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Originally Posted by jadlem My wife and I treated each other to a flatbow each this xmas. They are great fun to shoot and I'm getting reasonable results so far. Having read a couple of books on the subject (both by Americans and Hunters) where do they fit in with recurves and longbows over here in the UK? Similar principles apply with a flatbow but they have the added advantage of a shelf and centre shot.
Has anyone else become addicted to making traditional wooden arrows or is it the smell of Port Orford Cedar thats got me hooked?
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Hi Jonathan
Your flatbow can't compete with the longbows I am afraid, the definition of a longbow in GNAS is that
"at no point shall the depth of the bow, measured from back to belly, be less than 5/8 of the width of the bow at the same section", rule 206A. If you were shooting target then you could compete as recurve barebow. If you were shooting GNAS field archery then you could shoot recurve traditional as long as your arrows are wooden with feathers. If you were shooting a FITA round you could shoot as FITA Standard Bow. This is a quite complex category, but with the basicness of the flatbow it should fit OK! Check out the FITA rule 7.3.2. There are special awards like the FITA Stars for shooting FITA standard bow called the FITA Arrow Badge.
I am a GNAS archer that last shot NFAS many many moons ago, but back then NFAS did have an american flatbow category for it's field archery.
I hope this is comprehensive enough for you!
Judge