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  2. Bowfishing - Wikipedia

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    A bowfisher will use a bow or crossbow to shoot fish through the water surface with a barbed arrow tethered to a line, and then manually retrieve the line and arrow back, in modern times usually with a reel mounted on the bow. Unlike other popular forms of fishing where baiting and exploiting the fish's instinctual behaviors are important (e.g ...

  3. Bowstring - Wikipedia

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    Almost any fiber may be used in emergency. Natural fibers would be very unusual on a modern recurve bow or compound bow, but are still effective and still used on traditional wooden or composite bows. Sinew and hide strings may be seriously affected by water. [4] The author of Arab Archery suggests the hide of a young, emaciated camel. [5]

  4. Hei matau - Wikipedia

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    The fish-hook shape of the hei matau means to know, which holds that the North Island of New Zealand was once a huge fish that was caught by the great mariner Māui using only a woven line and a hook made from the jawbone of his grandmother. [2]

  5. List of medieval weapons - Wikipedia

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    Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Hungarian bow; Perso-Parthian bow; Short bows and reflex bows. ... This page was last edited on 19 December 2024

  6. Bait (2019 film) - Wikipedia

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    Bait is a 2019 British drama film written and directed by Mark Jenkin.Starring Edward Rowe as a struggling fisherman, the film deals with the tensions that arise between locals and tourists in a Cornish fishing village against a backdrop of second homes, short-term lets, and gentrification.