Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-27279572-20160104161148/@comment-26172435-20160108124030

Heartgold1234 wrote:

188.24.146.134 wrote: It is sayed they had pretty good bows. Quote it then. I'm fairly sure they were good bowmen rather than having good bows. Well, maybe they didn't just have keen eyesight and hearing, and the typical capabilities that mark a good bowmen. The moor and marsh dwellers could have developed the skill to select the best yew and craft very decent bows for the pretty challenging task of shooting heir, rabbits and squirrels. Mind you that shooting small moving targets would require light arrows (both head and shaft), dedicated - fast draw - short bows and bowmanship. Quite a different trade when compared to heavy long bows, developed for long distance, heavy armored, slow moving targets. Tolkien may just have forgotten to shed some light on this Hobbit quality ... so much we can only guess. ;)