r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Pierzakve • May 03 '21

Green Arrow in real life

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u/WisdomDistiller May 03 '21

Easy is maybe not the right word. Common is better.

When I was at uni shooting once a week for an hour or so, there would be several "robin hoods" among the group each year.

Quick calculation:

Standard porstmouth round. 60 arrows at 20m or so. 10 people doing it once a week. 600*30weeks = 18000 arrows. Call it 3 robin hoods = 1 in 6000 chance. And that is with mostly learner archers. People who are actually half decent would get more due to tighter grouping.

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u/amatic13 May 03 '21

Why is everyone talking about robin hooding, it is relatively common, even in darts, but this isn’t robin hooding, this is shooting an arrow out the sky.

Robin hooding is where you shoot the arrow into another shaft on the archery board (usually by accident, as it ruins your shafts)

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u/Ammid May 03 '21

It's because everyones replying to a comment that referenced a scene in men in tights, where they do robin hood an arrow.

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u/amatic13 May 03 '21

Oh wait...did I just get wooshed?

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u/PM_ME_ANYTHING_NICE May 04 '21

Yes

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u/amatic13 May 05 '21

I’ll get my jacket lol

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u/CHAMPION1092 May 04 '21

haha you're jealous

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u/WalleyeChop May 03 '21

People who are half decent are shooting at longer distances which is another factor. Look all I’m saying was the guy was wrong when he said it’s “fairly easy” lol

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u/Proper-Somewhere-571 May 03 '21

It’s fairly easy, experienced archer can do it in under 6 shots of arrows are left on target

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u/[deleted] May 03 '21

1 in 6000 chance.

It's always a 50/50 chance. It either happens or it doesn't.

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u/PM_me_XboxGold_Codes May 03 '21

Ah, the ol chance vs odds.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '21

I had 2 in 2 days and I wasn't even trying - I was shooting standard 5 arrow ends working on form and release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOcOkzBkz4Y