I'll keep a look out for paintings for you. From my understanding similar to yours generally longbowmen which were mounted were a rarity because horses were expensive and archers of the time were commonly low class, so wouldn't have the funds. But an archer that did bring his horse was paid more than an ordinary foot archer. Though generally they would ride to battle and then dismount, they would be used for raiding parties, and also I believe at one point they were used to cover a river crossing. If you've ever seen the program "Weapons that made Britain: Longbow" it does touch on mounted archery, not a great deal but is a starting point for some research.My personal theory on mounted longbowmen is that while such use was not official doctrine and it was not something that a commander would plan to use, at least on the scale of major battles, I have no doubt that it did happen. Give a British soldier a toy and he will play with it. We know that large numbers of archers were mounted, the idea being that they ride to the fight, then dismount for the fighting itself. I am sure that during the course of the raiding that they specialised in inflicting on the French villages, the archers would have shot from horseback, at least occasionally. Equally I suspect that it would have been used for hunting on occasion.
Found this video with longbow on horseback.I'll keep a look out for paintings for you. From my understanding similar to yours generally longbowmen which were mounted were a rarity because horses were expensive and archers of the time were commonly low class, so wouldn't have the funds. But an archer that did bring his horse was paid more than an ordinary foot archer. Though generally they would ride to battle and then dismount, they would be used for raiding parties, and also I believe at one point they were used to cover a river crossing. If you've ever seen the program "Weapons that made Britain: Longbow" it does touch on mounted archery, not a great deal but is a starting point for some research.
Thanks for the answer about the use of it though.
Do you mean the bit he is using? I have only ridden a few times so don't know that much about horses, my dad doesn't use a bit though.Interesting clip jime d, I think he's a better archer than horseman lol, a bit harsh for me but then I'm a non dominance based natural horsewoman (hippy lol).
That's good, if you can practice more than a couple of times a week you should see massive improvements in your shooting.I had a great shoot today, I have been trying to speed up my knocking and do it blind, I found that after a bit of practise this actually started to improve my aim. I don't know if it's because my eyes stay on the target all the time, or because it gives me less time to over think and aim, probably a combination of both, but my accuracy and groupings were much better!
I think its the part of the reigns that goes in the horses mouth.What is a bit?