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Mike W.

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Old Archery Technique
« on: 2014-04-02, 16:28:02 »
I found this video on Danish archer Lars Anderson to be quite fascinating. This guy is pretty damn fast, and fairly accurate too.

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Re: Old Archery Technique
« Reply #1 on: 2014-04-02, 17:47:27 »
I posted it before. :)

It's a great video!
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Re: Old Archery Technique
« Reply #2 on: 2014-04-02, 19:17:22 »
I thought he looked familiar; he is a beast.  I wonder though, how he would've faired with a medieval longbow of the 150-200lb pull range.
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