Re: bows in the cold?

From: Andrew Barton <AndrewBarton_at_...>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:19:24 -0500

Bryan:
>
>Does anyone know if wooden bows have problems in deep cold? Either
>tendency to shatter (or that you have to draw shallow so that they
>don't shatter), or reduced power?

What I have heard is that longbows loose their power in -hot- weather. This would explain why English crusaders don't seem to have taken longbowmen with them - Richard Lionheart's tactics against mounted archers relied on crossbowmen.

Andrew