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Old 10-30-2007, 04:01 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Meriadoc1961 View Post
In the Fellowship of the Ring (the book) Aragorn tells the hobbits that he has some skill as a hunter at need, so they did not need to worry about starving in the wild. I have never known of anyone claiming to be hunter who used a sword to achieve that goal, so it would seem to me that Aragorn would have had a bow and arrows handy.

Merry
Good catch Merry, I think you're right. It really isn't too far-fetched to assume Aragorn carried a bow with him. It just makes sense.
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