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[XenoZergie]

The new military stuff is pretty cool but I am at a bit of a loss as to how to get my hunters to hunt or have my marksdwarf practice archery.

I've got an archery target set up, my marksdwarf has a crossbow, her squad schedule is set to training, but she just keeps saying she's "going to archery practice" but never actually fires any.

[MaxMan]

I'm not 100% sure on this as I'm also a bit lost with the new military but I'm pretty sure you have to assign ammunition to your squads (if you already didn't).

[XenoZergie]

I assigned ammo, didn't help.  Trying to get a quiver made to see if she needs to be able to carry the ammo in order to use it.

[MaxMan]

I think I heard something about archers not being able to fire ammo without a quiver, you might be on to something.

[XenoZergie]

Okay, she has a crossbow, she has ammo assigned, there's a quiver available but she doesn't seem to be wearing it.  She's just standing next to the archery target trying to "Organize Combat Training".

EDIT:  Okay, now she has TWO crossbows and is wearing her quiver but she is still just standing next to the target.

[Spectre]

Maybe she wants to show the new flesh, how to load a crosswbow right first and that you point that end on the thing you want dead?

[XenoZergie]

She's the only marksdwarf I have.  Now she's just doing Individual Combat Drill.

Editing rather than double-posting:

This is especially irritating as my wrestlers (now axedwarves) are working perfectly: went to their barracks, started doing demonstrations to each other, grabbed their practice weapons once I assigned them, and so on.

Edit again:

Okay, it's now winter and she has FINALLY decided to go hunting after I took her off active duty.

[HexagonalBolts]

She's the only marksdwarf I have.  Now she's just doing Individual Combat Drill.

Editing rather than double-posting:

This is especially irritating as my wrestlers (now axedwarves) are working perfectly: went to their barracks, started doing demonstrations to each other, grabbed their practice weapons once I assigned them, and so on.

Edit again:

Okay, it's now winter and she has FINALLY decided to go hunting after I took her off active duty.

I think your original problem was the quiver (I have the same problem) and after the quiver it was just laziness

[XenoZergie]

I don't think that's the whole problem.  Lack of quiver may explain why hunters are not hunting but the issue with trying to wield two crossbows and never practicing at the archery range seems to imply something weird is going on.