Elleth wrote:I'm curious about the culture at your archery range: do they usually go for pure target shooting? Do they use modern or traditional bows? Sights?
I'd *think* that at an archery club it wouldn't be hard to find a group of people who also thought that our take on the game was fun. But I imagine that's local culture as well.
Yeah, local culture is a thing, my club is very tournament orientated, there are a lot of archers who count score every round, even during practice, and the common opinion, not shared by everyone but by most, is that there's a 'right' way to do something (what target you shoot at/with which type of bow/at what distance etc...) and anything else is considered incorrect
Most people shoot recurve freestyle (with a sight) or compound, however there's a growing number of barebow/traditional archers like myself and quite a few longbow archers. The majority is recurve freestyle because that's what they teach on the club beginners course which everyone has to do in order to join. I didn't get on very well with a sight, I don't know why, but on my last beginners session the instructor said "That's a good round for you, what did you do different?" and when I told him I'd took the sight off the bow he just looked at me in a funny way. I haven't used a sight since
Elleth wrote:One place I think "Ranger archery" differs from both target and hunting archery is that "good enough and fast" usually trumps "precise but slow." Plus the odd positions and angles hunters deal with, of course.
Agreed, plenty of times someone at the club has quietly said to me "you know you shoot to fast, you'd be much better if you slowed down a bit" and there probably right, although If I got use to slow I may never be able to speed up? It's never been my intention to get a high score, just to enjoy myself.
The other thing that bugs me is people who know your into LOTR who find out you do archery and automatically think you can shoot like Legolas does in the movies, I mean, I don't think anyone can shoot like that?
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