It depends on the bow, some people use this method so it does not cut their fingers (bow string) this is important for a compound. But the main reason is that it stops the archer from cutting her/his fingers
Shooting them with a bow and arrow
Centaurs would kill people by stabbing them with their spears, or shooting them with their trusty bow and arrow set:)
Cupid was the god of love, son of Aphrodite. He had the power to make someone fall in love, by shooting them with a golden arrow, or to make someone despise another, by shooting them with a lead arrow.
she detonated the mines by shooting an arrow into a sac of apples and making them spill which hit the censers and blew everything up.
Targets
Sagittarius shoots its arrow at the heart of Scorpius, represented by the reddish star Antares.
You get the ice arrow for shooting the dragon in the mouth
Artemis attacks by shooting a silver arrow from her bow.
Cupid
Gun shooting became an official sport in 1871 or 1872 when the NRA was formed, however, I'm sure, informally, people started shooting against other people for competition the day after the gun was invented, which was in either the 1300s or 1400s, depending on who you ask. According to some historians, bow and arrow shooting dates back to 9000 B.C.
So u know where ur shooting.
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