Then, the shape is processed to make it easier to draw, while ensuring balance on both sides as much as possible.
Such thick branches are surely very strong, and the purpose of processing their shape is just to make them easier to draw, less likely to break, balanced, smooth, and aesthetically pleasing.
If the requirements are low, just scraping a few times can be enough to use as a bow.
Ma Lin crafted one on site with old elm wood, weighing about thirty-some pounds, less than forty.
Paired with bamboo arrowheads, it can certainly penetrate beasts, but it must hit a vital spot to kill.
Primitive people excel at encircling hunts, knowing to first injure the prey and then chase it to death, not requiring a one-hit kill.
They had methods to hunt for food with bone spears and stone spears, not to mention with bows in hand.
A bow of thirty-some pounds is sufficient for them.
