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Rhys:  this really isn't all that hard, it's called a field.  280 yards
(or 240 yards) is a *big* field, but this is a clout - it doesn't really
need to be level, all that flat, or even mown.  (Finding arrows in an
unmown hayfield is hard, but I could manage it as a kid.)  Big field for
southern Ontario, too - the folks in Calontir are unlikely to have a
problem...  (could scyth the clout area and around it for a bit, too -
it's a period skill...)

I, personally, don't want to see a seperate class labeled 'longbow'
(particularly not the Midrealm's poundaged based division!); I want
to see two seperate classes; one for at least two of, and one for at
least four of, the following list: self nocked arrows, tied fletch arrows,
natural fiber bowstring, straight grip, no arrow window, shelf, or rest, and
no synthetic materials in the bow.

So people with take down recurves could get into the '2 of' category
by working on strings and arrows, and the people with a little more time
or stubbornness could get into the '4 of' category.

I'd also like to note that the score drop is not extreme; ten points
or so on a Royal Round, and that this is easily corrected for by shooting
at more period marks in a more period way (these all seem to favour
instinct shooting... :]

Graydon
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