Corax67
Well-known member
So far this summer I?ve shot on a semi-regular basis at 2 local clubs as well as my own club and with the exception of one or two rare instances I?ve shot my longbow.
Having achieved my Bowman classification very early on in the season I will now shoot any round that takes my fancy and happily drop in on any target that has a bit of space.
What I find common amongst all of these clubs is the disparaging comment that chimes forth from disgruntled recurve & compound archers during most sessions of ?Huh - I?d be better off shooting longbow?
Now I love longbow - if I could only shoot one bow longbow would be it - and I know that compared to the other bow styles the comparable classification scores are much lower HOWEVER to achieve those scores with our bows demands just as much skill, if not more on occasion, as any other bow style.
Do others feel the same as me that we are sometimes looked down on as being lesser archers or that we are taking the easy option rather than shooting ?proper? bows?
Karl
Having achieved my Bowman classification very early on in the season I will now shoot any round that takes my fancy and happily drop in on any target that has a bit of space.
What I find common amongst all of these clubs is the disparaging comment that chimes forth from disgruntled recurve & compound archers during most sessions of ?Huh - I?d be better off shooting longbow?
Now I love longbow - if I could only shoot one bow longbow would be it - and I know that compared to the other bow styles the comparable classification scores are much lower HOWEVER to achieve those scores with our bows demands just as much skill, if not more on occasion, as any other bow style.
Do others feel the same as me that we are sometimes looked down on as being lesser archers or that we are taking the easy option rather than shooting ?proper? bows?
Karl