The Witchery of Archery
eBook - ePub

The Witchery of Archery

  1. 266 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Witchery of Archery

About this book

"The Witchery of Archery" is a classic guide to using a bow and arrow for pleasure and sport. Within it, the author presents his own personal archery adventures and experiences, hoping that the reader will gleam the information and theoretical details required to be proficient with a bow. A fantastic guide full of timeless information for archers both new and old. Contents include: "Outline Sketch Of The Practice Of Archery In Hunting", "Some Notes On Woodpecker", "Shooting", "Bow-Shooting On The St. John's", "Hare, Or Rabbit Shooting", "Bow-Shooting With A Hermit", "The Mysterious Lake", "Shooting The Wood-Duck And His Companions", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. I Prefatory Remarks
  5. II Outline Sketch of the Practice of Archery in Hunting
  6. III Some Notes on Woodpecker Shooting
  7. IV Bow-Shooting on the St. John’s
  8. V Hare, or Rabbit Shooting
  9. VI Bow-Shooting with a Hermit
  10. VII The Mysterious Lake
  11. VIII Shooting the Wood-Duck and His Companions
  12. IX The Death of the White Heron
  13. X The Battles of the Birds
  14. XI Some Wing-Shots, and Other Fancy Work
  15. XII Three Weeks of Savage Life
  16. XIII Shooting Woodcock and Plover
  17. XIV The Fawn, Harper’s Magazine, May, 1877
  18. XV An Archer Among the Herons, Boys’ Book of Sports, 1886
  19. XVI The Bow as a Hunting Weapon, Sport with Rod and Gun, 1883
  20. XVII Deep in the Okefinokee, Will H. Thompson, Forest and Stream, 1915