Dan Bertalan, Traditional Bowyers Encyclopedia : The Bowhunting and Bowmaking World of the Nation's Top Crafters of Longbows and Recurves, Skyhorse Pub., , 548 p. (ISBN978-1-60239-046-1, lire en ligne), p. 73
Raphaël Romi et Étienne Tête, « A propos de l'illégalité de la chasse à l'arc : bis repetita placent », Revue juridique de l'Environnement, vol. 14, no 2, , p. 185–185 (DOI10.3406/rjenv.1989.5247, lire en ligne, consulté le )
« Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69) » (consulté le ) : « if any person… uses for the purpose of killing or taking any wild animal... any bow or cross-bow... he shall be guilty of an offence. »
Raphaël Romi et Étienne Tête, « A propos de l'illégalité de la chasse à l'arc : bis repetita placent », Revue juridique de l'Environnement, vol. 14, no 2, , p. 185–185 (DOI10.3406/rjenv.1989.5247, lire en ligne, consulté le )
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Stephen S. Ditchkoff, « Wounding Rates of White-Tailed Deer With Traditional Archery Equipment », Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, (consulté le ) : « A member of the Maine Bow Hunters Alliance estimates that 50 percent of animals who are shot with crossbows are wounded but not killed. A study of 80 radio-collared white-tailed deer found that of the 22 deer who had been shot with "traditional archery equipment," 11 were wounded but not recovered by hunters. »
