Monday, September 9, 2024

Crossbow season

For deer, anyway.  Tacitus has been practicing.

He's also pondering ancient Roman ballistae, but I think that would be for something larger like an elk or maybe a moose ...

4 comments:

ambisinistral said...

Larger you say. Lizzo would be hard to miss.

Aesop said...

Ballista, you say?

Grizzly.
Over bait.

Tacitus said...

With any large dangerous target the time to reload would have to be considered.

Old Windways said...

This guy comes to mind https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/advanced-mammals/irish-elk