I pulled a Robin Hood today
 

I'm a new shooter. I shoot at 10-12 yards, and my good groups (12 arrows) are usually 6" x 8". I'm no marksman. I've probably shot about 650 arrows since I got the bow in the past 2 weeks.

But tonight in my last "end" (that's what a round of arrows is called), I did this.

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That's cool!
Kind of in the hole in one category.

Wow!

That will never happen again.

There are vid's out there that explain how ridiculously rare something like this is, even in controlled experiments.

Did the arrow’s nock get pushed down the shaft?

Yeah, I was looking at the arrows and it took a bit for it to register. Then I got excited like a little kid.
Absolutely, I was shocked that it had happened at all.

I've got photographic evidence, and I'm going to save the "catcher" but I'm putting the "pitcher" back into circulation.

Yes and no.
The part below the red line that slips into the back of the shaft is shoved down the shaft, but the part above the line was just gone. I assume it exploded when the arrow hit it.
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I did that a few times playing darts.

I thought this was going to be about robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. Still a pleasant surprise!

That's neat!
I recall a Mythbuster's segment where they were trying to duplicate this. It took quite a bit of effort IIRC.

Yep.... me too! That was cool Steve.... but please... post no threads about pulling a William Tell :D!

lol!

Meh, it was easy. :D

Just don't ask me to do it again. (you know, it's a waste of a good arrow)

Me too. I thought maybe he scooped the expensive granola at Whole Foods into the cheap granola barrel.

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:D

Yeah, but Robin hood actually stole from the tax collectors to give money back to the taxed.

.... at Walmart :D!

We have no Complete Foods here .... used to have Fresh Markets tho' ... good & pricey too.... but no mas :(.

Interesting video. Noticed that the longbow expert used spliced shafts...like used on a full splice pool cue. The science of controlling vibrations in wood.

Amazing shot!

I thought he was going to say he shot the Sheriff of Nottingham.

That was Bob Marley. As told by Eric Clapton:

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Please ............ for the good of the forum no pics of you in tights 😁 . Nice shot by the way 👍