Comments on: Wow! Reinventing the fastest forgotten archery https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/28/wow-reinventing-the-fastest-forgotten-archery/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/28/wow-reinventing-the-fastest-forgotten-archery/#comment-22451 bowser Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:44:58 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=29323#comment-22451 That's funny!! That’s funny!!

]]> By: MaryAnne https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/28/wow-reinventing-the-fastest-forgotten-archery/#comment-22441 MaryAnne Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:08:00 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=29323#comment-22441 When you think about it, there would have had to be a better way to take down a bison than having 25 hunters each firing one deliberate arrow at it, while the rest of the herd are stampeding in their general direction. It puts a different spin on the longbow artillery at Agincourt, which must have been terrifying. Zen archery as a form of meditation, deliberate and calculated, also looks a little different. When you think about it, there would have had to be a better way to take down a bison than having 25 hunters each firing one deliberate arrow at it, while the rest of the herd are stampeding in their general direction.

It puts a different spin on the longbow artillery at Agincourt, which must have been terrifying. Zen archery as a form of meditation, deliberate and calculated, also looks a little different.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/28/wow-reinventing-the-fastest-forgotten-archery/#comment-22422 Jody Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:48:21 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=29323#comment-22422 Holy Crap! Holy Crap!

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/28/wow-reinventing-the-fastest-forgotten-archery/#comment-22420 alcaray Sat, 29 Dec 2012 06:54:31 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=29323#comment-22420 I can forget pretty fast. I can forget pretty fast.

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