Accuracy

[brian]

It,s very interesting to see these heavy bows being shot vast distances ,but whats the justification, if you cant hit what you are aiming at  .We never seem to see the any targets or what the archers are aiming at,its all very well just loosing off arrows into the blue yonder .But i ..thought the idea of archery was to hit what you were aiming at .Ive yet to see somebody hitting a squirrel at a 100 yds with a heavy bow

[Newindian]

Middle age ware fare used volley fire, nobody needed to hit a squirrel at a hundred yards they needed to hit a formation of soldiers   

[PatM]

None of them are being shot farther than any other bow with appropriate arrows.

[Del the cat]

The French nobility at Agincourt seemed to get the point.
Del

[meanewood]

In Napoleonic times, it was called 'shooting into the brown'

Even a musket did not have great accuracy beyond 100 yards but was still deadly when shot into a large formation of troops.

For thousands of years foot soldiers were extremely vulnerable to cavalry attack and needed to form tight formations as a defense, even if it resulted presenting a large target that missiles could hit from long range.

The longbow of medieval times pushed that range out to beyond 200 yards and when the level of training in England developed from such a young age, archers were capable of high draw weights, which resulted in further distances and better penetration of armour.

[JW_Halverson]

The French nobility at Agincourt seemed to get the point.
Del

BWAHAHAHAHA! 

[Bowman]

Long distance shooting with heavy warbows is "piece of art" The french never forgotten that. Azincourt 1415. Join us in Azincourt 2015. 600 years anniversary. :-)

[brian]

The  French have never forgotten,  Patay  Formigny and  Castillon .posted in the interest of Entente Cordiale.