Kevin Hicks shoots the medieval longbow at Sherwood Forest 

Haha, cheers buddy 👍🏻

Thanks Luc

Just scrolled through and noticed the whistle has already been mentioned (and answered) a lot. Very interesting

Glad to hear it, thanks for watching. I haven't had access to upload content for a while, but there'll be more to follow now, so watch this space ;-)

You’re welcome! Have you been through our medieval playlist? 😉

@@thehistorysquad id say 90 percent of your catalogue hahahah

@@giggsyla 😃

Thanks Charles, your sub is appreciated. For me it's a seamless action. Some people complain I don't fully draw, but I don't need to at that range, only at long distance. I hope to do a more detailed instructional video when the snow clears, so stay tuned 👍🏻

A lot of people have never shot a bow and don’t understand what an arrow will do. I have an 85 pound draw weight modern bow and put 1 arrow through 2 deer so I’m sure that even not drawing all the way back, every time you shoot would be lethal to non-armored target. Keep it up and thank you for the lessons 👍🏻

that's right, they'll be the ones with the whistling arrowheads 👍🏻

Thanks Braden.

Yes, we remember that one, but not sure if we have access to it as it was created for another film company. We'll see if we can find it and add it to our content ;-)

@@thehistorysquad well Gah Jam!

I just saw it right now it’s about the battle of towton

Hi Jessica, yes it's true, I do make my own arrows and I have a batch ready to do. As soon as I begin, I'll film it and put it on here. Thanks for asking 👍🏻

Oh boy I'm excited! Thank you so much!!

@@jessicafernanda11 Hi there, I just spotted this old comment and wondered if you'd seen my video yet on making arrows. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r1WMcnA2940.html All the best, Kevin

Thanks Gary. At my busiest at Warwick Castle during the summer season I used to do 4 performances a day, shooting 48 arrows each show, plus some for practice. If you do the math, 5 days a week that’s over 1000 arrows a week......of course I was much younger then but I still have the muscle memory.

@@thehistorysquad right on kevin. thank yew

Nice surprise to see you here Gary, your channel alongside Kevin's is a great source of information and tips on Archery, and I think Kevin should be recognised as a English national treasure with his font of Archery history.

Thanks Jim 👍🏻

Thanks for the visit

Yes, that tree is calculated to be around 1200 years old 👍🏻

@@thehistorysquad that’s amazing! Especially in the British isles! An island that’s seen so much building for so many hundreds of years. I wonder how much credit for the preservation of that tree should be given to the ancient belief of sacred oaks or sacred places etc? I live in Minnesota. For two centuries we’ve had a thriving timber industry . Most of our old growth forests have long since been stripped. But there’s still a few trees the lumberjacks just couldn’t take in reverence of there majestic size and age. Thanks for quelling my curiosity friend. I’m going to enjoy your arrow removal from King Henry’s head lol

Cheers, I've been at it a while 👍🏻

@@thehistorysquad is there footage of you in the army/police?

@@eplv3432 no, only photos I believe, camcorders weren't common in those days. There's a photo of my in Cyprus on my Union Jack video and one of me in Ireland on my Belfast, stories of the troubles vid.

I have heard of the turcopoles but don't know too much about them I;'m afraid. But during the Crusades you could have all races and nationalities fighting with the crusaders, not all Arabs and Turks were Muslims. I need to dig into the subject a lot more before I can consider covering it but it's not outside the realms of possibility 👍🏻

🤣 that's funny, thanks for watching

They are actually whistling arrowheads. They have a hole through them which when the wind catches in flight makes a noise. They’re much more effective for a really long shots, 250/300 yards, they sound great then.

@@thehistorysquad thanks.

Hi Allen, that tree is the 'Major Oak' at Sherwood Forest, England, reputed to be the tree that Robin Hood hid inside (just a legend of course). Crecy was mainly a cavalry action, the Genoese had their own professional infantry support, who of course left the battle when they were dismissed. 👍🏻

Thanks, 👍🏻

The whistle was intentional is caused by a small hole being drilled through the arrow tip 👍🏻 Thanks for watching.

Hi Riki, the tree (The Major Oak) is said to be 1200 years old, but there's no written history pertaining to it as far as I'm aware, just the legend of Robin Hood.

@@thehistorysquad Robin Hood, Sherriff Knothead, Richard the Lionheart. They're all who I was thinking of regarding the tree. LOL

@@thehistorysquad do you have videos of bow and arrow making? I remember you saying that you make arrows but I don't know if you make bows as well.

@@rikijett310 I made a bow once ages ago, but hope to do so again some day. I will be making arrows soon and will do a video about that 👍🏻

@@thehistorysquad I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the arrow creating. 👍👍

Here yes. If you wanted to eliminate that it becomes a question of fine tuning like setting the nocking point on the string higher or lower, also the weight and the spine value of the arrow.

Aaah, they have a hole through the end of the points, they're called whistlers 👍🏻

Hi Jason, it's a result of the arrowhead, it has a hole bored through it that the air catches at speed. 👍🏻

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Nice to see you catching up on some older stuff Charles 👍🏻. Thank you.

I like between a 60-70lb these days for comfort 👍🏻

@@thehistorysquad thanks

Thanks, I've had plenty of practice 👍🏻

@@thehistorysquad welcome! Yeah you definitely have! I've been shooting a recurve myself I started on a longbow when I was a teenager but the 90 pound draw weight started ruining my shoulder. So I dropped down to a 65 pound recurve which I love but living where I do it's difficult to find places to practice. Love watching your videos!

@@thehistorysquad I'd love to loose some arrows with you if I had the chance. Also thank you for your service

@@mustluvkatina Yep, a good place to practice is often hard to find, especially if you're in a town or a city like me. I've only managed to find the one place here so far, and that's about a 30 min drive away.

@@thehistorysquad yup that's very true the only place I can go to is an actual archery range

Hi Colonel, they are different for sure but I'm obviously biased toward the longbow. In the past I have hunted small game with it successfully. Perhaps you could find one to borrow to try out rather than investing and not liking it 👍🏻

Check out Hinterland Outfitters Colonel. They carry October Mountain brand long bows and recurves that are very reasonably priced. Just a thought.

They're fitted with a whistling head which has a hole through it to catch the wind.

@@thehistorysquad Yes, thanks, but why?

@@resnonverba137 Nowadays it's just for show, but back then in history we don't know for sure. I once did an experiment and shot long range over a group of people and they asked me to stop because the noise of the whistlers passing over their heads was terrible, so maybe there hangs a reason, to frighten 👍🏻

@@thehistorysquad Interesting. Many thanks for your time.

😂 That's not a wimpy bow, that's shooting to your ability and to have fun so good on you. I shoot the same nowadays 👍🏻