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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.

No exaggerating about going to physical therapy. Some people are that strong ... because they become that strong. I 'had' worked my way up to a 75lb draw. Hurt myself and wound up down to 50. Shootin' whitetails in Kentucky doesn't take anymore than 60 and if I drop to that next year I'll be just fine.

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.

People who see me shoot say I have a talent. That's 'cause they've never see me shoot a longbow. I've tried ... and that's the reason no one sees me doing it.

   

Around here a 'long' shot is 40 yards (probably your neck of the woods too). I don't 'go' hunting so I'm no ranged threat to wildlife out West. I bow hunt from a tree stand and want to take the shot at a 20-30yd distance. The let off is a very useful advantage when a deer is walking into one's shooting lane. It allows you that little extra measure of not being detected by your movement or those itty-bitty inevitable sounds one makes when standing up and drawing. All of it matters when the projectile is subsonic.

Never shot a crossbow before.