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Agincourtwarbow:
Look mate I'm not bashing you, physics may be physics I understand the value of science, but results mean more to me, it means they are doing something right. You may have noticed I shoot both, when I do the rolling loose my arrows do not fly LESS of a distance....so one concludes it's not worth preaching about. From my experiences, certainly on forums such as this I'm sorry to say, those that can't do (for whatever reason is irrelevant to me) preach. Looking back through the history on this topic thread, I believe I have seen you and others bring this matter up commonly...must be a soft spot?
They all seem to end the same, I note.
In my own experience of actually shooting the English Warbow in different styles has shown me that shooting static does not get my arrow further than a rolling loose, so why care if someone tells me the equations if it doesn't matter? I like the rolling loose it enables me to feel each muscle group work in a good order, lets me know I am using the right muscles. Many of me warbow mates shoot both, both styles get great distances, and no one bashes the others.
As for shooting location I understand your concern as it is a weapon, but out of curiosity how much time have you spent in northern Ontario  ;D there was no one, can't be more sure than 100 percant.
You would also be surprised how sound can carry there have been years where I could hear dear in the underbrush.
Cheers,

Cameroo:
Thanks for getting that song stuck in my head for the last 4 days  :P  I love Tool and APC, but never really listened to Puscifer because the little bit I had heard was a little too techno for my taste.  I didn't know they had any songs like that, so thanks for re-introducing me to them :)

Sweet video by the way!

Agincourtwarbow:
Hey thanks Cameroo! Totally agree mate, not fussy on that techno stuff myself, but aye that one be an ear-worm, and finally gave me the opportunity to make a slow 'video'.
Cheers mate,
-Jake

fishfinder401:
meant to reply earlier, but ive been a little busy with moving int college, but i have to say, this was a great video, and my 2 cents on the whole rolling loose argument, as far as saying that because of the very slight drop in weight when holding it back a second longer that it shouldn't shoot as far because of the physics involved, it may seem that way on the surface, but think of it this way, if that shooting style is more comfortable to use, your release will be much smoother, meaning less wobble of the arrow and less kinetic energy being taken out by friction trying to steady the arrow in flight which explains why it works just as well, also from ymown personal experience, using a rolling loose helps manage heavier weight bows, for instance i could stand still and pull a 70-80lb warbow straight and release without any problems, but try doing that with a 140-150lb warbow and getting a good release..... its not easy so i guess you could say that using a rolling loose for a majority of people might even provide the possibility of a longer shot because of the cleaner release and better flight............... although i do admit, if you were referring to normal weight bows( well normal for most people ::)) the factor of needing a different stance to successfully and cleanly release and arrow because of heavy weight, wouldn't  contribute, so in reference to a majority of bows, mikekeswick is right, but not completely right on the factors with a warbow,which can only be really understood after shooting one allot, by the way, i don't always know how things come across to people, so let me just say that i don't mean for this to seem like i was going after mikekeswick saying he doesn't know what he was saying, because what he said was valid, he was just in my opinion missing a small but integral part of it
-this is coming from someone who does know physics very well and also has shot heavy bows( also has shot alongside jake ;D)
noel

adb:
Rolling loose, static loose... to each his own. Personally, I use a static loose. It is my opinion that a rolling loose leaves the bow at full draw for a longer period of time, which I don't like. I've never done any comparison testing for distance, but Jake is correct, the EWBS record holders mostly use a rolling loose. There must be something to it. I know a rolling loose gets me 'into' the bow more before I loose.

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