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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 more 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.

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.

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.

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 more 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.

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 . . .

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.