How exactly did longbows, known for requiring significant arm strength, end up becoming the Default Female Protagonist Weapon? Is it just Hunger Games?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Longbows are a bit of a curveball but it's totally possible to construct a short bow (60" tip-to-tip) with a draw weight of 25-45lbs, last time I made one from poplar it came out with a 50lb pull at 15" before I shaved a ton of material off and bought that down to ~30lbs.
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Replying to @AssembledGhost
Right but would it have pinned a bandit to the wall through his head at 50 feet
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
I.. uhh.. No. Definitely not, I'd doubt even a full draw 80lb longbow would effectively do that. That seems rather like the conceit that handgun rounds send people flying across the room rather than just sorta balancing out the entry/exit forces and leaving them where they are.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
a 40lb hunting bow (recurve or compound) would be sufficient to fatally wound someone or something* at 50ft if you use broadhead/cutting arrow heads. Probably not the best choice for undead critters though I'd think. Try a trident and/or baseball bat.
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Replying to @AssembledGhost @BootlegGirl
I think at that range it wouldn’t even need that kind of draw unless they were armored. (Arrows are so vital organ/bleeding dependent though! Why would anyone use them vs undead that aren’t stakeable?)
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The Zombie Survival Guide tells us that archery isn't that useful against zombies unless it's a high power crossbow or compound bow and even then you're hoping to get the brain through the eyesocket, a difficult task even with slow moving zombies
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