callumf

Im also not convinced on this "training" issue.

Honestly I have fired a bow and in order to be able to hit the proverbial barn door at 100 yards really doesnt take that long to become efficient at. I dont think it would take more than a few hours to become pretty adept at hitting largish objects - even ones moving at speed - especially at short distance where you could use a flat trajectory.

I think again its this myth of the longbowman being the supreme marksman rather than the probable reality that he was literally firing off as many arrows as well as possible so those thundering horses dont mow him down =)

Do you really htink the average peasnat was doing anything other than saving his own skin?

And that he was some sort of Robin Hood spending his weekends out wiht his bow and arrow?

Most peasnats worked 14 or more hours per day , 7 days a week. No they didnt get SUndays off =)

Now Im no expert but we need to cut out the mythic belief and look at the actual realistic theory of why and what would have happened.

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