(09-17-2023, 05:43 PM)Snarl Wrote:(09-17-2023, 11:26 AM)Ninurta Wrote:(09-17-2023, 08:31 AM)BIAD Wrote: Just for the record, I am not a pheasant-plucker, I'm a pheasant-plucker's son.
I'm actually a pheasant-plucker
I used to be called a pleasant fucker.
The string on my bow is pulled back with a release aid.
Here's a guy with the (almost) equivalent pull of one of BIAD's old Aenglish bows. Sort'a cheating that a compound bow gives you a decent let-off of 80-85% once you get to full draw.
These days I'm down to a 65lb pull. Anything more than that sends me directly to Physical Therapy. I like all of my fingers too, BTW.
The English longbows were actually stout enough to modify the skeletal structure of archers. In archer skeletons that have been retrieved, there have been changes from normal skeletons, particularly in the area of the shoulders.
I can't shoot compound bows. There is something about that "letoff" that you mention that throws my aim off. furthermore, I draw and release, I don't stand there holding it at draw all day, and the folks I've talked to say that's the reason for the letoff - so you can draw it and then stand there with it drawn like a knot on a log. I don't see the point to that.
I have a friend that shoots bow and arrow competitively, and he uses a compound bow with one of those fancy release geegaws. He gets upset when I mention his need for training wheels on a bow. I reckon it's ok if that's what one needs, but just can't get behind it because I can't hit anything like that. If I'm going to need to just stand there holding it, I'd rather use a crossbow.
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