AP PHOTOS: Serbian bowyer inspired by childhood games

LAPOVO, Serbia (AP) — Zeljko Ilicic says his love of archery dates back to the times when he played in the forest as a small boy imagining he was Robin Hood.

The 36-year-old has since turned his childhood fantasy into an engaging hobby and a business. Ilicic has become a bowyer — a rare one in the Balkans — who makes wooden bows and arrows.

Ilicic has set up his workshop in Lapovo, a village in central Serbia, where he also provides shelter for endangered horses and other animals. He uses only local wood and hand tools.

The wooden hut is filled with staves drying on the shelves or placed gently against the wall. Its floor and old furniture are covered in sawdust.