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

[Bob Dewart]

Well, there's still a bunch of us English lads about.  Enjoy yourself.

Gilli
Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
----- Original Message -----
From: <ironwyrm at juno.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Question for ALL/ANY crossbow shooters


> 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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