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Recurve Bows

Are you a beginner in archery? Hattila your online archery offers you a selection of the best bows for beginners to allow you to learn and improve your archery skills! You will find bows for recreational archery for both juniors and seniors, whether for teaching, training or just starting.

Archery is a recreational sport accessible to a wide public, even children! To get the most out of your archery, you will need a bow adapted to your body type and strength. You have to take into consideration several factors such as your dominant eye, your size, your gender, and your body type.

For better results and to provide an ideal shooting comfort for beginners, Hattila offers a wide range of high-quality beginner's bows. They are available in several models and adapted to different types of shooting.

The recreational bow is a low-poundage bow, between 15 and 30 lbs, and is available in several sizes.

For children, the beginner bow is rather between 15 and 20 lbs. You will find bows designed with all the safety necessary to start this activity as a leisure activity. It's nonetheless important to have an instructor or an adult to supervise your child's archery.

In general, the composition of a beginner's bow is quite simple. It consists of a riser, two limbs, and a string. You will also be able to add a wide range of bow accessories such as sight, an arrow rest, a quiver, all available on our online site.

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A short history of archery

Archery is a technique that uses a bow to shoot arrows. It was developed at the end of the Paleolithic era. Originally, this practice was mainly used for fighting or hunting.

Today, this activity is classified as a sport, as it is mainly practiced in competitions such as the Olympic Games or as a hobby. Thus, archery is practiced as well for target shooting, leisure shooting, sport shooting, field archery, or hunting.

How to choose a shooting bow for beginners: recurve vs compound bow

There are two main types of bows: recurve bows and compound bows. Even if it is generally recommended for archery initiation, to start with a recurve bow, it is not excluded to take your first steps in archery with a compound bow.

Recurve bows

Most people start their archery journey with a recurve or classical bow. This does not mean that they are not suitable for experienced archers, as modern versions of the recurve bow are used in Olympic events.

These bows are named so due to their distinct shape: the central parts of the limbs bend towards the archer, and the ends of the limbs bend outwards. This configuration is designed to strengthen the archer, providing more power with less force required to use the bow. For this reason, recurve bows are frequently used to teach archery. Beginners usually start with a bare recurve bow, consisting of two bow limbs, a riser to help balance the bow, a string, and an arrow rest.

Due to its modular construction, most modern recurve bows can be easily disassembled for transportation. Additional elements such as sights, snaps, clicks, and stabilizers can also be added to the bow to allow a more experienced archer to use it.

Hattila, your online archery offers 15 lbs recurve bows for young beginners and 20 lbs recurve bows that are perfect for adult beginners.

Compound bows

Compound bows were invented in the 1960s and are the most modern of all shooting bows. They use an innovative system of cables, pulleys, and eccentric cams to help the archer hold a high draw weight. Although archery still requires a lot of force, the pulley system engages at full power and helps the archer hold the load for a longer period without excessive muscle fatigue so that the archer can concentrate on the target.

Unlike recurve bows and traditional bows, compound bows are almost exclusively constructed from artificial materials. This means that they are less affected by changes in temperature and humidity than bows made of natural materials, which tend to deform over time. Although compound bows offer better accuracy, distance, and arrow speed, they are generally not used by beginners because of their inherent complexity. However, they are ideal for bow hunting.

Nevertheless, Hattila, your online bow store, offers compound bows suitable for beginners. You will find a 10 lbs beginner compound bow or a 12 lbs children's bow. The 20 lbs compound bows are for juniors from 12 years old with a slightly more elaborate mechanism than the children's bows, but still easy to handle. Finally, for the young beginner archers, Hattila has 25 lbs compound bows.

Ammunition

Of course, Hattila has the right arrows for recreational bows, so you can get quality projectiles and many other accessories at very affordable prices.