49 Random Archery Facts

[@devinbooth609]

Trad is the way! Love your content!

[@sweetchariotengland]

Ooo first comment Englishman here. Your content helped me get into bow making and start generating an appreciation for the history of archery and enhance my appreciation of natural history. Ive also just made an Yumi! A good vehicle into appreciating the same progression in Japan Many thanks fella. Great channel

[@chrisruzsa2798]

Archery is amazing. Love the history. Oh and war weight went from lightest to heaviest 80-225 with average being 125-150 pounds of draw.

[@7_Svarog_7]

Wanted to say that lol

[@gordonneverdies]

225?! Good Lord! I could pull Gal Gadot before I could pull that.

[@chrisruzsa2798]

@@gordonneverdies that’s why they had deformed bones lol. The muscles and tendons were too strong for the skeletal structure to hold it.

[@got2kittys]

Now in England, Archery hunting is banned. You can't spear hunt there either. No crossbows hunting either. A sad end to an ancestral legacy.

[@garykruta245]

I love your enthusiasm in your videos plus I’ve learned a lot watching them, thank you.

[@amandacarrillo3722]

Hey, Pluck Yew Kramer. You forgot to mention the coolest, well one of the coolest, random archery facts ever. The Battle of Agincourt. Even if it might not be entirely true. Thank you for another great video.

[@fulcrum789]

Left handed bows tend to cost less when you get them later in the season.( I am being Sarcastic) a good archer can shoot either hand. And a great archer knows which hand to shoot. Stay Shatterproof my friends

[@kittytrail]

got a couple SinoArt 58" black hunters, one lefty, one righty, the lefty one was one twentieth the price of the other which was 20€ NiCCCB ( _New in Cheap Chinese Cardboard Box_ for those that don't follow Acrimonious Acronymous Anonymous daily ). i bought the lefty one two months before the other though but since i have not the slightest idea what an archery season is or how/why it matters, i cannot validate your theory with my limited observations... 🤤

[@fulcrum789]

@kittytrail sounds like you can shoot both hands. Great. Not many can do that and hit the target.

[@kittytrail]

@@fulcrum789 lots more people than you think _could_ do it but they don't _think_ they can, hence they don't try nor persevere if they, perchance, happen to try. humans adapt to most anything with regular repetition and a bit of dedication, that's how we get better at _anything_ we try. most of the time anyway. 😋 i hadn't touched a bow since 1997 when i bought the lefty black hunter and it was a righty. now i shoot both, have fun with both and can swap the limbs without trouble nor consistency loss, one set being 30# & the other 35# or so the squiggly markings on 'em say. i can do the same in badminton, IPSC shooting (or whatever it's called nowadays) and a few other disciplines but not really with skeet or long range shooting. 😑

[@Loki_Firegod]

Regarding the draw weight of medieval war bows: It's true that there is no definitive weight we know. There are the Mary Rose bows which allow accurate reconstructions and measurements, but they date a good bit after the medieval era, and I don't know of any surviving medieval English warbows that allow for accurate reconstructions. The Mary Rose bows range between 120 and over 200 lbs, which is pretty heavy even if you convert it into metric system. However, for some earlier types of bows there are accurate reconstructions. The southern German 6th/7th century "Type Oberflacht" bows are yew selfbows with a curious pentagonal cross-section. Reconstructions measure at about 70 lbs which would make them likely heavy hunting bows. They're right at the edge to the definition of war bows (which is 70 lbs and upward in England) but the source material doesn't really suggest bows being weapons of war at the time, at least not on a massive scale. On the other hand, at the same time the Avars, a steppe nomadic people living in south eastern Europe, used horse bows in war. They got in conflict with both the Byzantine empire as well as the Franks and their bows were prized prestige objects, so the idea of using bows in war wasn't unknown - perhaps the scholars just didn't deem it worth recording. In any way, given that we know in the 6th and 7th century bows had draw weights of about 70 lbs and in early modern times war bows had upwards of 120 lbs, plus we know from depictions of archers that they used special, adapted stances intended for high draw weights, it's a good guess that high and late medieval English (and Welsh) war bows would've ranged between 100 and 180 lbs.

