RE: Tred Barta... NOT the hard way
That is one thing I don't like about Barta - when he just starts flinging arrows on a prayer. I'd rather see him not shoot at all than fling one 3 times farther than his effective range.
I still think he's pretty awesome. When I saw him stalk to within 15 yards of that huge brown bear and drill him with the longbow through the lungs I was impressed.