For the love of the English bow - Video 13

The Heavy bow archers of Hampshire and Dorset practising with longbows of 90lbs to 125lbs draw weight.

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Sports

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• longbow
• longbows
• warbow
• warbows
• archer
• archers
• archery
• arrows
• medieval
• england
• agincourt

[DZgoodTimes]

how much joule of energy do you get of this bow? It must be as strong as a handgun or?

[bigbowbrum]

@DZgoodTimes Sorry but I have no idea how many Joules of energy these bows produce. All I know is their draw weights, which range between 90 and 110 lbs across all the various bows used in the video.

[DZgoodTimes]

@bigbowbrum Little more question, How much does the arrow wiegt? And how far can this thing shoot? In my opinion this thing must can kill at a distence up to 250 meters... Im very interesting about bow and crossbows.

[bigbowbrum]

@DZgoodTimes The weight of the arrow depends to a large extent on the type of arrow head, but generally they weigh around 65g. It is possible for a yew bow with a draw weight of around 130lbs to shoot a 65g arrow around 250 - 270 yards max. Lighter "flight" arrows can be shot over 350 yards with a good bow.

[MrElliejimmy]

bigbowbrum,good to hear from some real archers.wish i had more in fl. yeah 100 yards is a bitch but im having fun learning it.need to read more on horace ford.another question i assume those are yew bows?again awsome stuff.

[bigbowbrum]

@MrElliejimmy Some of the bows are made of yew, while othes are laminate bows using woods such as Hickory and Osage to name but two.

[40kDakota]

hmm i hope no  one gets hit by a stray arrow lol

[GREATBRITISHGAMER]

I'm English :D

[bigbowbrum]

@MrElliejimmy Mollegebet bows look lovely and really fast, though I have never had the pleasure of shooting one. When I used to shoot competitively I shot mainly Western and some Albion rounds but never York. Few do as 100 yards is a real bitch to hit consistently with a traditional wooden bow! :) These days we regularly shoot at a target approx. 110 yards distant with our "warbows", but hits are few and far between!

[MrElliejimmy]

hi i love the vid. i shoot and make mollegebet style bows of white wood.i am sort of training my self for a york round.not competitively i dont know anyone in the us that does it.having a lot fun,do you guys shoot yorks at all?