Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Practise archery and practise horse riding, and archery is dearer to me than horse riding. Every kind of play that a man engages in is futile, except shooting with a bow, training a horse and playing with one's wife; these are proper. Abandoning archery after learning it is as if one has been ungrateful (kufr) for something after coming to know it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19733