Word or phrase for "shooting an arrow with a bow"

What's the right way to refer to the act of using a bow and an arrow to shoot?

Imagine a situation, in which Jack gave a bow and an arrow to John and asked him to shoot. John did, but since he had no experience in using bows and arrows, he accidentally injured their friend Lily.

Now imagine Jack and John twenty years later visiting Michael in his house (Michael has no knowledge of the incident) and reflecting on their life:

Jack says to John and Michael: "Throughout all these years that we've been friends I have never put you in troubles and never asked you to do anything stupid"

John replies: "Really? You forgot how you asked me to _____________________ while I had no experience in that, and eventually, Lily was almost killed?"

Please, note that the phrase is spoken in Michael's presence. On one hand, Michael has no knowledge of the accident; on the other hand, the phrase must be clear enough for Michael to understand what exactly had happened 20 years ago.

None of the options that I can think of seems to be fine:

1) "... how you asked me to shoot an arrow from a bow while I had no experience ..."

2) "... how you asked me to shoot an arrow with a bow while I had no experience ..."

3) "... how you asked me to shoot an arrow using a bow while I had no experience ..."

4) "... how you asked me to shoot a bow while I had no experience ..."

5) "... how you asked me to shoot an arrow while I had no experience ..."

6) "... how you asked me to shoot from a bow while I had no experience ..."

7) "... how you asked me to shoot an arrow while I had no experience ..."

8) "... how you asked me to send an arrow from a bow while I had no experience ..."

9) "... how you asked me to send an arrow with a bow while I had no experience ..."

10) "... how you asked me to send an arrow using a bow while I had no experience ..."

11) "... how you asked me to shoot a bow arrow while I had no experience ..."

12) "... how you asked me to send a bow arrow while I had no experience ..."

Solution 1:

There's the simple:

 . . . how you asked me to use a bow and arrow . . .

However, assuming that there was an object that had been shot at (lets assume it was a tree), I think it would more naturally be:

 . . . how you asked me to shoot that tree with a bow and arrow . . .

To expand on this, you say that you shoot a gun or shoot something with a gun but you don't (normally) say that you shoot a bullet (from a gun) or shoot something with a bullet (from a gun).

As far as phrasing goes, bow and arrow is used in the same type of way as gun.

Update: As per a comment, these would be the more common phrases used in the absence of each weapon's direct object:

I was taught how to fire a gun.
I was taught how to shoot a bow and arrow.

Solution 2:

According to the british magazine Archery World the correct term is shoot the bow (as opposed to shooting the arrow). However this is probably only used by serious archers and may not be used at all in other countries.

The main term to avoid, though, is "firing an arrow" which is often heard but is very much incorrect since neither gunpowder nor fire is used to propel an arrow from a bow. You can shoot a gun, shoot a bullet, shoot a bow or shoot an arrow; what you can't do is fire an arrow.

Solution 3:

I like to use "loose an arrow" or "release the arrow" as it only pertains to archery. While I think "to shoot an arrow" would be most commonly used, I have a hard time "shooting an arrow" while we say "shooting a gun", and not "shoot a bullet". So maybe he shot the bow? Take your pick.