Originally Posted by Nomercy448

As dorky as it sounds sometimes, I think the term for a "bow shooter" that isn't a "bowhunter" would be "archer". There have been phases of my life where I only hunted with a rifle, but shot bows a lot for pleasure or competition, then I called myself an archer. "Bowman" or "bowsman" get miss-used sometimes, both referring to an oarsman at the front of a boat, with bow pronounced like you are "bowing" before the king, like Bo or beau, or archer's bow.

I like "archer," it's kind of like "marksman" for a rifle hunter.