Also I forgot to add on the topic of bows, you might be asking how the fuck do you know?
Well my dear readers, I use bows, but I can't use a Longbow, fucking thing is the same size as me :3 (we portuguese people are small) I use a traditional Magyar bow (yes I use a HA bow, yes I am ashamed >.>) and those things are powerfull, and there quite small...
Just saw this: Dude, cmon, I'm only 5foot 8, my longbow is bigger than me and stringing about gives me a hernia, but its all SO worth it. The sight of my arrows burying themselves 12" into the target makes the poop in my pants worth it. *If you have never fired a heavy bow you wont know, but sometims at full draw, the sheer tension in your hands and arms really does make you feel like your about to drop a duce in your pantalones*
None of that modern "archery" with servo assists and red dot aiming, thumb clip, reversed hand posture. Sure that takes practise too, but its as akin to actual archery as gunnery is to rifle fire.
Also, to all you chubbies out there (no offence to anyone, but SOME gamers can get a bit couch potato-y), archery is a great way to sculp your arms and back, an archer's back is slabs of rock once you are on bigboy bows *I should state: dont attempt to string or fire very heavy bows without a proffesional around if you dont have any experience, its very easy to hurt yourself at all stages of preparation, and even easier to give yourself permanent damage to your "bow" shoulder through improper form. I personally shoot the traditional english/welsh style, aiming by judgement, but the renaissance style is also very nice to practise, and looks better to observers, seeing as trad english/welsh looks like the archer is just leaning into his bow and firing without aiming at all.
