Missing one Easton...

[Alina]

Medieval European art shows longbows being used with the arrow on both sides of the bow... But I don't fully trust the art on this..Though it's possible that it was down to individual preference. I have shot longbow with the arrow on the other side of the bow, but I like tilting the top limb to the right (I'm right handed), so keeping it on the left of the bow suits me as it makes a natural arrow-rest.
A tin can at 70m is pretty impressive without sights!

Well, if it weren't a total fluke anyway! But, for me it's a bit difficult to shoot at distances over 40m or so without angling the bow up because California where I live is extremely mountainous. So at 70m, the target is about 5-6ft higher than the firing position.

[admin]

Ah - try shooting at targets in trees, that's fun! There used to be a medieval competition called the cock or popinjay (I think) where there was a bird-like target on the top of a long pole, and the first person to shoot it off got some sort of prize.

[Monster Zero]

Ah - try shooting at targets in trees, that's fun! There used to be a medieval competition called the cock or popinjay (I think) where there was a bird-like target on the top of a long pole, and the first person to shoot it off got some sort of prize.

Matt, is Alina really the right person you should be encouraging to shoot her cock off?

[Alina]

Unh....bad Thom!

[Paul]

Well, if it weren't a total fluke anyway! But, for me it's a bit difficult to shoot at distances over 40m or so without angling the bow up because California where I live is extremely mountainous. So at 70m, the target is about 5-6ft higher than the firing position.

You see, I WAS right when I said that "flat = better".

Ah - try shooting at targets in trees, that's fun! There used to be a medieval competition called the cock or popinjay (I think) where there was a bird-like target on the top of a long pole, and the first person to shoot it off got some sort of prize.

In the Catholic south of the Netherlands (mainly Limburg, Brabant and Gelre) this is still practiced within the "shooting guilds" / "militia" (unsure of proper translation)

[Fab]

Ah - try shooting at targets in trees, that's fun! There used to be a medieval competition called the cock or popinjay (I think) where there was a bird-like target on the top of a long pole, and the first person to shoot it off got some sort of prize.

Still extists here, and in various places. The winner is called the "King of the Bird". I think our Mountain has a go regularly in his native Alps. He's quite good with a bow, I must say.

[SCA Archer]

Ah - try shooting at targets in trees, that's fun! There used to be a medieval competition called the cock or popinjay (I think) where there was a bird-like target on the top of a long pole, and the first person to shoot it off got some sort of prize.

We've built a Pop-n-jay target and shoot it in the spring...

[Bent E. K. Lindow]

Still extists here, and in various places. The winner is called the "King of the Bird". I think our Mountain has a go regularly in his native Alps. He's quite good with a bow, I must say.

Interesting, the same tradition still exists in Denmark, where they are name "Skydegilder" (lit: 'Shooting Guilds'), the target shooting (with a rifle) is called 'Bird shooting' and the winner is also called the 'King of the bird'. The members of the two that exist in my town are local businessmen and ex-royal guardsmen, respectively.

- Bent

[Fab]

The archer's company in Dijon quickly evolved into a haquebute/arquebuse company, and their training range still exists, though it is now a botanic garden. I think the Compagnie de l'Arquebuse existed until the French Revolution, and had their annual contest and all. Our man Fred just finished the first part of his MA on that subject, I'll ask him for more details.

[Harry]

and where is the one easton now again???

I need something from him urgently!