How far would a medieval longbow shoot?

Answer 1

there is no acctuall distance as there are many different pulling/draw weights which effect how far,fast and high the arrow may go depends on the weather is there much wind .

so basically a typical welsh/english war bow that pulls at 120lb could easily cover 320 yards.

Also, remember that there is maximum range, and maximum effective range. The latter depends on the size of the target (i.e. larger targets can be hit at longer distances) and the impact that the hit is expect to have (i.e. if the target is armored, effective range is significantly less than for an unarmored target).

Modern replica English/Welsh longbows have been shown to be able to have a maximum range (i.e. how far the arrow can be shot at all) a bit over 400 yards by a strong man. Effective range against a large group of armored opponents - where the idea was simply to shoot large numbers of arrows against a mob of people, and have at least some of them hit and penetrate - would be no more than 75% of that maximum range (i.e. 300 yards at most). Being able to hit a specific man-size target with a single arrow at 200 yards is about the best possible scenario (150 yards is more likely to be able to reliably hit a single man).