[Ansteorra] Royal Huntsman - Special Tourney Rules***
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Tue Feb 14 14:31:39 PST 2012
Thank you for the description of what sounds like an interesting
archery shoot.
I have multiple stories of similar shoots being done elsewhere, but
I've never heard of one like this being done in Ansteorra. These
shoots along a trail, with 3D animal figures or other targets, do take
up a lot of room and you have to make sure that the areas behind the
targets are clear of unintended targets, such as other people, which
complicates setting up such a shoot. I would love to participate in
such a competition, though.
For some more interesting ideas on archery shoots:
arch-shoots-msg (42K) 5/25/97 Different types of archery shoots.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/ARCHERY/arch-shoots-msg.html
P-Arch-Target-art (14K) 11/13/08 "A Period Archery Target for the SCA"
by Sir Jon Fitz-Rauf OL, OP.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/ARCHERY/P-Arch-Target-art.html
Stefan
On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:52 PM, Bree Flowers wrote:
>> It certainly beats seeing standardized distances and
>> international circle targets being used (aka royal rounds).
>>
>> Haraldr Bassi
>
>
> I once lived somewhere that did shoots at 3D targets in the woods. It
> was set up a bit like a golf course where you walked along a path and
> stopped to shoot at each thing, and we did the course in small groups.
> One archer at a time would step up to the beginning of the line, you
> could move forward along the line all the way to the end, but never
> backward, so you had to guess whether it was a good time to shoot, or
> if you took another step or two the shot would get better. You'd only
> get one shot at each target. Certainly added to the realism, but not
> much room for spectators, unless they too were wiling to come along
> for a walk in the woods. Also not too kind to arrows, you'd be
> surprised how hard it is to see a tree 3 yards in front of you when
> you're sighting at a deer 20 yards away. We set up little "arrow
> graveyards" so future archers would get an idea how bad a particular
> target was. Most fun I ever had at a shoot.
>
> We ever do shoots like that in these parts?
>
> ~Eve
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THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
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