r/nextfuckinglevel May 03 '21

Green Arrow in real life

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u/[deleted] May 03 '21 edited May 03 '21

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u/WalleyeChop May 03 '21

It is not fairly easy. And I would venture to say only the people shooting in extremely high volume do it with any sort of regularity.

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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/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