[Ansteorra-missile] [Fwd: what bows and crossbows are actuallybeing used?]

[meggiddo at netzero.net]

Below are my answers that I already sent in.


1. Your name:  Michael Fray

2. Kingdom:  Ansteorra

3. How long have you been a combat archer? 

5 years

4. What type of missiles do you use?

UHMW, Baldar Blunt (Classical Design), have used golf
tubes outside of Ansteorra


5. Do you use a bow or crossbow?  

Recurve

6. What is the poundage? If it's a crossbow and you know
the draw length, please mention it as well.

30 lbs


7. Are you authorized in any other weapons forms?  

Armored Combat: sword and shield, spear (rattan), Mass
Weapons 

Rapier Combat Archery


8. Are you a light or heavy archer? 

Heavy

> Eadric Anstapa wrote:
> 
> Greetings to the Combat Archers of Ansteorra,
> 
> The Society Deputy for Combat Archery is trying to gather some stats
> on what is really being used for archery.
> 
> If you would all please send a message with the info below it should
> would be helpful.  Why not just do a "Reply-to-All" and lets all learn
> a little more about one another.
> 
> Please encourage all the combat archers in your area, regions,
> branches, households, etc. to participate in this poll if possible.
> This is your opportunity to assure that the Ansteorran way of doing
> Combat Archery is properly represented (and hopefully protected) at
> the Society level.
> 
> In the questions below Light and Heavy do NOT mean Rapier and Armored
> as they so often mean here in Ansteorra.  Light means Non-Contact,
> Heavy means Full-Contact.
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> 
> --
> Arcus Eadric Anstapa
> Kingdom Archery Marshal, Ansteorra
> eadric at scabrewer.com
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
>  Subject: [what bows and crossbows are actually being used?
>     Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:39:18 -0400
>     From: Tessa the Huntress <tessathehuntress at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Tessa the Huntress <tessathehuntress at earthlink.net>
>       To:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>      Greetings!
> 
>      I'm trying to get a feel for what's being used in different
>      areas. Can you reply back with:
> 
>      1. Your name
> 
>      2. Kingdom
> 
>      3. How long have you been a combat archer?
> 
>      4. What type of missiles do you use? (shaft type, blunt,
>      arrow or bolt?)
> 
>      5. Do you use a bow or crossbow?
> 
>      6. What is the poundage? If it's a crossbow and you know the
>      draw length, please mention it as well.
> 
>      7. Are you authorized in any other weapons forms?
> 
>      8. Are you a light or heavy archer?
> 
>      Thanks very much. If you can answer this for other archers
>      that you know, please send me that information as well.
>      Please forward this to other archers that you know.
> 
>      Thanks,
> 
>      Tessa the Huntress, Deputy Society Marshal for Combat
>      Archery
>      tessathehuntress at earthlink.net
> 
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