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| The Green Arrow better have studied under Lars! |
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Suddenly I have more faith in my heroes from the novel I wrote! Wow . . .
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When I was taught archery back in the 60s, we were taught to fire the arrow from the right side, or drawing hand of the bow. I don't know if it has changed since then, or if it was a quirk of my teacher.
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Lots of folks would label it a quirk, but the guy in the video gives you and your teacher the last laugh.
I've never even seen a bow that has the shelf for the arrow on the right side! But I'm sold now that it makes more sense that way.
The bow I had as a teen looked like these.
Damn, no wonder I couldn't hit squat! 
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Robert (Butch) Day
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The "left-hand-shelf" bow is a result of Victorian stupidity. They were originally designed for Victorian women — who by their 'custom' were opposite of men — for target shooting and were suitable for childre. By the 1870s Archery had evolve (I use the word very loosely) into what we have tody. By 1900 it mostly fell out of fashion.
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| Krel wrote: | | When I was taught archery back in the 60s, we were taught to fire the arrow from the right side, or drawing hand of the bow. I don't know if it has changed since then, or if it was a quirk of my teacher. |
Obviously the bows you used had the shelf for the arrows on the right.
But having the shelf on the left would seem to be the best way to do it, since having the arrow on the opposite side of the bow from your eyes (located to the left of the arrow) would make it slightly harder to aim.
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It would also seem to be easier to load an arrow on the left, because you can turn the bow slightly sideways, lay the arrow on the left-side shelf, and hold it with index finger while you set the string into the arrow's notch.
It seems like that would be harder to do with the arrow on the other side.
Right? 
Well, apparently NOT right, based on the amazing guy in the video. It's puzzling to say the least.
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The bow I was taught on was an inexpensive fiberglass bow which flared above the hand so you had a shelf on both sides. Maybe it was some kind of ambidextrous bow. This was at camp, so I guess they used a bow that gave them the most for their money, not having to buy separate bows for lefties and righties. Even though I am left-handed, I am right-eyed, so I shot from my right side. The same with rifles.
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I can't help wondering if Lars is doing some of the archery stunt work on ARROW.
By the way, the right hand load was perfected by the Mongols who could fire multiple arrows quickly while on horseback. |
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| Krel wrote: | | The bow I was taught on was an inexpensive fiberglass bow which flared above the hand so you had a shelf on both sides. |
Hey, my first bow was exactly like that! It had an off-white rubber hand grip, and the rest of it was made of light green fiberglass!
The fiberglass started to splinter in a few weeks, so I took it back to the hardware store in College Park, Georgia, where I'd bought it.
Then I bought a Fred Bear wooden lament bow, which I've still got today.
I based two of the four bows used by the main characters in my novel, The Hero Experience, on that bow, which the characters acquired from a local barbershop after two bows hung on the wall there for several years, right in front of the hero of the story every time he'd gotten a haircut!
At just the right moment in the story he suddenly noticed them mounted on the wall above the big mirror that faced the barbershop's customers . . . and when he realized they were exactly what he and one of his friends needed, he bought them both for himself and his buddy.
They became part of the superhero group he creates called The Bowmen.
If you haven't read my novel yet, you should. It's fun. 
Click here and get started.
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