Compound bow - WikipediaArcher Erika Jones shooting a compound bow at the 2013 Archery World Cup. The bow has the axle attaching the limb to cam mounted at the edge of the cam as opposed to the center. In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs.[1] The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wilbur Allen in North Kansas City, Missou
