re: Holy crap. This modern day archer is legit.

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They busted a "myth" that we just watched that dude do?

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They busted it twice

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REVISITED: An wooden arrow can be split in half through a direct hit in the tail by another arrow. (From episode 36)

re-busted

Even after multiple direct hits on a solid wood arrow with the bone nock removed, a tail-to-tip split could not be achieved. It took an arrow made of hollow bamboo to create the splitting effect seen in the movie. Because with a normal arrow, the second arrow will follow the grain, which will lead to the side before it makes it to the end. Also their tests revealed that an arrow fired from a traditional bow wobbles in the air enough that it won’t hit the end of the arrow straight.

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The guy was probably shooting at bamboo arrows, which would never be used by real archers. Bamboo was probably the type he was catching and re-shooting.