Thread: Earliest reference to the use of the bow?
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Old 12-03-07, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by english_archer View Post
Ive seen pictures of cave paintings showing bows used for hunting not sure on a date but it must be a 3000 years maybe (probably some of them still shooting field though lol)
Cave paintings are going to be a lot older than that!!
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