[@nickomeara8852]

I love this channel

[@HondoTrailside]

Actually, we used to shoot compound instinctive back in the day. There were three reasons for it: It was fun; all the reasons one shoots any bow instinctive, for instance I once wing shot grouse with a PSE 70 pound compound with wheels and a 50% let-off, not as clunky as cams. And they were cheap. A comparable performing recurve like the Bighorn I lusted after was 295, compound was 105 delivered. I had a friend who shot a Quadraflex compound instinctive at 100 pounds and did very well in 3D. Field points are designed for hunting small game and shooting targets, that is what makes them different from target points. There are two sharp corners that punch a hole and transfer energy. Basically a marriage between a blunt and a target point. They are harder on most targets. I guess you can torque a bow a lot of ways, but the main problem up until about 20 years ago was bows came with poorly designed grips that made it very difficult to shoot without torque. People would hold the bows with only the thumb and index finger yoke in contact with the bow, or they would shoot off an aluminum riser with the grip removed, buy an aftermarket grip, or reprofile the grip. Manufacturers sold bows with these crappy grips because they feel good when you pick up the bow in the shop. They were just useless for shooting. It pays to know about this disease if you love to buy older bows, like a Bear 59. The basic rule for uphill and downhill is that it is the horizontal difference that matters. Distance estimation is key to hitting your target in archery. In some forms it is the most important skill. At forty five degrees the difference is that the distance is 30 percent shorter than it appears. So it is very important, and people shoot from trees so it matters a lot. They used to sell pendulum sights (Truglow still makes one) where relative to the line of sight the pin would move in proportion to the slope. Cool idea but since those sights were popular, compound speeds are 75% faster, and that helps enough that they don't to matter as much. Another problem with hills is people's draw lengths (particularly with real bows tends to shorten). In some respects this should correct for overestimating the distance, but it just seems to be another problem. While it worked with your joke on missiles if you are shooting on hills you will normally correct by underholding for the actual distance. The target is closer relative to it's linear distance. The effect is much the same uphill as downhill.

[@Chris-y3k]

Hey man, I really appreciate you and your channel. I started making my own bow from one of your videos and it got me out of my head and back on my feet. Just wanted to say thank you and I hope you get the best life has to offer ✌️

[@GaryLiseo]

I met a guy who shoots/shot (at the time) compound without a sight. I'm not sure if he was shooting instinctual or practiced another style of aiming. Nice guy, knowledgeable about bows, and super helpful

[@Quenyandur]

"compound blanc"

[@Shildran]

What is wrong with the instintig Compound shooting? :D It's cool as hell! Ok, I shoot gap with my Compound Barebow, but it is awesome.

[@autisticguitar666]

That's what I was wondering

[@JMSoloBassist]

I used to shoot a compound instinctively. Switched to a recurve about 10 years ago, and I love it!

[@jasontsang2232]

Bow torque is done on purpose for thumb draw when arrow is on opposite side.

[@Emanemoston]

Thanks for the video

[@Demphure]

Torque with the bow hand is only going to negatively impact western archery styles, it’s an essential part of the release in at least Kyudo, Korean Traditional archery, and Turkish archery

[@tomp9141]

I'm from huddersfield and never knew that Robin Hood fact/story. Just received my tillering from you. It arrived in ireland where I live now. Ime extremely happy with it. Thanks very much.

[@growlith6969]

BoW-DaAkiii-AHHH! Damn, glad I wasn't drinking anything right that sec.

[@karenmurray3098]

it's pronounced bow-dah-see-ah love your work Kramer

[@gv3398]

Your hilarious… thnx for the laughs!

