Some of the longbows recovered from the Mary Rose were 180lbs! Archelogical digs have found the skeletons of medieval English archers to be deformed due to the enormous poundage they were pulling on a warbow! My left clavical is deformed anyway, so I guess a few years shooting recurve won't make things any worse!

Wassail!! Chris

PS. If any Mudcat archers are around RAF Wyton, give me a PM.