Archer facts for kids

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An archer is someone who practices archery (shooting with bows and arrows).

Archer can also mean:

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Fictional characters
Other
Images for kids
See also

Fictional characters

Sean Archer, character portrayed by John Travolta/Nicolas Cage in the movie Face/Off
Danny Archer, character portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie Blood Diamond

Other

Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, British author, former politician
Archer River, one of the best-known rivers in Cape York Peninsula, Australia
Archer (horse) - an Australian racehorse that won the first two Melbourne Cups

Images for kids

Archery competition in June 1983 at Mönchengladbach, West Germany
A Rikbaktsa archer competes at Brazil's Indigenous Games
Tibetan archer, 1938
Master Heon Kim demonstrating Gungdo, traditional Korean archery (Kuk Kung), 2009
Archers in East Timor
Japanese archer
Archery in Bhutan
Hunting for flying birds from the back of a galloping horse was considered the top category of archery. The favourite hobby of Prince Maximilian, engraved by Dürer
A print of the 1822 meeting of the "Royal British Bowmen" archery club.
Picture of Saxton Pope taken while grizzly hunting at Yellowstone
Vishwamitra archery training from Ramayana
A Pacific yew selfbow drawn by the split finger method. Selfbows are made from a single piece of wood.
Modern (takedown) recurve bow
Shield cut straight fletching – here the hen feathers are barred red
A right-hand finger tab to protect the hand while the string is drawn
Release aid
Historical reenactment of medieval archery
Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Peterson demonstrates safe archery techniques while aiming an arrow at a target on the 28th Force Support Squadron trap and skeet range at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., 11 October 2012.
From Hokusai Manga, 1817
Mongol archers during the time of the Mongol conquests used a smaller bow suitable for horse archery. BnF. MS. Supplément Persan 1113. 1430-1434 AD.
Snake Indians - testing bows, circa 1837 by Alfred Jacob Miller, the Walters Art Museum
A modern compound hunting bow

See also

In Spanish: Tiro con arco para niños

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