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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GREETINGS </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>HL. EADRIC , JUST AS AN ASIDE ,IN OKLAHOMA ,
YOU MAY USE A CROSSBOW ANY TIME AND PLACE FOR HUNTING THAT YOU WOULD LEGALLY USE
A RECURVE OR LONGBOW, <FONT size=5><STRONG><EM><U>IF
</U></EM></STRONG></FONT><FONT size=2>YOU CARRY A NOTE FROM YOUR DOCTOR
EXPLAINING WHY YOU CAN'T DRAW A REGULAR BOW ,EVER, AND A CURRENT HUNTING
LIC.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Crossbow
Usage<BR> Hunters who have a permanent disability to the
extent that they cannot use a conventional longbow, as certified by a physician
licensed to practice in Oklahoma or bordering state, may hunt with a crossbow. A
person who qualifies to use a crossbow shall have in their possession while in
the field written evidence of such certification signed by the physician.
<BR> Crossbows may not be transported in a motorized vehicle
unless uncocked or disassembled.<BR> Crossbow: Minimum draw
weight of 100 pounds and equipped with safety devices. Leverage gaining devices
are permitted.<BR> Bolts (arrows): Minimum of 14 inches in
length and equipped with broadhead hunting type points not less than 7/8 inches
wide. <BR> Illegal Devices: Laser sights. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>BE SAFE, BE
HAPPY, HAVE FUN</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>ARTHUR
BLACKMOON </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=eadric@scabrewer.com href="mailto:eadric@scabrewer.com">Eadric
Anstapa</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org">Archery within the Kingdom of
Ansteorra</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:31
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Other
fun stuff</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Ilrich,<BR><BR>I really can not rememebr the last time I was at
a torunament and they told me that a Tournament was a "Royal Round" or
that an individual round in the tournament was a "Royal Round". If you
are at such a tournament then you should certainly be allowed to shoot from
any position during that portion of the shoot so that your score can be
submitted.<BR><BR>Someone saying it will be an "open" or "Open Division"
doesn't usually mean that it will be a royal round or any other Royal Round
rules will apply. It means that any SCA legal equipment will be allowed
and maybe that they will use 60CM FITA targets.<BR><BR>If you are shooting a
true "Royal Round" or IKAC and you are not allowed to shoot from any position
then thats a violation of the rules.<BR><BR>If you are shooting in anything
else please respect the wishes and rules of the tournament organizers.
If the tournament organizers feel that sitting, kneeling, whatever gives you
an unfair advantage then they will likely ask you to stand. It's a call
that each tournament organizer can make.<BR><BR>This past spring I won the
crossbow division at Stargate and I made every shot from a kneeling
position. There was a couple of other folks who shot kneeling as well
and nobody thought it was odd, unusual, or unfair becuase it was a separate
crossbow division.<BR><BR>I am no more tired at the end of a Royal Round
shooting a 90# crossbow that I am a 40# bow. Drawing a bow uses a very
small set of muscles across the back that are typically pretty weak because we
dont use them much for anything else. Drawing a bow requires us to draw
smoothly through about a 20 inch power stroke. Unless you are a purely
instinctive shooter (and there are very few in SCA target archery) after you
have drawn the bow the same set of muscles are use to hold the bow anchored at
full draw and help hold it steady while you aim.<BR><BR>Drawing a crossbow
uses a much larger set of muscles that are much more frequently used and
better developed. The chest, arms, torso, and even legs are used
depending on how the person braces their bow. A crossbow is typically
only drawn through about a 10" power stroke and can be done quickly without
worrying about being smooth and fluid. If the crossbowman wants he can
even use a goats foot lever, a windlass, or a crannequinn to cock his crossbow
for him. Once the crossbow is cocked the crossbowman can take all the
time in the world for his shot as he is only having to hold the few pounds of
the physical weight of the crossbow and does not have to hold the draw weight
of the bow. He can take his time to get the bolt position on the
crossbow just right, make sure that his bolt clip is just right, that any
sight is just right, that the crossbow is anchored on his shoulder or cheek
just right, and hold and hold and hold until everything is perfect without
having to support the draw weight of that spanned crossbow.<BR><BR>Crossbow
and handbows are different styles of shooting. Both take practice and
skill to do well but they are different. The SCA is the only place I
know of where crossbows are ever allowed to compete against/with
handbows. Crossbows are allowed in NAA, IBO, etc. but they never shoot
directly against bows. Heck even where crossbows are allowed as hunting
weapons they are typically not allowed in the regular bow season.
<BR><BR>We allow crossbows in the SCA but no competition organizer is
required to allow them in his competition. When a competition organizer
allows the single crossbow that shows up to compete in the same tournament
against the 20 bows that show up I think that he/she is being terribly
inclusive and going out of their way to accomodate the crossbowman and I think
not unreasonable to in return ask that crossbowman to stand just like all the
other archers.<BR><BR>More crossbow only competitions or separate crossbow
divisions need to be organized so that crossbows are shooting against
crossbows. The you shouldn't have this discussion.<BR><BR>Or perhaps we
write a line in our kingdom rules that simply says that crossbows may not
compete directly against handbows. Then this problem is solved for good
and either separate crossbow divisions show up in competitions (when there are
enough crossbowmen that show up to make a separate division worthwhile) or
crossbows dont get used at all.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>-- <BR><FONT size=+1>HL
Eadric Anstapa</FONT><BR>DSEM CA<BR><A
href="mailto:eadric@scabrewer.com"><I>eadric@scabrewer.com</I></A><BR><BR><BR>David
Ruff wrote:
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<DIV>Wow.... impressive....</DIV>
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<DIV>Ok i will just spell it out since what i wrote was taken as
raving....</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>When Championships in this area are quoted to follow open royal
round rules then i am going to follow the rules... <U><FONT
color=#ff0000>when NEW rules are included that directly conflict with the
rules i was told to folllow</FONT></U> i am going to ask WHY.... <U>I WILL
question it.</U></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If im told "becuase i said" - sorry - not cutting it...... I don't care
WHO it comes from - i will ask until it is understood in my pea sized
brain.....<BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Now if that offends you and that is a rant and rave to you, i am sorry
for taking up your band.....</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It REALLY seems to me that the archery community is a club... you step
outside the clubs thinking and your dirt... you think outside the box and
attempt to change things or bring new iseas to the club - your dirt.... I AM
TIRED of it and really feel sorry for those that seem to follow eachother as
blind mice. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I sure the heck know better then to EVER bring up ideas and questions
to ANYONE around here from here on in.... It gets you called out in open
forum, yelled at, insulted and deemed as a trouble maker.... Good luck to
you......</DIV>
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<DIV>Ulrich</DIV>
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