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    Mrs. Elliot English IV H 8/14/15 The Hunt It was a cold day, the wind was blowing. I decided to try for the first time and use my bow to hunt, instead of my rifle. I put on my camo, laced up my boots, and grabbed my bow. As I walked out to the stand I was sure to be very quiet. When I finally got to the stand I tied my bow on a string and climbed up then pulled my bow up after me. I sat there and took out my range finder to make me some reference points so I would know how far away a deer would be

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    with medieval weaponry and battle tactics to more modern day weapons and tactics because the gunpowder powered weapons are more deadly. Weapons that use gunpowder to launch projectiles have a greater range than melee weapons and are more powerful than bow and arrows. Also, cannons are more powerful and have a greater range and accuracy than catapults and they also can be reloaded faster than catapults. Gunpowder weapons changed war because they are stronger, more accurate, have a greater range and are

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    same thing as him, i took a stick sharpened it and went out to kill a fish. I was not successful like him, but I gave it a shot. He also made a bow out of wood. He knows his stuff when it comes to making bows. He made his bow out of hickory which is a good wood because it is very flexible. I have also tried this, but I cheated and used pvc pipe. With his bow he also made arrows which he made out of the straightest sticks he could find. The arrows seemed to work and he was apple to shoot

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    thing they left behind was a bow and arrow. The princess always watched her dad using the bow beautifully and accurately. The princess was determined to be like her father even though he left her for dead all by herself soon after she practiced she never missed, everything she did was like her father. And she was excited to show her dad one day what she could do. But what she didn’t know was that they were never coming back. Arrow lived on her own relying on her bow to protect her. Until one day

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    using modern bows. The bow stabilizer is a long, thing rod that extends from the front of the bow and has a relatively massive cylinder at the tip. The stabilizer helps steady the archer's aim because the addition of the stabilizer increases the bow's moment of inertia, making it easier for the archer to hold the bow steady. This can be explained with Newton's second law for rotational motion. Newton's second law for rotational motion states that the angular acceleration of the bow is given by the

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    The novel “The Hunger Games” written by Suzanne Collins, is a captivating futuristic story set in the society of Panem. The Capitol forces young adults from each of the twelve districts to compete in a televised fight to the death competition called the hunger games. When Katniss younger sister, Prim, names called, Katniss stands up to volunteer for her. She is confident she can win the seventy-fourth hunger games. While competing, she proves her Spartan warrior techniques and fighting motives. She

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    Most people who’d undergone pain would say that going home after an incident would be the worst part, having to deal with the aftermath of their emotional outbursts and what was happening. Vivian, however, felt nothing as she walked. The cold wind was biting through her, and she could sense that rain was coming nearby, mainly due to the odd twinge in the air that she’d learned to avoid having a delicate instrument with her at all times. Yet now she walked through the streets alone, each step pressing

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    1. What do we learn about Odysseus through these books? What does he learn about himself? After reading these books, it is evident that Odysseus is a man of intellectual and physical power. The value of his knowledge is distinct, because he has to maintain his title as a hero, by traveling and exploring his surroundings. Despite the many obstacles he encounters, Odysseus never gives

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    Do you think that humans are completely devolving?Or do you think that there is still some out there that still can live off the land? As a society many people are relying on technology and devolving, except for the mountain men that use things like bows and arrows to live off the land. If you take the way people rely on technology into consideration than it could be not feasible. Really I am relying on technology to type this essay up. Do you look at your phone as soon as you wake up?Do you have a

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    would do anything for his village decided to go up to the mountain pass where the beast was located and to shoot it with a bow and arrow which was known to kill everything and anything in the world with one shot. Özti was lucky to have heard about the story of the bow and arrow that killed one of the largest and scariest creatures that ever existed. According to the story, the bow and arrow was under the snow in a specific place called the Sunglow because the sun glowed and shimmered in that spot. Everyone

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