Thread: Any Archers out there??

Originally Posted by JohnP

Enjoy your shoot!
It is one of those few things that can be enjoyable, calming and frustrating at the same time. Kind of like honing problem razors.
Lot of tie ins I think. Field archery should be quite fun.


John P.

I've never shot enough to get past the first stage, but it strikes me as terribly similar to golf. At first you are horrible, everyone is, and you will improve. The entire hobby however can remain simultaneously quite frustrating, but very relaxing and recuperative.

I've read somewhere that golf had a loose basis in archery...and some of the games played by archers originally to improve their skills in warfare.
A few other things in golf I've heard come from warfare also, like the practice of calling " 'fore!" when someone is in the line of one's ball. Apparently that one was from the days of muzzleloading (and perhaps even prior, with archers) where the second rank would call "down afore!" subsequently shortened to just "fore!" to make sure the first rank did not rise too quickly from reloading while the second rank fired.

Don't know if it is or isn't true, but thought I'd share.

I do know that current research into bows used in warfare has them much much heavier than we once thought, making many modern hunting weight bows seem a joke in comparison. It's all good. Deer nor targets wear armor these days.


John P.