i wonder why  yahoo does not,t list archery as a sport lots of people participate in this?
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on a proffesional level there isn't much interest
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There is no way it's a sport.\nWith a properly calibrated rifle, I could choose a spot wait less than six hours and kill a large mammal at 800m. Almost everytime. Fact.\nThe only skills I have are a lifetime of observing nature and a couple of shots at beercans with a .22 rifle.\nTo compare this with what nature photographers do is ignorant. Photographers not only have to get the light and background right, but they have to get perfect focus. They also are more interested in behaviour, and will spend years getting detailed knowledge of their subject in order to observe a particular behaviour.\nIt would be much more sporting to supply these b*stards with fake ammunition. Let's see them in real combat, with both parties just as surprised and unarmed. I have a feeling we would start to hear about hunters being killed after being savaged by a muskrat.\n\n(edit)\nAs usual, those holding ignorant views, base their arguments on fantasy land. Jumping at the first criticism.\nHunting for food is OK, provided the animals are naturally managed (farmed). Like pheasant and deer are in certain areas. Killing for pleasure is never acceptable and totally SICK. Just ask any native hunters. They hate what you are doing.\n800m is based on the British army's manufacturing tolerance of their standard weapon. They also expect their recruits to attain this standard. Firing a GOOD rifle is NOT difficult, it's p*ss easy.\nEven living in a wildlife de-populated area I could find wild boar and wild buffalo any night. If I could choose a wilder country, no contest.\nI have spent a lifetime tracking and observing animals, I know what I am talking about. And forget 'rifle-range' at a waterhole or animal path. I go to where they live and sometimes get close enough to touch. Most hunters will probably be surprised at these basics of tracking - ignorant drunk hicks playing at being men.\nYes I agree markmanship is a skill, just watch the olympics. But if hunters want to attain this level, get out of my precious nature and get on a range. Otherwise it's TOO EASY.
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Why is it in sports category?\nhttp://www.google.com
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because they haven't tried it?? golf isn't really an everyday type of sport that is easily mastered..(let alone one that u grow up with)...it's also because it's what i call a "quite" sport, for many the definition of sport includes beer, loud chearing and chearleaders...
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The two sports were kicked out of the Olympics, unwanted by international sports officials who felt they were too American for the world sports stage.\n\nThe decision, made during a secret vote in Singapore, is effective for the 2012 London Games, meaning the two sports will have a final fling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The sports, the first eliminated since polo in 1936, are eligible to reapply for the 2016 Games.\n\nEach of the 28 existing sports was put to a secret vote by the IOC, and baseball and softball were the only two that failed to receive a majority. The IOC then rejected adding squash and karate, which failed to get the necessary two-thirds approval. Softball reportedly was only one vote short of 50% needed to remain.\n\nIOC officials were unhappy about the absence of major leaguers. The NBA has sent its best players since 1992 and the NHL stopped its season for 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.\n\nSo, basically the IOC wants to blame MLB for not disrupting their season so major leaguers can play in the games.  But who knows for sure. I think the ballot should be made public, but it won't happen...to think, we'll have EXCITING sports like Archery, Badminton, BMX racing, Canoeing, Equestrian, Field hockey, Team Handball, Open water swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Modern Pentathlon, and Table Tennis, but no softball/baseball...utter BS....
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I always thought bowling was a sport.  My mom is really good at it, but I suck at it even though I think it's fun.  lol\n\nWhy would they not list bowling as a sport?  If baseball and golf are sports (yawn!), then bowling should definitely be a sport.  Baseball is considered a sport and it's the same thing -- throwing a ball (ok, you don't hit it in bowling, but instead the ball knocks down the pins).  \n\nI'd rather watch bowling than tennis or golf, or worse yet-- poker tournaments.
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In Practical terms.. No its not. 'coz in olympics far more countries are involved and all the games, But in Popularity terms.. I think it is
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You know it's not the sports that are admitted that I have a problem with. It's the players/athletes they allow to compete. The Olympics, I thought were not supposed to be for professional/paid athletes. Bring the sports into the games by all means but I feel the pro Basketballers, Tennis players, Cricketers etc should be replaced by "amateur" athletes. Cricket , the game, would have to be modified though, maybe limited overs, or it would still be being decided after the Olympics were over.....lol
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Why the last? If others are interested in skiing and football then others will enter both. I know other football players that were skiers but none I know of with Olympic creds
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Because I guess Yahoo! thinks that it should be grouped in with just Law. (There is a law category, I believe..)
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It doesn't say much for YA that they maintain categories for curling, handball, and darts, and ignore running and other T&F events.  \n\nYou can tell the nerds running this site don't know much about sports - thousands of categories for travel and tech, yet the sports section is pretty much terrible.
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If you are shooting competitions, you usually have one set of arrows you trust for the competion and a certain number of spares to replace any damaged or lost arrows. The more you go into field archery, the more important the replacements become.\n\nYour accuracy and that of your competition comes into the number of spare arrows as well. Excellent archers will damage their own or their competitors' previous arrows on the target, whereas beginners will have misses which all too often become losses.\n\n\nIf you go hunting, it depends on what you are after, and how many kills you want to achieve. Stalking with too many arrows gets difficult, going out of ammo is frustrating. Ideally have a store of extra ammunition at a base camp or a cache nearby. Terrain difficulty and skill obviously determine your hit rate.\n\n\nTraditional longbow archery demands 24 arrows in the quiver - that's what a yeoman had to carry into battle.
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There is in Yahoo! Avatars it's in Sports & Hobbies.
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If you have played paintball, you'd realize its a sport..its like an all out sprint the whole game..whereas hunting is considered a sport and u stand and shoot targets..try it when the targets are shooting at you.
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Good question! For the same reason that Chess is considered a sport.
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The two sports were kicked out of the Olympics, unwanted by international sports officials who felt they were too American for the world sports stage.\n\nThe decision, made during a secret vote in Singapore, is effective for the 2012 London Games, meaning the two sports will have a final fling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The sports, the first eliminated since polo in 1936, are eligible to reapply for the 2016 Games.\n\nEach of the 28 existing sports was put to a secret vote by the IOC, and baseball and softball were the only two that failed to receive a majority. The IOC then rejected adding squash and karate, which failed to get the necessary two-thirds approval. Softball reportedly was only one vote short of 50% needed to remain.\n\nIOC officials were unhappy about the absence of major leaguers. The NBA has sent its best players since 1992 and the NHL stopped its season for 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.\n\nSo, basically the IOC wants to blame MLB for not disrupting their season so major leaguers can play in the games. But who knows for sure. I think the ballot should be made public, but it won't happen...to think, we'll have EXCITING sports like Archery, Badminton, BMX racing, Canoeing, Equestrian, Field hockey, Team Handball, Open water swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Modern Pentathlon, and Table Tennis, but no softball/baseball...utter BS....
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I play sports and like sports in general so I find it to be a fun extra outlet for competition. \n\nThere are those that don't like it at all and it is not for everyone.\n\nLike some things, you should try it to see if you like it and not just base your decision totally off of the opinions of others.