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Acquiring a Longbow
You will need to know your draw strength and the draw weight that you want your longbow to be. If you don't know these things already then go down to your nearest archery shop and they'll help you determine what these are. Longbows can be huge. A modern Tournament longbow has a draw weight of up to 60 pounds and a Medieval replica longbow has a draw weight of up to 75 pounds! You would have to be quite experienced or at least have an unusual level of arm strength to be able to pull that back. So you want to start with a longbow that is much less "weighty", something that has 20-30 pounds of draw weight. Longbows can be and often are custom designed.
 Learn about Archery Bows
The basic piece of archery equipment is the bow, needless to say. There are three types of bows.
How To Choose Archery Arrows
When you are learning archery you'll want to keep in mind that it is the arrow which is the single most important piece of your archery equipment. The bow itself comes in second in importance, believe it or not. Without the use of high quality archery arrows, your aim is never going to be on, no matter how accurate your skill actually is.
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