Why didn't the crusader states train their own mounted bowmen

>>3385823
They hired mercenary horse archers called turkopoles

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>>3385823
What >>3385829 said

There was literally shitloads of Christian Turks and Arabs to do that job.

Heck, forget Christians, Muslim mercenaries were G as well.

>>3385823

The societies of the east and in particular steppe cultures relied far more heavily on mounted archery than the peoples of the west. The men who utilized mounted archery tactics were often trained in horse riding and archery from an exceptionally young age. Hence, they were really good at it. It would be extremely difficult for a western society to try and emulate those cultural traditions, and even if they did, they wouldn't produce nearly as many skilled horse archers as the armies they would be fighting.

Like the other anons mentioned, it's far easier to just hire mercenaries.