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I don't shhot past 40yds. but like critter, I had a buddy shoot one at 60+, but he was shooting a long-bow (85lb.)
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I don't shhot past 40yds. but like critter, I had a buddy shoot one at 60+, but he was shooting a long-bow (85lb.)
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Practised archer! — marry, holy sir, I would he would practise something else — cross-bow and long-bow, hand-gun and hack-but, falconet and saker, he can shoot with them all.
The Monastery 2008
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The long-bow of the past: The rifle for the future: addressed to the rising generation of the British Empire by Robert Potts
Meet the New Boss 2008
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He enlarged a good deal on the word striketh, which he assured his hearers comprehended blows given with the point as well as with the edge, and more generally, shooting with hand-gun, cross-bow, or long-bow, thrusting with a lance, or doing any thing whatever by which death might be occasioned to the adversary.
The Abbot 2008
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All the young men, except the stranger, had practised at it with the cross-bow and long-bow without hitting it.
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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Newcome would not have pulled that unlucky long-bow.
The Newcomes 2006
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They buried honest Doolan the other day: never will he cringe or flatter, never pull long-bow or empty whisky-noggin any more.
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No matter your choice of tackle -- compound, recurve, or long-bow -- it's a steep, tough learning curve even for seasoned veterans with dozens of shotgun gobblers to their credit.
How to Take Gobblers with a Bow E. Donnall Thomas Jr. 2004
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These instances of long-bow practice daily occurred, and were patent to all the Castlewood household.
The Virginians 2006
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