Shoot Archery Targets

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Archery Shooting, Knowing the different Archery Targets

To shoot archery targets, knowing what type of archery targets there are, and what works best for you, is part of mastering the skill of archery shooting. There are several types of archery shooting targets. The most popular and used more frequently are the 3D archery targets. In addition you have the Block archery target, Foam and paper.

The block and foam archery targets are designed to make the arrow come out with ease, the archer could remove it with one hand. If you use a crossbow however, it is recommended to use a bag target or something listed for crossbows. Regular compound bow targets will stop a crossbow bolt but it will go in to deep and will be difficult to remove. This will run a risk of the bolt and fletching getting stripped off.


If you shoot archery targets to practice your skill then the block target is a great target for practicing archery range shooting. To get a better understanding as well as learning the archery tips that will help you master your archery shooting, you should take a look at The Comprehensive Guide To Archery, one of the best archery guides I have ever seen available out there.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Learn To Master Your Archery Shooting

In order for one to learn to shoot Archery targets they must first understand the basics. Shooting arrows from a bow at a target. Scores are counted individually during the game and the archer with the highest score at the conclusion will win the competition. Easy enough right? Wrong!

As simple as it sounds it is a bit more complex then that and requires extreme concentration, form and skills not to mention comprehensive archery instruction. Target Archery and Field Archery are the two types of the sport. To explain a bit further would be that these types consist of shooting one target from different distances.

Field archery is different from Target Archery. Field archery is to shoot archery targets of varying (and often unmarked) distances, often in woodland and rough terrain. Target archery can be anything from 3D target archery, most common in the US, to indoor target archery. The distance you are required to shoot are different for each type of competition. There are different requirments and Archery ranges between the two.

The bows that are used to shoot archery targets are made of materials like fiberglass and  carbon and they have stabilizers attached to keep it steady while the archer shoots. Generally, bows are mostly used in  field archery. The arrows hold a pointed metal tilt at the front and a furrow in the back which makes hole over the bowstring. Some of the most common archery targets are the FITA target (3D Archery deer target) the vegas target (3D archery bear target) and the 5-spot target (3D Archery turkey target.

Indoor 300 events will only shoot 20 yards. In a field tournament, however it requires the archer to shoot 80 yards at the longest. With FITA events, it could require you to shoot 90 meters. There are two types of archery targets Out Door and In Door. The diameters of the standard faces in the out door archery are approximately 122 cm and 80 cm. the 122 cm face is collected of a loop in the center of 24.4 cm diameter, which is circled by four concentric bands.

The 80 cm face is composed of a round in the center of 16 cm diameter and it is also circled by four concentric bands. The width of each circle is around eight cm. Both the target faces are colored from the middle outwards in gold, red, blue, black and white.

The center of the gold is known as the pinhole, it should be marked with a tiny cross, and its lines should not surpass 2 mm in width.

The archery targets should be set up at one end of the ground. These targets should be appropriate at an angle of around 15 degrees and there should be pinholes 130 cm + 5 cm above the land. The altitude of the pinhole on a line of faces should be straight while looking at any time. All the archery targets should be visibly numbered and the shooting line should be exact, in order for the archer to shoot archery targets they will have to take up a shooting position over that line.

The shooting marks including discs and flat markers should be placed opposite the targets at the proper distances. These shooting marks are used to consider the number of the target. A waiting line should be painted five yards behind the shooting line.

The area on the ground where spectators are allowed to enter will be roped off. This tells people that they are not allowed to pass the border. This will help the archer when he or she is ready to shoot the archery target, so not to be disturbed. Do you see how speaking generally it sounds so easy but when you start drilling down the sport of archery and archery targets requires some technical and mathematical knowledge as well as expert skills and a whole lot of practice.

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