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I always thought a Robin Hood was intentionally aiming at an arrow and driving into nock/arrow. However, it seems on here when someone aims at the same spot and arrows collide they call it a Robin Hood???

According to the book, the man from Sherwood intentionally aimed at the arrow.

Your thoughts???
 
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Telescoping or as had been said one arrow enters the other arrow and of course the first arrow is destroyed. I have had seen a couple of "Y" Robinhoods too. With some of the shooters we have today, it is hardly accidentally. If your arrow is in the center of the target, the next archer is going to take dead aim at it. I use the nock of another shooter's arrow as a target all the time in 3D. I may not get the RH, but I will try to. This is why, 3D shooters alternate shooting positions. The first shooters arrow is used as a reference marker for the next. It it is in the center, it is used as a target.
 
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I recently heard that in the book that they did not count it as a "robin hood"
The bow had too much let off and he used a lighted sight with a scope and the arrow had "luminock" so they could not count it. All though they did put him down for a "robin hood" but there was an astrict (*) by his name!
 
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heilman181 said:
Smacking arrows is not a robinhood. It is only a robinhood if one shaft enters the other shaft through the nock.
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Understand; what I want to know is if it has to be an intentional aiming at that arrow, or if you are just aiming in the general vicinity and one shaft enters another, is it still a Robin Hood. To me that isn't.
 
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People call it a Robin Hood if you get an arrow into another arrow. But that is not a TRUE robin hood. I feel that a true Robin Hood is when you shoot ONE arrow and then aim at it and drive the second arrow into the first. Not your second, third or fourth. That is just a lazy mans robin hood, but we still call it a robin hood.

How about when someone robin hoods an arrow out in the 4 ring when aiming at the X. I have seen it happen 2 times by the same girl in league. That is what you call just lucky :wink:

 
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I think that it is technically a robin hood if one arrow is into another.

However, it is not as impressive unless you are trying for it, or at least it is in the center of the target. I have 4 RH's and maybe 2 of them where I was aiming at the other arrow. The other 2, although in the center of the target and grouped arrows, they were an accident.

I think it is a whole lot less impressive when someone is shooting more than 5 or so arrows.

I also think a 300 round is more impressive.

Tom
 
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I've got way more 300's than Robin Hoods... 300's are easy.

I agree with the aiming at the other arrow being a robin hood. It should be called also so there is no doubt ;) I have ONE of those. I called it, I shot it and destroyed my buddy's arrow.
 
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It's like archery crack. A very expensive habit that's hard to kick. :mad: :( Not that I've done crack, I've just heard stories. HONEST INDIAN!!!! :D The first few shots you get are cool. After that, it's like taking money from your own self. Now I try not to get them. Arrows aren't cheap. I know of other things I can do for 10 bucks a pop that would give me a bigger thrill than a robin hood. No I'm not talking about crack.
 
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Whether or not it is called, if the arrow is in the X, and you get the "Robin Hood", it was intentional. You were aiming there weren't you?

When I was in high school, I had a knack for making difficult shots in basketball. My buddies always said I was lucky - but if it was my intention in the beginning, how is it luck? Now once during a game, I tried to throw an ally-oop pass with less than a second on the clock from out of bounds at the other end of the court. The ball went through the hoop (doesn't count, and the other team then gets the ball). That was luck, because it was not my intent.

I view the Robin Hood thing in a similar light.
 
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arrowheadtroutm said:
I always thought a Robin Hood was intentionally aiming at an arrow and driving into nock/arrow. However, it seems on here when someone aims at the same spot and arrows collide they call it a Robin Hood???

According to the book, the man from Sherwood intentionally aimed at the arrow.

Your thoughts???
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yes, some people cant shoot there own arrows & aim at others, you do this once with me,then you shoot with someone else if you have a arrow to do it with.RH just ain't cool .stupid thing to do ,try& cost someone $12-$15.....
 
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The issue, Most people will shoot say 4 or 5 arrows at a bullseye in their backyard, one of them happens to robin hood the first and they go... Hey look I got a robinhood!

Yes it is an arrow inside another arrow, but it is no, in my opinion a robin hood.

If they fire one arrow into the dead center of the target, and anotherone directly into that, that is a robin hood.

If another person puts their arrow into the dead center of the target, and you put one into it, that is a robin hood.

You don't have to say, I'm going to robin hood this arrow, that would just be you being a pain in the arse to the other person, but at a certain point if both people are capable of shooting perfect bullseyes, it happens.

Pin nocks and thin shafts tend to make getting these impossible. Hence all my arrows have pins, well cept some indoors shafts.
 
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With hollow shafts and hollow backs (no swagged nocks or pin nocks) I don't consider any of them a big feat.

The guy from Sherwood wasn't shooting at carbon or aluminum tubes.
 
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It might have been a robin hood... what were the circumstances? if the arrow comes out its fine in my book just so long as the arrow was stuck in the center, and hit by another centershot.
 
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88 PS190 said:
It might have been a robin hood... what were the circumstances? if the arrow comes out its fine in my book just so long as the arrow was stuck in the center, and hit by another centershot.
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I aimed for the "dot" at 25 yards and hit the center...then took another arrow and aimed for the "dot" and the second arrow hit the first, done the damage you see in the pic, and bounced off......I had only been shooting for about 3 months when it happened so I dont really consider it a robinhood....In my case, I just call it luck...:wink:
 
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