[vladimir998]

We simply don’t understand how good ancient archers were. We are now relearning their secrets. This Dane is making it happen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zGnxeSbb3g

He’s the best “real combat” archer in the world.

[wtd]

"We simply don’t understand how good ancient archers were. We are now relearning their secrets. This Dane is making it happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zGnxeSbb3g He’s the best “real combat” archer in the world."

That was awesome. Thanks for posting.

[Brad from Tennessee]

A friend of mine, a Civil War buff, speculated that units of archers could have played a role on the 1860’s battlefield. He said trained archers could put out a higher rate—6 to 8 arrows per minute—of fire than infantry armed with Springfield or Enfield rifled muskets—2 to 3 rounds per minute. Of course the riflemen would have a great advantage in range over the bowmen who might well be limited to fighting from defensive positions, firing indirectly in volleys at masses of attackers. Just saying.

[dainbramaged]

I’ve never seen that kind of rapid fire from a bow. Another great archer is Byron Ferguson, who can hit a tossed aspirin with his longbow. Lots of videos online demonstrating his skills.

[GeronL]

[MTsumi]

“Real Archers” disagree. One of many rebuttals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zGnxeSbb3g