#Bow Range

[thorsenmark]

Feeling a Cool Breeze As I Stand on the Shores of Herbert Lake (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the south while taking in views across lake waters to more distant shores with evergreens and then snowcapped peaks of the Bow Range with Fairview Mountain, Mount Aberdeen, Mount Temple, and Little Temple (based on the PeakVisor app on my iPhone). What drew me into this view was the layered look with the lake waters, then evergreen forest, and then finally the mountain peaks.

#Alberta Highway 93 #Alberta and Glacier National Park #Azimuth 183 #Banff National Park #Banff-Lake Louise Core Area #Blue Skies #Bow Range #Canadian Rockies #Central Front Ranges #Day 2 #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Evergreen Trees #Evergreens #Fairview Mountain #Forest #Forest Landscape #Herbert Lake #Highway 93 #Hillside of Trees #Icefields Parkway #Lake #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Little Temple #Looking South #Mount Aberdeen #Mount Saint Piran #Mount Temple #Mountain Peak #Mountains

[balrog-slayer66]

Fraw Bow and Haro illustrated by Range Murata

#mobile suit gundam #gundam #gundam universal century #gundam 0079 #fraw bow #range murata

[puppyeared]

Totk <3

#just finished the main story!! now I can fuck around for the next 5 years bc im gonna procrastinate fighting Ganon for as long as possible #the last picture is gray trashing me for using my bow close range shfjggdg #my art #myart #doodles #totk #loz totk #loz tears of the kingdom #tears of the kingdom #Totk link #Totk Zelda #Totk Sidon #Totk purah

[blumineck]

How about the grenade arrows in RRR?

I'm sorry, but you've seen my videos, right? What do you honestly think my budget is?

(Seriously though, there are /so many/ topics I'd love to cover and try but can't for time/money/space reasons. I've not even covered fire arrows yet!)

#fwiw I think grenade arrows would suffer the same pitfalls as any other really heavy point on a regular arrow #unless it's a VERY stiff-spined war arrow shot from a heavy draw bow #it's basically going to either have no range #or break the arrow #or both #which is not a good day for you if it happens with a primed explosive #there's a reason some things are designed for throwing #but I think under the right circumstances you /could/ do it #but it's still a BAD idea #fun in a film though!

[oogleboogleoogle]

Dramatic clouds coming in over Medicine Bow Peak.

#Snowy Range #clouds #mountains #Medicine Bow Peak

[aethslove]

omega being a ranged shooter like crosshair is so special to me. if you even care.

#aeth talks #like when echo handed her the energy bow i was skipping #did crosshair know she used/uses a ranged weapon like him???? did she tell him that on tantiss??? #guys i’m so crazy over thsi #like brother like sister #star wars #sw #the bad batch #tbb #tbb season 3 #tbb crosshair #tbb omega #tbb spoilers #kinda

[falconfate]

Hello ranger’s apprentice fandom can we talk real quick about the stupidest thing Flanagan ever wrote

It’s about the bows. Yanno, the rangers’ Iconique™️ main weapon. That one. You know the one.

Flanagan. Flanagan why are your rangers using longbows.

“uh well recurve arrows drop faster” BUT DO THEY. FLANAGAN. DO THEY.

the answer is no they don’t. Compared to a MODERN, COMPOUND (aka cheating) bow, yes, but compared to a longbow? Y’know, what the rangers use in canon? Yeah no a recurve actually has a FLATTER trajectory. It drops LATER.

This from an article comparing the two:

“Both a longbow and a recurve bow, when equipped with the right arrow and broadhead combination, are capable of taking down big game animals. Afterall, hunters have been doing it for centuries with both types of bows.

However, generally speaking and all things equal, a recurve bow will offer more arrow speed, creating a flatter flight trajectory and retain more kinetic energy at impact.

The archers draw length, along with the weight of the arrow also affect speed and kinetic energy. However, the curved design of the limbs on a recurve adds to its output of force.”

It doesn’t actually mention ANY distance in range! And this is from a resource for bow hunting, which, presumably, WOULD CARE ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING!

Okay so that’s just. That’s just the first thing.

The MAIN thing is that even accounting for “hur dur recurves drop faster” LONGBOWS ARE STILL THE STUPID OPTION.

