Archery is one of the oldest sports know to the human race. Over the years archers have used the bow and arrow for hunting, self defense, warfare, competition and recreation.
Modern archers focus on archery recreation, competition and hunting.
Today's archery equipment is diverse. The largest segment of archers use compound bows. In the last decade the compound bow has evolved into a faster shooting, more accurate bow than any bow in archery's long history. Arrows too have changed and today's archers use arrows with aluminum or carbon shafts. Longbows, recurves and take down bows shoot at speeds that were unheard of twenty years ago.