RE: Lars Anderson makes Legolas look like a...
January 24, 2015 at 3:53 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2015 at 4:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
LOL, I wish I could trick shoot /w a bow. I'd be a hit at redneck swoirees. Then again, I bring the bacon...so I'm a hit at redneck swoiress.
Let me rephrase. His targets are styrofoam, he fires from 10y, and his bow is 50 lbs or less (likely less with that snap and drop, 40ish) - and we have no idea how many takes any given shot required. I value my life too much to try this with a buck or a boar in front of me, at any range...let alone another human being who wants to chop me in half and drink from my skull. If you had on so much as a leather jacket, this guy would be the least of your worries with these shots. They're impressive shots, he's a legit shooter....but ultimately it's archery for the camera.
That's why the narrator grinds on me so damned much. There's simply no way that anyone using an asiatic recurve, warbow, or longbow could usefully employ any of these shots or techniques. The gear doesn't allow for it - same as a modern compound bow doesn't allow for it, you need a full body draw. I could show you some shots....lol..but I don;t know if you'd find them as impressive as they are gruesome. I shoot an 80lb compound with 32 inches of draw, barb tips with a spool of highest attached to my counter for that good snag and tug. Bigger hole, more blood to sniff out, quicker death/shock. I'm an ambusher though, in some thick ass woods. So I pick power and accuracy out of the trifecta whereas he takes speed and accuracy.
(the barbs face forward in flight, wrapped with a tiny little rubber band which rolls back as the point enters spreading the 3 blades out to just under 4 1/2 inches in width. I need the power for penetration and takedown - but also to haul the weight of the point and test behind, my bow would whiff a flight arrow sideways as it loosed, the nock would leave the bow at a slightly faster speed than the tip...and that shit is terrifying)
@Exian
Sure, 50-75lbs is the standard for hunting compounds, the cams bring the effective weight way up. You hand your GF/kid the 50, you take the 75. A stick like his, just to hunt deer, would need to be 75lbs minimum. With his snap he's probably pulling 15-20lbs of a well worked 40lb bow. Put it another way, if I want to target shoot, I take a .22lr, if I want to kill something, I take a 270 or better. The gear and task is a huge portion of what he's doing...and the narration is complete and utter bullshit. He simply could not do what he does with gear suited for killing, and that's why he doesn't use that sort of gear (though he did switch bows for his distance shot......that was a recurve, not a stick). He could get more accuracy if he reversed his hand in the draw (he still holds just like he was taught on a recurve)- but then he couldn't hold the arrows without running the risk of sticking himself and also loosing speed in the nock. The whole thing is very specific and has nothing to do with any "ancient secrets" or warriors - couldn't even hunt.
Let me rephrase. His targets are styrofoam, he fires from 10y, and his bow is 50 lbs or less (likely less with that snap and drop, 40ish) - and we have no idea how many takes any given shot required. I value my life too much to try this with a buck or a boar in front of me, at any range...let alone another human being who wants to chop me in half and drink from my skull. If you had on so much as a leather jacket, this guy would be the least of your worries with these shots. They're impressive shots, he's a legit shooter....but ultimately it's archery for the camera.
That's why the narrator grinds on me so damned much. There's simply no way that anyone using an asiatic recurve, warbow, or longbow could usefully employ any of these shots or techniques. The gear doesn't allow for it - same as a modern compound bow doesn't allow for it, you need a full body draw. I could show you some shots....lol..but I don;t know if you'd find them as impressive as they are gruesome. I shoot an 80lb compound with 32 inches of draw, barb tips with a spool of highest attached to my counter for that good snag and tug. Bigger hole, more blood to sniff out, quicker death/shock. I'm an ambusher though, in some thick ass woods. So I pick power and accuracy out of the trifecta whereas he takes speed and accuracy.
(the barbs face forward in flight, wrapped with a tiny little rubber band which rolls back as the point enters spreading the 3 blades out to just under 4 1/2 inches in width. I need the power for penetration and takedown - but also to haul the weight of the point and test behind, my bow would whiff a flight arrow sideways as it loosed, the nock would leave the bow at a slightly faster speed than the tip...and that shit is terrifying)
@Exian
Sure, 50-75lbs is the standard for hunting compounds, the cams bring the effective weight way up. You hand your GF/kid the 50, you take the 75. A stick like his, just to hunt deer, would need to be 75lbs minimum. With his snap he's probably pulling 15-20lbs of a well worked 40lb bow. Put it another way, if I want to target shoot, I take a .22lr, if I want to kill something, I take a 270 or better. The gear and task is a huge portion of what he's doing...and the narration is complete and utter bullshit. He simply could not do what he does with gear suited for killing, and that's why he doesn't use that sort of gear (though he did switch bows for his distance shot......that was a recurve, not a stick). He could get more accuracy if he reversed his hand in the draw (he still holds just like he was taught on a recurve)- but then he couldn't hold the arrows without running the risk of sticking himself and also loosing speed in the nock. The whole thing is very specific and has nothing to do with any "ancient secrets" or warriors - couldn't even hunt.
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