train your marksman or axe
Yeh - Marksman is my other Major Skill for weapons so I'm gonna work on that...tho it is a pain at close range I find...its at mid-50 or sth but at close range like when they next to you I miss a lot if I hit at all. Usually have some steel/silver circular things
or some of the throwing knives/darts which you find lying around but have a steel crossbow + silver bolts as my main for now. I must say tho the Blunt Weapons I have seen do go up to some hefty weaponry...I'm sure I found one from a shrine that had a max hit of 72, if you remember to hold the fire button!