Longbows, particularly and especially ENGLISH longbows, are—as their name suggests—very long. English longbows in particular are often as tall or taller than their wielder even while strung, but especially when unstrung. An unstrung longbow is a very long and expensive stick, one that will GLADLY entangle itself in nearby trees, other people’s clothes, and any doorway you’re passing through.

And yes, there are shorter longbows, but at that point if you’re shortening your longbow, just get a goddamn recurve. And Flanagan makes a point to compare his rangers’ bows to the Very Long English Longbow.

Oh, do you know how the Very Long English Longbow was mostly historically militarily used? BY ON-FOOT ARCHER UNITS. Do you know what they’re TERRIBLE for? MOUNTED ARCHERY.

Trust me. Go look up right now “mounted archery longbow.” You’ll find MAYBE one or two pictures of some guy on a horse struggling with a big stick; mostly you will actually see either mounted archers with RECURVES, or comparisons of Roman longbow archers to Mongolian horse archers (which are neat, can’t lie, I love comparing archery styles like that).

Anyway. Why are longbows terrible for mounted archery? Because they’re so damn long. Think about it: imagine you’re on a horse. You’re straddling a beast that can think for itself and moves at your command, but ultimately independently of you; if you’re both well-trained enough, you’re barely paying attention to your horse except to give it commands. And you have a bow in your hands. If your target is close enough to you that you know, from years of shooting experience, you will need to actually angle your bow down to hit it because of your equine height advantage, guess what? If you have a longbow, YOU CAN’T! YOUR HORSE IS IN THE WAY BECAUSE YOUR BOW IS TOO LONG! Worse, it’s probably going to get in the general area of your horse’s shoulder or legs, aka moving parts, which WILL injure your horse AND your bow and leave you fresh out of both a getaway vehicle and a ranged weapon. It’s stupid. Don’t do it.

A recurve, on the other hand, is short. It was literally made for horse archers. You have SO much range of motion with a recurve on horseback; and if you’re REALLY good, you know how to give yourself even more, with techniques like Jamarkee, a Turkish technique where you LITERALLY CAN AIM BACKWARDS.

For your viewing enjoyment, Serena Lynn of Texas demonstrating Jamarkee:

Yes, that’s real! This type of draw style is INCREDIBLY versatile: you can shoot backwards on horseback, straight down from a parapet or sally port without exposing yourself as a target, or from low to the ground to keep stealthy without banging your bow against the ground. And, while I’m sure you could attempt it with a longbow, I wouldn’t recommend it: a recurve’s smaller size makes it far more maneuverable up and over your head to actually get it into position for a Jamarkee shot.

A recurve just makes so much more SENSE. It’s not a baby bow! It’s not the longbow’s lesser cousin! It’s a COMPLETELY different instrument made to be used in a completely different context! For the rangers of Araluen, who put soooo much stock in being stealthy and their strong bonds with their horses, a recurve is the perfect fit! It’s small and easily transportable, it’s more maneuverable in combat and especially on horseback, it offers more power than a longbow of the same draw weight—really, truly, the only advantage in this case that a longbow has over the recurve is that longbows are quicker and easier to make. But we KNOW the rangers don’t care about that, their KNIVES use a forging technique (folding) that takes several times as long as standard Araluen forging practices at the time!

Okay.

Okay I think I’m done. For now.

#to be VERY clear. I Am Not An Actual Expert. #i AM however drawing from my own experience and research #and literally i can find Zero literature about recurve arrow flights dropping faster than longbows #all i could find was that recurve range is worse compared to compound bows #which. OBVIOUSLY. compound bows CHEAT. #(said lovingly. ish. if you use a compound more power to you but also It’s Doing All The Work For You.) #this article was literally all i could find from a couple hours’ search comparing recurves and longbows #anyway recurves are cool. flanagan why did you do recurves so dirty. #for that matter why are all your women blonde. #(i’m not including brotherband here sorry) #(but also why did it take a spinoff series for him to create a named female character that wasn’t a blonde) #(flanagan explain) #god these books have so many problems. truly this is my ‘i could fix him’ #thank you flanagan for getting me into this special interest. now Tell Me Why You Did It Wrong. #rangers apprentice #anyway if you REALLY want to read about some bangin historical horse archers #look up the parthians :) #specifically how they fucking Decimated an entire roman contingent :) #crassus getting absolutely demolished by mounted archer parthians is definitely my favorite bit of roman trivia

[coconi]

I just finished Tulin's storyline and excuse me while I bawl about this game further cementing the fact that Revali made himself a Champion. He was no descendant of an ancient Sage nor did he have a loving family to train him (that we know of). There was no power destined to be his: he crafted his own version of wind control without any support or spiritual guidance and excelled at it and then he and the other Champions went into battle without the special helms, without a sacred tear/charm to further enhance his abilities, without the certainty of two rulers (and a sage from the future) with god-like powers that could back them up if things went awry. Because of this, the original Sages survived where the Champions did not.

