Apart from archery for sporting pleasure, bow hunting is practiced worldwide by passionate hunters. However, since it requires a lot of practice to shoot expertly with the bow, the danger of painful shots for the animal by untrained shooters is much higher than in conventional hunting.
For this and other reasons relating to animal protection, bowhunting is prohibited in Germany and other European countries such as Austria, Greece and Iceland. If you want to hunt native game with the bow, you can do so for example in France, Poland and Italy. Around the globe, bow hunting is very popular in the USA and in Africa.