Archery

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has collected data on the effect of allowing deer hunting with crossbows. Crossbows have been allowed since 2003 during the muzzleloader and gun seasons, however, 2005 was the first year that they were allowed during the regular archery deer season.

Many worried that the harvest would rise to unacceptable levels due to the longer range and greater power - especially when crossbows took off in popularity. Results show that crossbows have not produced a dramatic change in deer harvest.
Read more about Crossbows and the Tennessee Archery Deer Harvest at TheDailyTimes.com.

A vintage, 1908, Library of Congress photo showing target shooting at the Washington Park archery field.

Image source: Library of Congress
Read more about Target Shooting at the Washington Park Archery Field at Urban-History.org

India won all three medals in women's compound bow at the in the Asian Archery Championships. Jhanu Hansda won the gold medal, Sakro Besra won silver and Bansar Lin Dhar won bronze. In the men's competition, Shuo Cai of China won the gold, Zamanine Jai Reza of Iran won silver and India's Vivek Kumar won the bronze.