After World War I target archery grew rapidly. Americaningenuity went into equipment. Doctors of Philosophy tooktime out to study bow efficiency. Prominent engineers re-designed the bow, which greatly increased its efficiency.Arrows were made with three-dimensional matching; theguesswork was all taken out of them. Shooting technique wasrevolutionized. These improvements raised scores by 40%.
In the meantime, certain individuals and groups forsookfirearms and began to hunt with the bow. Their ranks grewin numbers and spread to all sections of the country. The bowhunters organized and became strong enough to get the atten-tion of state legislatures. One by one various states passedmeasures favorable to archers until now most of the statesthat boast of large deer herds have laws opening up the seasonto archers prior to the regular or firearms season. The latestof these pre-season measures was enacted by the Maine statelegislature.
