I have a local archery club that I been thinking about joining and they do 3d and field archery. I am new to the sport of archery and I just started the ASA 3D shoots in the last 2 months. This club has a field archery shoot this coming weekend and i would like to do the shoot to see what it is all about but dont know what to expect or know how to setup my bow. I have a hunting bow and I have a target bow with fixed pins for my ASA class. Looking for any help I can get.
What is field archery
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I have a local archery club that I been thinking about joining and they do 3d and field archery. I am new to the sport of archery and I just started the ASA 3D shoots in the last 2 months. This club has a field archery shoot this coming weekend and i would like to do the shoot to see what it is all about but dont know what to expect or know how to setup my bow. I have a hunting bow and I have a target bow with fixed pins for my ASA class. Looking for any help I can get.
If you have 10 minutes, watch all 3 of these videos and you should have a very good idea about the 3 different rounds in "Field" archery.
Basically you walk around courses set up in multiples of 14 target shooting stations and shoot at black/white targets from 20 feet to 80 yards. 4 arrows at each target x 14 targets = 56 arrows per unit, and 2 units makes a complete round of 28 targets and 112 arrows total (not counting warmup/practice) If you shoot fixed pins, you're probably going to fall into one of the "Bowhunter Freestyle" divisions based on your age/gender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNBzWnNvMdE - Field round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbeLpCZjx6s - Hunter round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFJ84eKtgl4 - Animal round
Field archery is a lot of fun, you should go try it out.
*edit* all of the above assumes you were referring to NFAA "Field archery' FITA/World Archery Field is very similar but there are only 12 targets per unit, only 3 arrows are shot per target from only one distance/position per shooting station, the targets are black with yellow dots, and it's shot in meters instead of yards..... Also half of the targets are "unmarked", meaning the archer has to determine the distance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sJb7oSMLnU - World Archery Field
Basically you walk around courses set up in multiples of 14 target shooting stations and shoot at black/white targets from 20 feet to 80 yards. 4 arrows at each target x 14 targets = 56 arrows per unit, and 2 units makes a complete round of 28 targets and 112 arrows total (not counting warmup/practice) If you shoot fixed pins, you're probably going to fall into one of the "Bowhunter Freestyle" divisions based on your age/gender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNBzWnNvMdE - Field round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbeLpCZjx6s - Hunter round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFJ84eKtgl4 - Animal round
Field archery is a lot of fun, you should go try it out.
*edit* all of the above assumes you were referring to NFAA "Field archery' FITA/World Archery Field is very similar but there are only 12 targets per unit, only 3 arrows are shot per target from only one distance/position per shooting station, the targets are black with yellow dots, and it's shot in meters instead of yards..... Also half of the targets are "unmarked", meaning the archer has to determine the distance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sJb7oSMLnU - World Archery Field
NFAA has a traditional category and WA has a barebow category.
Yes. Some very good shooters
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Excellent thread! Thanks.
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The NFAA Field Nationals will be in Yankton S.D. this year in July (see NFAA web site for information) 3 Days of competition, 28 Field Round, 28 Hunter & 28 Animal. Compounds, Recurves & some Longbow shooters too. If nothing happens, I will be there. I say the Field Round separates the men from the boys when it comes to archery. You will meet & see some great archers/people.
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Barebow field archery is freaking HUGE in Europe, and is rapidly growing here in the US. There are videos on YouTube of swarms of people following champions during finals, and it looks like a PGA tournament, except chasing up and down hills with grass and trees. We get all neat and mowed and channeled here in the US, but over the pond it's more of a pretend hunt.
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Field shooting came many years before 3D and was once used to practice for hunting. Like 3D, it started off as unknown yardage and the FITA field still has unknown yardage the first day. Once 3D came out, people flocked to it as a practice to hunting. Now 3D, like field is more of a tournament sport than as practice for hunting. 3D is also moving to known distance by many yardage challenged archers. Both 3D and field offer a trail shoot at different distances. The big difference is the distance shot. Field will go out to 80 yards while most 3D archers will shoot out to 40 yards with the pros going to 50 yards.
Field shoots are dying in most state because of the rules and distance shot. You almost have to bring a lawyer with you when shooting field because of the rules. I shoot many field rounds up to National NFAA field and National FITA field and the first thing I do when I join a group is to say that this is my first field round and help me with the rules because everyone believes in different rules without actually reading them. Archers also have never shot over 50 yards today and find that 60 yards and over are beyond their ability. I met a very good 3D pro archer and talked him into shooting a practice NFAA field round with me. He had 5 pins on his sight but never heard of stacking his pins to get over 50 yards. He had his pins set for 10-50 yards. When I taught him how to stack his pins, he said that he would have no use for it in 3D or hunting but it was a nice trick to learn.
So try a NFAA field or a FITA field as it will make you a better shot. Four arrows at each target will give you more info than one arrow on how you are shooting and what you need to do to improve yourself. I would love to see more that one Field shoot a year. And as long as Bruce keeps changing the location of the NFAA Nationals to Yangton after I make plans for Darrington, buy airplane tickets, and have sons in Washington State take vacation during that time, I will have trouble attending. See you in Seattle the end of July.
Field shoots are dying in most state because of the rules and distance shot. You almost have to bring a lawyer with you when shooting field because of the rules. I shoot many field rounds up to National NFAA field and National FITA field and the first thing I do when I join a group is to say that this is my first field round and help me with the rules because everyone believes in different rules without actually reading them. Archers also have never shot over 50 yards today and find that 60 yards and over are beyond their ability. I met a very good 3D pro archer and talked him into shooting a practice NFAA field round with me. He had 5 pins on his sight but never heard of stacking his pins to get over 50 yards. He had his pins set for 10-50 yards. When I taught him how to stack his pins, he said that he would have no use for it in 3D or hunting but it was a nice trick to learn.
So try a NFAA field or a FITA field as it will make you a better shot. Four arrows at each target will give you more info than one arrow on how you are shooting and what you need to do to improve yourself. I would love to see more that one Field shoot a year. And as long as Bruce keeps changing the location of the NFAA Nationals to Yangton after I make plans for Darrington, buy airplane tickets, and have sons in Washington State take vacation during that time, I will have trouble attending. See you in Seattle the end of July.
I don't understand why people perpetuate the idea the Field archery rules are difficult or complicated. Other than equipment rules for classes, what rules are not covered in the 3minute NFAA videos linked above that an average field shooter should need to concern themselves with? If you watch that video, you should know everything you need to know to go shoot Field. The number of written rules, and the number of words in those rules aren't substantially different than the number of rules or the number of words used to write those rules compared to any other type of competitive archery game, IMO. Each of the last 4 years I have shot multiple rounds with people that have never shot Field before and not one as expressed any concern about the rules of the game being difficult to understand or remember. The only confusion I see is when the standard NFAA rules are not used, but that's not the fault of Field any more than IBO and ASA using different rules in 3D.
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Question. I am a NFAA member & plan to shoot the NFAA 2 day Target Nationals in Yankton, S.D in Sept.. The IFAA will be having Nationals RIGHT AFTER the NFAA target. IF I want to stay & shoot the IFAA will my NFAA membership be sufficient or do I have to join IFAA also? Never shot any IFAA b/4.. Anyone. I could not find what I was looking for on their web site & e-mailed an official but no response yet.
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the most fun you can have with a bow and arrow!
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