food gathering, warfare, and recreation. Who created these bows depended mainly on the type of bow being produced, but also on the quantity required. The skills required tend to divide traditional bowyers into two groups: In clans or social groups that used wooden self bows (bows made entirely from one piece
Archery at the 2015 European Games Archery at the 2015 European Games At the 2015 European Games in Baku, five events of archery will be contested, all in the target archery format, with recurve bows. Europe’s best archers will shoot at the iconic Tofiq Bahramov Stadium over seven days of competition. The European Games format will follow that of the Olympic Games with 64 men and 64 women competing in the recurve division, in individual and team events as well as in mixed team. A total of 128 athletes will compete at the Games. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is permitted to enter a maximum of