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[Wounded Ronin]

Yesterday I went to the Las Vegas Renaissance Faire. It was the first time I'd ever been to a RenFaire and I was pretty fascinated to see all the people, costumes, and exhibits there.

For the very first time in my life I tried archery. I paid 9 dollars for 21 arrows, got a minute or two of instruction, and tried it out.

It was a lot easier than I thought it'd be to get the arrow the leave the bow and fly forwards in a dangerous manner. I thought that would be difficult but it was actually really easy. My aim remained atrocious, though, the whole time. I tried closing one eye and then the other but I just couldn't hit the target with any regularity. I'm cross eye dominant so if I leave both eyes open my left eye takes over while I'm right handed. When I fire rifles I always close my left eye.

But, wow, much easier than I imagined. I imagined that you probably needed to train for like a year to just get the arrow to go.

If I were a D&D character who used a bow and arrow I'd carry 100 arrows on the grounds that is the most I feel I could carry along with other gear before they'd start to really get in the way.

Apparently dry-firing a bow is a big no-no. It can cause the bow to destruct.