Revali was doomed from the start and if he'd known he would've still honed his craft and piloted Medoh with his beak held high and I am in shambles about it

#totk spoilers #tears of the kingdom spoilers #totk meta #don't mind me i'm having a normal one #and to be perfectly clear: this is not me downplaying tulin's achievements #I adore him and he worked his ass off and he /made/ himself worthy of the title of Sage and i wouldn't have it any differently #son boy son i would die for him #but by god do the champions (and revali in particular) hurt an extra amount in retrospective #totk may refuse to mention the champions by name (at least so far idk about the other regions) #but revali is so fucking present in the negative spaces he inhabits #revali's theme still plays at the flight range #when teba is introduced there is an emphasis on the strip of cloth attached to the great eagle bow #revali's landing is the first area of rito village that clears after the blizzard #the village's main spire is now named after medoh #and tulin looks far more honored to receive revali's bow (which is regarded as the very best) than he is about becoming a sage #it is thanks to revali's sacrifice that the village was granted the chance to thrive and defend itself #and that truth lives on no matter what

[beanbagbuddies4life]

Trap the Mouse

via + x

Trap's run predates poems and birthdays, so here's a picture of her 1st generation hang tag instead. When you're shopping for a Trap the Mouse of your own, watch out-- she's also a Bow Wow Beanie dog toy!

You bet she has trading cards!

#we love you trap the mouse... a classic #beanie babies #plush #beanie baby #wishlist #ebay listing #no birthday #mouse #$100+ range #bow wow beanie #trading cards

[moeblob]

Oh that's a dwagon! (they're so cute!)

Siblings that hoot and holler together, stay together. (thank you so much!! I love these silly lil kids)

#my characters #sobbing thank you anon for liking my ocs #like she might have a human form but she really loves being in her dragon form #big lizard gal napping in the sun just vibing at home #they luckily live in the middle of nowhere so she can do so peacefully and not terrify neighbors #also because i just live this fact so much about them im gonna say it again #vik literally learned how to use a bow and arrow JUST for playing fetch with his sister as enrichment for a dragon #hes incredibly skilled at archery now so thats his weapon of choice and the fact he trained as making arrows fly as far as possible #he has really good range lmao hes like wow thats way closer than for a flying dragon pog i got this #he does like to be contrary a lot so when asked about why he picked the bow n arrow hes like #i dont like fighting :c i have to fight from a distance or im scared :c i dont wanna be mean #and his traveling buddies are like that is the biggest lie i have ever heard wtf

[tj-crochets]

So I was thinking about my recent realization that I am ambidextrous and that it's not something everybody can just naturally do (like I thought it was) and I have another "can everyone do this or is my family just weird" question for y'all: Can most people consistently hit the target with ranged weaponry the first time they try it? wait okay unrelated follow up question: can most people (if they do not have an injury or condition that prevents it) sit on the ground cross-legged and lean forward until their torso is like flat on the ground? editing again: I am trying to come up with more things I thought everybody could do but that, in retrospect, might just be my family. High kicks? I guess? I know not everyone can do like head-height kicks, but can most people kick like chest high?

#the person behind the yarn #I thought they just played up the difficulty for movies #but. it occurs to me. that this might be another 'my family is weird' thing #so far the only ranged weaponry I've tried that I was not good at from the start was throwing knives #and I did still hit the target with them I just didn't consistently hit point-first #for the record the only ranged weaponry that I tried because I wanted to try it instead of a family member taking me to try it #was a bow and arrow. because I was a kid who loved fantasy stories of course I wanted to try archery #the rest were either my brother offered to teach me and I was like sure why not I like learning things #or for a while I worked by a gun range and my dad was like if you are that close to that many guns #you should know how to handle them safely so he signed me up for a basic course at the range

[thorsenmark]

Mount Temple and the Bow River from Morant’s Curve (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views from Morant’s Curve along the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park. My thought on composing this image was to pull back on the focal length and include foreground interest with the Bow River and some nearby forest. Mount Temple and other ridges and peaks of the Bow Range would be a backdrop for this setting in the Canadian Rockies.

