How about the real Robin Hood

[Ninurta]

I was into archery in my early 20s, but I gave it up because I got tired of destroying and losing arrows, esp. with broad heads. Plus I'd rather drop a deer with a firearm than take a chance on merely wounding one and loosing it. I won't even fire unless I'm certain of a clean shot and kill. My grouping wasn't that great and I didn't practice like I should have anyway.

A crossbow would be OK I'd think, it's legal in Michigan for anyone now, although it was once only allowed for disabled hunters. William Tell along with Robin Hood were favorites of mine as a kid.

I've got a couple crossbows. They are more consistent than longbows in the power stroke because the draw length is always exactly the same, but they still have that arching trajectory, and so need practice for consistent hits. There are special scopes made for them now with range stadia to compensate properly for the bolt drop over distance, but that still requires the user to be pretty accurate with his range estimation.

I don't know about their hunting legality here, since I don't use them to hunt, it doesn't concern me. I know that in NC they were hunting-legal for disabled persons, which mystified me - If I can't draw a 50 pound longbow, then drawing a 150 pound crossbow to nock seems like it might be a little problematic. They were legal for hunters with shoulder problems, for example, who would not be able to hold the draw after drawing it, but I never hold draw with a longbow, anyhow. I release it as soon as it's at full draw. Waiting mucks up the aim for me.

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