Re: (TFT) Word Value

[raito@raito.com]

Quoting Todd Roseberry <paleryder1@verizon.net>:

> So, it's really a powerful bow. It's drawbacks? Long darts that flag game or
> otherwise give away your position. Probably noisy and clumsy to carry the
> long darts in the woods. It's difficult to find dart material of the
> significantly long length. The length is important because it contributes to
> the spine of the dart. I can easily find material for arrows 28-33" long,
> but not 5-8' river cane or bamboo. You can carry a lot more arrows in a
> quiver than you can carry darts in your hand. It's near impossible to use an
> atlatl from horseback. 

I must disagree. There are numberous tribes living in jungles whose arrows are
close to the lengths of darts, and they seem to have no problems. I have also
personally witnessed an atlatl used from horseback, and there didn't 
seem to be
any more problem with this than with a bow. Probably less, as once it's 
loaded,
it requires only one hand to operate. 

Neil Gilmore
raito@raito.com
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