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Field Archery

Field archery is archery on an outdoor course with changing angles, light conditions and marked or unmarked distances. It is about precise shots at target faces in terrain, not generic precision-sport copy.

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Classification

Category Archery

Family Archery Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Archery in terrain with changing distances and target angles.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like precision, natural courses and distance judgement.

Cost Medium: rental bow/course helps; own bow, arrows and protection cost more. Club fee, course fee, arrows, bow service, protection and tournament costs. Archery club with field course, Archery GB/World Archery-linked structure or 3D/field course. Learn range safety and course rules first.

First progress Grouping improves quickly; distance and angle correction need much practice.

Fitness level low to medium

Was du brauchst

bow
arrows
arm guard
course
range safety

First steps

take safety class
shoot short distance
stabilise anchor point
practise judging distance

Archery club, field course, Archery GB/World Archery information or supervised course.

Shoot only on approved course, with clear range commands and never without target/backstop safety.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases field archery, Feldbogenschiessen

Tags outdoor, precision, bow, praezision, bogen, field-archery, archery, precision-sport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score as many points as possible on target faces around a course.

Teilnehmer

Individual scoring, classes and teams by event.

Teamgröße

Individual; team scoring possible.

Spielfeld

Outdoor course with marked and/or unmarked distances.

Dauer

Rounds/number of targets by rules.

Wertung

Arrow scores by scoring zones.

Gewinnbedingung

Highest score.

Ausrüstung

bow
arrows
target faces
course

Wichtige Regelpunkte

safety rule breach
wrong distance/position
time/equipment violation

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Archery (WA)
World Archery (WA)

Field Archery World Archery · official · high
World Archery Rulebook World Archery · rulebook · high
Field and 3D Archery Archery GB · federation · medium