#Alberta Provincial Highway No. 1A #Alberta and Glacier National Park #Azimuth 249 #Banff National Park #Banff-Lake Louise Core Area #Blue Skies #Bow Range #Bow River #Bow Valley Parkway #Canadian Pacific Railway Track #Canadian Rockies #Day 2 #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Evergreen Trees #Evergreens #Forest #Forest Landscape #Hillside of Trees #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Little Temple #Looking SW #Morant's Curve #Mount Aberdeen #Mount Lefroy #Mount Little #Mount Temple #Mountain Peak #Mountains #Mountains in Distance

[trainingdummyrabbit]

ikeep talking abt it but i still fucking adore rolands va so so fucking much. 90% of the early game he sounds like some lost puppy but then he so easily slips into The Emptiest Man Youve Ever Heard at the drop of a dime and it really is. its something else all right

#when geb drops her red mist reveal and th next interaction u can practically hear the apologetic bow in his voice kdjngkdjfh #or with netzie when he literally do just . his stupid laugh. the one sprite. yknow the-- yeah. He Just Sounds Like That. he Has th range.. #piktalk #projmoon #rollang..... :]

[amiharana]

thinking about the champions fighting off a monster horde together and revali acting as link's support to make sure no monsters get the jump on him, but at some point he shoots an arrow near link with the intention of hitting a monster at the same time link turns his head to look at revali.

the arrow grazes link's face leaving a cut, and revali watches it all happen in slow motion, from the moment link starts to turn his head to the moment it draws blood and link winces. utter horror floods revali's veins so he knocks and shoots as many monsters around him and link as he can, then drops to the ground stalking over to link to check the injury.

he's snapping and spitting link for being an idiot and putting himself in the line of fire (and also gently adding healing salve to it), but inside, revali is completely horrified to have injured link. his aim is usually so precise and clean, he doesn't know how he could have made such a rookie mistake. luckily, it's a light wound... (but it could have been worse, a voice whispers in the back of revali's mind)

after the battle, they return to hyrule castle and after the debriefing with the princess, revali immediately books it to the archery range at the training grounds and starts shooting as many bullseyes as he can. his aim has never failed him, he's never hurt anyone like that, especially not link. he keeps replaying the moment link got injured because of him in his head... revali refuses to let it happen again, he can never inflict harm onto link with his craft like that ever again. he couldn't live with himself if he did.

#revalink #loz #botw #loz botw #legend of zelda #amihan's revalinkverse #🥹🥹🥹 #link will find him at the range a couple hours later #he's got a little bandaid on his cheek because he went to the infirmary to make sure it wasn't infected or anything #and revali has destroyed 12 of the castle's targets every single one of them loaded with arrows at the center #revali is out of breath and STILL shooting and there are several bows with broken strings off to the side #link approaches him and pulls at revali's arm to make him put his bow down and then wraps his arms around revali into a hug #link tells him it's okay and revali says it's not #so link just keeps trying to soothe him until revali's muscles relax under his hold #revali eventually returns link's hug telling him he's sorry and link just shakes his head and says it's fine #they're okay they're fine </3 they're gonna be okay <////3

[xitty]

New Akatsuki profiles:

Everyone +1 kg

Keito: Hobby: writing, collecting glasses Specialty: shamisen

Kuro: Hobby: sewing, costume design Specialty: karate

Souma: Hobby: cooking, tea ceremony, incense ceremony Specialty: martial arts* *arts with weapons for samurai and soldiers

#another note on the martial arts: the words used for yuzuru and souma's specialties are different #yuzuru: taijutsu = various hand-to-hand or short-range weapon combat arts. same as jujutsu #souma: bugei = martial arts w weapons like katana or spear or bow for samurai and military officers/soldiers #also those souma's ceremony hobbies: sado/chado and kodo #awww keito's hobby is now writing. something he always wanted to do #ensemble stars #akatsuki #keito hasumi #kuro kiryu #souma kanzaki

[dndtreasury]

Cloudburst by Griffon's Saddlebag

#griffon's saddlebag #cloudburst #magic weapons #rare #bow #bows #archery #ranged #projectiles #cloudy #clouds #cloud #stormy #storms #air #wind #arrows #arrow #ammo #ammunition #force #elemental #elements #bane #breaking #breaker #vision #sight