No, not really. It might be fun, but it’s pointless. This has to do with the physics of a bow cast.  When the taut string is loosed, the energy stored in the bow limbs is transferred to the arrow. The…

We shouldn’t even need to discuss this. But it has become a common trope to see archers wielding their bows like clubs against swords and armor. The surprising thing is that the bows never break and the little sticks actually…

Since the Archer of the Heathland series is about archery, I thought it would fun to start a discussion of some of the archer errors that appear in film. Enjoy! Error #1 Creaking bows: In movies, why do bows being…