THE BRITISH BOWHUNTERS ASSOCIATION

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The British Bowhunters Association was set up in 1995 to support the growing number of bowhunters who live in Britain but have to travel abroad to undertake their chosen method of hunting.

We do not, and will not, tolerate our membership using prohibited methods to cull animals or birds either in the UK or abroad.  All of the hunting stories, information or pictures on this site relate directly to animals culled in countries where bowhunting is a legal and recognised method of cull.

It has long been thought by the British Government that hunting with a bow is inhumane and that there is:

a) A greater potential for poaching

b) A greater potential to wound animals

c)A greater potential danger to the British public

Studies in by the Game and Wildlife Departments in America show that poaching is not of a concern when considering bowhunting as a method of cull. The main reasons for this are the limited range of the bow and arrow as a poaching weapon and the amount of time required in the field actively hunting to cull an animal with the bow.

In modern Britain the .22rimfire, the .204centrefire or any of the .22centrefires can be employed to take 'game' quickly and with the addition of a sound moderator quietly.  This method of poaching is quick and silent with minimal field time required and therefore, next to dogs, a favored method of poaching.

The 'fears' regarding wounding are unfounded, as recent studied undertaken by governments in America and Sweden prove that the wounding rate from bowhunters is comparable to that of gun hunters. 

 There are more people shot in the UK today with illegally held firearms than there are shot undertaking bowhunting in the rest of the world.