[Ansteorra-archery] Question for ALL/ANY crossbow shooters

[ironwyrm at juno.com]

I stand corrected.  Furthermore I offer no Brit jokes at this time,
Andrew of Alton has already returned to the Isles and that's just taken
all the fun out of any such taunts.

Ironwyrm


On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 21:00:13 -0000 "Eadric Anstapa" <eadric at scabrewer.com>
writes:
> ironwyrm at juno.com said:
>
> > If it's traditional medieval crossbow shoot you wish you might
> consider a
> > variant on the "Pop-n-Jay" using rabbit blunts to take the mock
> bird from
> > atop the pole.  Downrange distance might be a bit of a problem but
> no
> > more than would a cloud shoot.  That's a crossbow only contest.
> >
> > Ironwyrm
> >
> >
>
> Popinjay wasn't just restricted to crossbow shoots.  In Belgium, and
> Germany
> is was a popular Crossbow shoot.  In England and aprticularly
> Scotland is was
> popular for bows.
>
> I doubt you will have much downrange problems as for popinjays you
> traditionally must stand within 6'ft of the pole.
>
> I see William Tell shoots all the time and those would traditionally
> have
> been crossbow shoots.
>
> William Tell was legendary Swiss patriot of the 14th century.
> According to
> tradition, Tell refused to salute the cap of Gessler, the despotic
> Austrian
> governor of his canton, Uri. Gessler then ordered Tell to use his
> crossbow to
> shoot an apple set upon the head of Tell's young son. He
> accomplished the
> feat, but stated that if he had killed his son, he would have
> proceeded to
> kill Gessler himself. Tell was then imprisoned. Upon escaping, he
> set an
> ambush for the governor and killed him. The slaying is said to have
> sparked
> the uprising of the Swiss against their Austrian rulers, resulting
> in the
> unification and independence of the Swiss nation.
>
> http://www.tell.ch/legend.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Lord Eadric Anstapa
> Kingdom Archery Marshal, Ansteorra
> eadric at scabrewer.com
>
>
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