The smart ones have relaxed their arms, he’s always like that and they’d have to keep adjusting their arc as the enemy approached anyway. They can raise, pull and let fly in the time everyone else takes 2 steps, since they aren’t shooting for accuracy until the battle comes right at them
Are there historical cases of archer “squad leaders” quickly adjusting their angle after calling pull and before loose? Genuinely curious, I’ve never really thought about it before
I’m pretty sure there wouldnt be independent pull and lose commands. Traditional bows are drawn and fired in a single motion. It wasn’t until modern compound bows that it was practical to hold a drawn bow.
The smart ones have relaxed their arms, he’s always like that and they’d have to keep adjusting their arc as the enemy approached anyway. They can raise, pull and let fly in the time everyone else takes 2 steps, since they aren’t shooting for accuracy until the battle comes right at them
Are there historical cases of archer “squad leaders” quickly adjusting their angle after calling pull and before loose? Genuinely curious, I’ve never really thought about it before
Honestly me neither, I don’t think historical accuracy was the goal of that movie. So I was just blethering
I’m pretty sure there wouldnt be independent pull and lose commands. Traditional bows are drawn and fired in a single motion. It wasn’t until modern compound bows that it was practical to hold a drawn bow.