In article ,
harry wrote:
On Friday, 16 December 2016 09:16:11 UTC, T i m wrote:
On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:16:39 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote:

On Thursday, 15 December 2016 18:26:10 UTC, Nightjar wrote:
On 15-Dec-16 11:57 AM, harry wrote:
On Thursday, 15 December 2016 09:21:07 UTC, The Natural
Philosopher wrote:
On 15/12/16 08:48, harry wrote:
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I wonder how Robin Hood was so accurate just using bits if
random twig for arrows?

what evidence do you have to support this 'random twig' theory?

Well what else was there back in medieval times?

An industry that could produce many thousands of arrows for any
battle.

Plenty of twigs about.

I'd love to watch you loose a 'twig' in a 40 lb recurve bow. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

Obviously they worked. As at Poitiers, Agincourt and Crecy.
And the bows they used were over 100lb draw.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_longbow#The_arrow
Hazel is mentioned so that would be a twig.

well, it depends on how you define a twig. Hazel is a plant that you can
coppice. Cut back to the stump and it will grow very straight shoots; ideal
for arrows

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