[@DenStoraVargen]

A firm grip, which leads to a light axial rotation can also improve your shooting. It depends on the release technique. With thumb draw or slavic release the arrow is on the other side (compared with three finger mediteran) so it clears out the arrow path, if done it right.

[@trevorstewart1308]

great vid! lots of fun!

[@bilnjan]

Well done Amigo !

[@lthorsemanship8150]

Shooting right handed; use the right eye for windage and the left for elevation, rather than focusing soley on the gap at the arrows tip, you can look at the length of the arrow from its side to see how the arrow is angled to plot the trajectory.

[@Eric-gi9kg]

@ 1:40.. 1st compound I own an early 1970s Ben Pearson offset wheel 'compound'. 50 lbs at 29 inches Was my first bow

[@tyronechatley5429]

Brace yourself comes from sailing sorry dude

[@shawnwaters2154]

Just placed my first order with you. Going to take a shot at making a bow of course lol. I'll need help with a few custom strings also.

[@Jack-z2f8c]

The old trad archery like a war bow are around 100lb draw weight to like 200lb or more depending

[@Phuskooz]

Surprised he didn’t mention that we get the word “Target” came from the name “Targe” (Tarj) which was a type of Scottish shield that was used as one of the original “targets” and the design of which still somewhat resembles modern targets to this day 🎯

[@lucpet95]

We still shoot Clout in Australia. It's great fun

[@theepdinker]

"Watch three videos, then consider subscribing" that's genius marketing.

[@jasonwatson2679]

Im just here for the sarcasm!! Im being sarcastic😁 I’m here for the knowledge too!

[@michaelcolthart4006]

No, no, no…..archers paradox is not at all controversial. It’s simply the fact that the angle of the arrow at brace is more severely off target than when at full draw on non-shoot-through-riser style bows. Once shot, that arrow seemingly has to go through the brace state again meaning it should veer off to the left for most right-handed shooters (opposite for most lefties). The bending of the arrow is how the archers paradox is overcome. Also, you aim low when shooting uphill and downhill.

[@newlinmcmaster4001]

Tim Wells shoots instinctively aerial targets (dove) with a compound, the shooting style is called Bare bow or bowhunter. It's not snap shooting of course.

[@newlinmcmaster4001]

Your bows look awesome that your making!

[@joshuajonker7242]

"I'm not quite sure how the whole dating thing works" Well Kramer let me help you out here... When a man likes a lady... He will-😂😂😂😂 jk man awesome vid

[@Eric-gi9kg]

Great information

[@marijntenbrinke2440]

I love how the term "paying taxes" comes from england where you needed to add an piece of taxeswood to your trade. (They needed more wood te make longbows)

[@cherno2232]

Now quiver. Quiet quiver (bag quiver, grab by point)

[@Edgunsuk]

Medievil war bows were 80 to 150lb we pulled up several hundred of them in a ship that was sunk in the mud in the uk a few decades ago.

[@RainbowArcher252]

As soon as I saw "Olympics" spelt "Olimpics", I couldn't trust your fact finding abilities lol

[@capitalhammie]

Question: do you think you will ever attempt to make a Turkish flight bow?

[@Qui-Dad-Jinn]

All that tells me is that 83% of Americans cheat with compounds. 😁 Kidding! My 30 year old compound works great. I just like the challenge of Recurves and longbows. My son is paralyzed from the neck down and on a ventilator. We pull and mechanically anchor the bow for him. He aims and looses the arrow with a sort of button he bites down on. He's a bit of a badass muthatrucka. Keep up all that you do. Love the bows I bought from you. Not to mention all my quality accessories purchased from you and your company. Have a great weekend. May the force be with you.

[@caseysmith544]

Target archery is more common outside of the USA even in 3D target shooting so more of these people use a traditional bow or target/hunting ILF bow as these bows require less work to maintain and often can find parts/95% of the parts on older ILF target bows, maybe the shelf is hard to find if more then just a stick on target shelf, some traditional bowfishing specific bows could be more like 90% of parts depending on era/model.

