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Archery is the sport of shooting with a bow and arrow. An ancient sport, originally employed for hunting and then for warfare, it originated the English game of darts and is the national sport of Bhutan. There are two main games of
archery - target archery which involves shooting arrows at circular targets; and field archery which involves shooting arrows at targets resembling game animals, such as deer.
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