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by Alatea on August 19th, 2005
It comes from the Latin “bulla” which means root or small round object.
The bull’s eye is the eye of the target. It means literally the bull’s eye, sweet and also round.
Very sweet to get a “bullseye”
by chscoach1 on April 20th, 2008
Early on, when hunting instruments were crude and easily damaged and difficult to make, one-shot kills were not just a luxury. To make an absolute kill one could place an arrow or similar weapon into the eye socket of a large animal. This would easily enter into the brain and dropping the animal where it stood. To practice this, targets were sometimes painted with an eye of a bull, (the male of the species being hunted).
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There is ancient artwork depicting the Greeks painting eyes on targets for archers
by RJTRIES on March 13th, 2006