[@Qui-Dad-Jinn]

@@caseysmith544 I've used ILF bows too. I really enjoyed shooting them. My favorite ILF is a 68" Bosen. Lately, I've been playing with my SAS Maverick and Kramer's Bones bows. I think I own too many bows (if that's possible). Thanks for the response and info. Hope you have a great weekend.

[@piratetaurussackinhaff9402]

I was inspired by your videos, I shot my first bow today. I'm confident I'm doing everything wrong and I'm looking for advice. I called ahead, emailed a week in advance and with $$$$ cash in hand, I went to a local archery pro shop (Geneva Florida). Thinking to myself, i'll be smart with Archery and get experts to help, unlike everything else I've ever jumped into. I'll get sized for draw length, find the right bow for me and,,, Nope... They rushed us to the targets with all of 15 minutes of lessons and said have fun. I did have fun but I still don't know what the hell I'm doing, and I don't want to pick up bad habbits. What should I be asking for as far as lessons?

[@jacksonterrance8833]

with all shooting aim down your thumbs and keep them level with your eyes and ear. When you get to full draw or slightly before. push/punch with the bow at the target. Relaxing your thumb your holding the string with. keep your draw hand still and relaxed and take the bow away from it. like a jab in boxing.

[@nevillesavage2012]

Bamboo arrows will split easier

[@markcassidy1718]

Have you ever heard of popinjay. Shooting safe arrows at targets on a pole. Like shooting birds in a tree. It's an English thing.

[@raginroadrunner]

I had an original Allen compound.

[@Normjohanson]

Thought food

[@TwoStrokeViking]

Could you build a bow from Skyrim? 😁

[@TwoStrokeViking]

Please? 🥺

[@ruthconner4923]

Fun, ty

[@danielbeattie4186]

Rucksack quiver for those with poor aim or who just can't get enough.

[@JeromySanders-e6y]

Hey am one I was wondering if Native Americans use whispers on there arrows instead of fletching

[@wolverine5300]

i have one complaint about archery, why so called "professionals" let their bows swing and drop after shooting the arrow, but other than that, I absolutely love archery

[@jelmerhussem83]

Commonly used in sports target archery to reach those distances with such accuracy, they don't grip their bows to prevent torqueing when releasing the arrow and just let the bow do it's thing to shoot the arrow as straight as possible to an small target at long distances.

[@manfrommeeteetse3880]

I don't get your sarcasm over shooting a compound bow instinctively. I started with traditional archery shooting instinctively before back injuries forced me out of the sport. When compounds became common I got back in the sport and have always shot a compound bow instinctively. I even took over a dozen whitetails shooting instinctively and my hunting partner also shot instinctively. Please explain! Thanks.

[@peterfrisch24]

Fun fact: Bow hunting is illegal in Germany

[@growlith6969]

Fun is illegal in Germany. Except when they win the world cup. That was the only time I saw Germans in Germany having fun.

[@dionysusrex9183]

Same in most parts of Australia

[@jasonwatson2679]

Doesn’t sound very fun to me

[@peterwilson1295]

And, btw, Your wife splitting an arrow while shooting with you, must be some kind of Freudian slip🤭

[@growlith6969]

"The kids call this docking.."

[@thomaskurz5617]

The crossbow ban was neither very effective neither was it openly enforced ever. The first mention is a papal edict from Urban II in the 1090s, which was widely ignored all over the continent. In 1139 at the second Lateran Council, seeing that the last edict was not worth the paper it was written on, they tried a different route and proclaimed that the use of the crossbow against christian was prohibited, so it could still be used during the crusades, but they hoped it would stop usage in europe. .The prohibition was confirmed by pope Innocent III and later Conrad II holy roman emperor at that time. But at that time it was already too late and the crossbow was in wide use all over europe, and the edict just quickened the adoption in armies that had not used it before. So yes technically it was banned, but there is no known instance of a crossbowman being ever prosecuted for using a crossbow against other christians. As the punishment could have been excommunication, which was taken very seriously during that time, but still the weapon remained in use and even spread shows that the prohibition was never really enforced either by the church or any of the ruling classes.

