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Types of Archery: Field and Clout Archery
Author: Michael Russell
Date Posted: March 03, 2007
Field Archery
Field Archery is a competition where archers shoot their arrows
at targets located at different and unmarked distances and are often
situated in rough territory. Three-dimensional archers aim at shooting
life-size models of their targets. This is especially popular among
hunters where the models are mostly animals. On the models are four
rings in which only three of them are used in ASA shoots. The 14
ring is not used often because in order to score, the archer has
to call it first before shooting. The ones usually targeted are
the 12 ring that is inside the 10 ring, which in turn is inside
the 8 ring. When the arrow hits any spot outside the fore mentioned
rings earns a score of five. When the arrow misses the target completely,
the score is a zero. The archer with the most points at the end
of the game is declared the winner.
Clout Archery
Clout Archery is a competition that is similar to Target Archery.
In this, however, the archers try to achieve high projectiles in
order to drop arrows and hit the target which is situated in long
ranges of 165 meters for men and 128 meters for women archers. Junior
archers are given shorter ranges depending on their age. The target
is marked with a group of concentric circular scoring zones similar
to target archery. The target however is marked on the ground surrounding
a marked flag. The flag is 30 cm square, is fixed to a stick and
is inserted as near as possible into the ground. A Clout round normally
consists of 36 shots. When given a certain signal to shoot, each
archer releases six arrows in one 'end'. After the 'end', also on
command, the archers approach their target to determine their scores,
mark the hits and then retrieve their arrows. Clout Archery competitions
often use the 'Double Clout' round system wherein the archers shoot
a clout round twice or 36 arrows two times. In Double Clout, the
arrows can either be shot in one direction, called a one way, or
in both directions, called a two way. All kinds of Bow techniques,
such as the recurve bow, compound bow, longbow, or the bare bow
may be used by the competitor.
Scoring in Clout Archery is quite complicated for beginners. A
certain rope with a loop on its end is placed over the flag stick.
This loop of rope is divided into concentric circles that will serve
as the target's scoring zones and are indicated by different colors.
The Gold ring is worth five points, the Red is worth four points,
the blue ring is worth three points, the black is worth two points
and the white ring is worth one point. This rope is then walked
around the target area and the 'end' is played. After each 'end',
the arrows that fall within a certain scoring zone or color are
laid out and the rope is withdrawn. The designated scorer calls
each archer and the archer will call out their scores to him as
they pick up their arrows. The scorer tallies them on a score sheet
and they should be in ascending order like in target archery. The
archer with the most points wins.
About The Author
Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Archery
Article Source: JKD Street Combat
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