Thearos wrote on Mar 28
th, 2013 at 4:29pm:
Modern sport records do give a sense of possibilities. But what about historical ranges, using working bows ?
Well... Look up the flight contest between an african man using his standard hunting gear and saxton Pope with his finest yew longbow and flight arrows. The first shots of the African went further than Pope's flight arrows. Then Pope used his heaviest yew longbow and was only able to beat him by a few yards.
I think a 125 pound English warbow can chuck an arrow pretty dang far, Thearos. Keep in mind TBB- an arrow shot from a 70 pound bow 75 yards away arrives as fast as an arrow shot from a 50 pounder at 25 yards.
at around 125 yards a warbow would be equally tamed"
That is not an exact quote, but i think the distances are correct...
http://www.archery.org/content.asp?id=892&me_id=753&cnt_id=895Here are some cold, hard facts.
-Squirrel