[@dionysusrex9183]

No, that’s not sarcasm, it’s being facetious.

[@atrckr-bf7de]

The crossbow ban was not enforced well at all was just for politics

[@sambo170a]

In Europe Compound bow is not as strong as in US .Barebow here is more a common thing , Trad, Longbow and Olympic almost the norm

[@Owenlightowler]

Compound bow isn't really a bow. Its a mechanical device in the shape and orientation of a bow in the same way that a crossbow isn't a rifle, it just shares some of the asthestics.

[@msant24]

Same in Chile

[@N0rnagest]

It was King Henry II who first introduced archery laws in England, they were expanded over time and only repealed under Queen Victoria. English warbows were anything from 80 to 140+ # in draw weight (Henry VIII's ship Mary Rose had a bunch on board when she was recovered from the River Solent in the 90s) I have also read that oriental bows draw weights could be as little as 60 to 70# and still be considered a warbow. 'Torque-ing' a bow is normal with asiatic archery, it moves the bow out of the path of the arrow, reducing archers paradox. (I know it's wrong but I shoot my traditional longbows using thumbdraw and torquing the bow, I also almost never get string slap doing this)

[@chrisruzsa2798]

@@N0rnagest that’s not really torquing the bow that’s actually a style of archery known as Katra. And it can be done.

[@N0rnagest]

​@@chrisruzsa2798 have you ever tried to perform khatra with a 68" longbow... its not easy (torquing the bow though works really well with longer bows, ask any Kyudo practitioner) and I use forward khatra with my mongolian and tatar and turkish bows.

[@chrisruzsa2798]

@@N0rnagest to me when I hear torquing of the bow it’s when you draw and hold the bow and twist the limbs. Khatra is turning of it upon release. It’s a timing thing more no? Because you don’t want to risk warping the limbs. At least I wouldn’t think you would?

[@CaptainBrash]

I believe crossbows were banned for use against other Christians. Pagans were fair game.

[@raginroadrunner]

In 1974.

[@jacksonterrance8833]

The American archery community that uses compounds are so slow at shooting. Putting a quiver on your bow is like putting a basket on a bike. According to them single limbs are on beginner bows or anything that isnt 1000 dollars or more. They also spend 10x more $ on bow strings than they need too. Spectra, dacron, fast flight all mixtures of 1-3 synthetic threads you can buy 5000 feet of what bow stores sell for 500. smh... also the way they put serving on the strings is deplorable. They just want your money.

[@HondoTrailside]

Not true in hunting, but 3D shoots are pretty mind numbing.

[@caseysmith544]

Some of that non compound non traditional/target models is not just crossbow but also a growing number who are using good lever bows becuse they are tired of using Compound having to upgrade all the time when models parts are no longer made by the company and are too dumb to look online for older bows. One model of compound made since mid 2000's as the Genesis Pro an older 15--35 pound bow, now Gen--X by Genesis is a 21--40 pound compound where all parts fit the same on Gen-X models and 95% of parts fit on the older Gennesis Pro. This brand Gennesis seems to fix the problem of the Compound bow needing to be buying a new model when company stops making parts for that is one of the last non bowfishing specific compounds one can use with the fingers.

[@Lost_Hwasal]

Jokes on you man, i shoot my lever bows, which are technically compounds, without a sight. I have a screaming eagle, strike eagle, and phoenix.

[@bradydavis6365]

bro, where do yew get yer drugs?!

[@matthewy8923]

Hors bow is muh better than compound bow.