Archery, powerful bows and arrows
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http://www.woodlands.co.uk Woodlands archery, powerful bows and arrows. Long bows made from yew were used during the Hundred Years War. Neil Eddiford from Wolfshead Bowmen describes the properties that made yew suitable for the long bow, and how often English yew wasn't used at all. Other woods used for bows were ash and wych elm. He also looks at the arrows with fletchlings of goose feather, a bodkin point or a needle bodkin. These are serious weapons for medieval warfare, and Neil describes the range and penetration power these arrows could have.
Wolfshead Bowmen are a re-enactment group and Woodlands TV met up with them at the Weald Wood Fair at Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum.
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The reason the warbows back then were so powerfull was that they shot very heavy arrows ,more than twice the weight of the arrows we normally use today.
wonder if he knew that such a heavy weight was for war fare and not everyday use.
most people that had to shoot those 120lbs bows or more had hunched backs and bent fingers.
strueth
Yeah but those hunched backs and bent fingers could probably punch a hole in most of today's archers
ahhhh josh, whats going on mate
@Koberg just been shooting my recurve actually, and getting some kelp for the garden
sweet as, love the vids. are you going to be doing and more bow hunting videos?. loved the last one
Very interesting. But arrows probably couldn't really penetrate plate armour and then still do much damage. Appearently found bodies from people that were killed by arrows were almost always hit in the face.
yes although they would have had to practise at that draw weight to keep the strength but for hunting all you need is 50-60lb
i'm kind of great wih bow and arrows just gie me a target i'll get him down in a few shots
silver dragania [dragania cnl]
October 23, 2013