Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat, while in modern times, its main use is that of a recreational activity.

Historically, people secured food through two methods: hunting and gathering, and agriculture.

Historically, Salukis were used by nomadic tribes for hunting.

Historically, the Arapaho had assisted the Cheyenne and Lakota people in driving the Kiowa and Comanche south from the Northern Plains, their hunting area ranged from Montana to Texas.

Historically, the area was a hunting ground for the Wichita, Osage, and Kiowa tribes.

Historically, Highgate adjoined the Bishop of London's hunting estate.

Historically, the Kwakwaka ' wakw economy was based primarily on fishing, with the men also engaging in some hunting, and the women gathering wild fruits and berries.

Historically, Enfield was a collection of small communities spread around the royal hunting grounds of Enfield Chase.

Historically, humans have drastically reduced their habitat and diminished their population by hunting them for food and products such as their baculum and claws.

: Historically both pinniped species were abundant natives in the harbor until hunting and other human activity extirpated them from the area by at least the late 19th century.

Historically this species declined because of overhunting, but population recovery has taken place following enforcement of hunting regulations.

Historically, hunting and habitat loss has decimated alligator populations throughout their range, and it was doubted as to whether the species would survive.

Historically it was reserved as an exclusive hunting area for the chief.

Historically, the words cur and feist were used in England to refer to small hunting dogs, where " feists " were the smaller dogs and " curs " were 30 lbs or larger.

Historically they were hunted for their oil ; between 1870 and 1919 the government of Tasmania issuing licences for hunting them, with an average of 150, 000 penguins ( both Royal and King ) being taken each year.

Historically, some tribes were formed from bands that came together from time to time for religious ceremonies, hunting, or warfare.

Historically within Lancashire, Horwich emerged in the Middle Ages as a hunting chase.

Historically, the economy of most tribes was subsistence agriculture or hunting and gathering.

Historically, the Bhil were tribals, residing in deep forests and experts in hunting: a fearsome tribe.

Historically, Kerek people engaged in fishing and hunting of wild deer and mountain sheep.

Historically, the hunting of wolves was a huge capital and manpower intensive operation, requiring miles of netting, specialized net-carts and big drying sheds for storing and drying nets.

Historically, Western bows have been made of pernambuco wood from Brazil.

Historically, children across Israel used to go out and play with bows and arrows, reflecting the Midrashic statement that the rainbow ( the sign of Gods promise to never again destroy the earth with a flood Gen9: 11-13 ) was not seen during Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's lifetime, as his merit protected the world.

Historically, a huge variety of bows have been produced for food gathering, warfare, and recreation.

Historically, the size of farms and landed estates in the United Kingdom was usually expressed in acres ( or acres, roods, and perches ), even if the number of acres was so large that it might conveniently have been expressed in square miles.

Historically the custom-built fully armored assault guns usually mounted the gun or howitzer in a fully enclosed casemate on a tank chassis.

Historically, the relationship involved a man in a higher status position, usually with a legally sanctioned wife, who maintains a second household with the lesser " wife ".

Historically PLCs were usually configured with only a few analog control loops ; where processes required hundreds or thousands of loops, a distributed control system ( DCS ) would instead be used.

Historically, silversmiths are mostly referred to as goldsmiths, which was usually the same guild.

Historically, most arch spans had solid spandrels, meaning that the areas between arches were completely filled in — usually with masonry — until the advent of steel and reinforced concrete in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Historically, Telnet provided access to a command-line interface ( usually, of an operating system ) on a remote host.

Historically, one of the most important designs is the one usually known as the Tarot de Marseilles.

Historically, offenders have usually been apprehended by military personnel and tried by military tribunals.

Historically, Monophysitism ( usually capitalized in this sense ) refers primarily to the position of those ( especially in Egypt and to a lesser extent Syria ) who rejected the Council of Chalcedon in 451 ( the Fourth Ecumenical Council ).

Historically an alternative practice of issuance was for the borrowing government authority to issue bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.

Historically, this has usually meant that the Prime Minister is the parliamentary leader of the largest political party in the House of Representatives.

Historically penal colonies have often been used for penal labour in an economically underdeveloped part of a state's ( usually colonial ) territories, and on a far larger scale than a prison farm.

Historically, Nejd itself has been divided into small provinces made up of constellations of small towns, villages and settlements, with each one usually centered around one " capital ".

Historically, the term " gamer " usually referred to someone who played role-playing games and wargames.

Historically this rank was given to a military officer leading an entire army or the entire armed forces of a nation, usually only subordinate to the sovereign.

Historically, controls on firearm ownership have usually followed major crimes which resulted in public outrage.

Historically, the description of a bacterium lacking a cell wall was sufficient to classify it to the genus Mycoplasma and as such it is the oldest and largest genus of the class with about half of the class ' species ( 107 validly described ), each usually limited to a specific host and with many hosts harboring more than one species, some pathogenic and some commensal.

Historically, the flag was flown to frighten pirates ' victims into surrendering without a fight, since it conveyed the message that the attackers were outlaws who would not consider themselves bound by the usual rules of engagement — and might, therefore, slaughter those they defeated ( since captured pirates were usually hanged, they did not have much to gain by asking quarter if defeated ).

Historically, pearl popcorns were usually yellow and rice popcorns usually white.

* Land grant: Historically a land grant is an area of land to which title was conferred by a predecessor government, usually Spanish or Mexican, and confirmed by the U. S Government Courts after the territory was acquired by the United States.

Historically, the Pembroke was a breed with a natural bob tail ( a very short tail ), and today, if the Pembroke has a tail at all, it is usually curly.

Historically, Tsing Yi Island, with Kwai Chung, were usually in the same administration unit of Tsuen Wan because of their proximity and close-knit neighbourhood.