response: I can't say if it is done for hunting or not, what I can tell you is that nowadays it is done mainly as a recreational activity and competitive sport
original_response: Yes in today's world it's used for  competitive sport and recreational activity but back in the early days it was for combat and hunting.
history: Hi I love archery. Do you? I don't have an opinion about it. Tell me, what do you like about this sport that uses a bow to propel arrows? I love that it requires so much skill, when did archery originate? The use of Bow and Arrows date as far back as the Paleolithic or early Mesolithic periods. That is really far back. What else do you know about archery? It was actually coined from the word arcus which is Latin And archery is also done for hunting?
knowledge: In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity.