scoring differences limited vs unlimited

[Jerry Tee]

One of the reasons compound limited is not as popular as it could be is the fact that it appears to have been forgotten about by GNAS, and how do archers come to that conclusion? Could it have some thing to do with the fact that these archers don't see any classification scores published perhapps?

Originally Posted by horsebowman

You all seem to still getting on your pedestals with regard to limited & unlimited, mainly on the issue of finger shooting or release aid shooting.

Compound bows were not designed to be finger release, they where designed in the USA for hunting using a release aid. (The sport that we in the UK are banned from doing, although saying that, its ok to blast an animal with a 12 bore and only wound it, but you cannot shoot an arrow into it).

Therefore the argument on target scoring does not come into the equation. Anyone using a finger release is actually not doing what the bow was designed for so stop winging and moaning & put you hand in your pocket and get yourself a release aid.

If you want to shoot fingers then flog your compound and buy a recurve or longbow etc.

think you fell off your horse and bumped your head, lol think you find that most longer ata compounds are more for the finger shooter and the shorter ones are more suitable for release but thats not written in stone.

[Robert.Potts]

I think that Archery_Mum has got a good point, the compound limited bowstyle is more hevily used in Field archery, hence the EFAA have a good C/L turnout for the shoot.

To this end you will find that a majority of archers who shoot C/L do so in the field archery curcuit and, therefore are likely to be members of the IFAA/EFAA (field archery governing body) not GNAS, as the GNAS field structure may not be as good(i don't know).

So the C/L archers GNAS do have are a minority, hence the fact that they don't have a classification section all to themselves. C/U tend to be used for target archery due to the greater accuracy achiveable with a release-aid than a C/L. As furface says, Until you start getting lots and lots of people shoot C/L ,so it therefore gets wider recognition, not much will change.

(apologies for spelling mistakes!!)

[Jabez]

The current target recurve classifications should be used for Compound Fingers. The world best CF for the Fita is 1329. For Fita 70m it's 649. Lumping all compounds together is nuts but until GNAS sort it out we'll have to lump it.

[Jabez]

The only way to CL noticed by GNAS is to get as many CL shooters as possible at the BTC. There were two of us this year which is an improvement on one (there should have been two in 2006 but I got a neck injury a week before). Maybe we should ALL go to this in 2008. It's up to us. How about it ?

[Furface]

That's the spirit! But, again, how many is "all of us"?

[bimble]

Well, unless I'm pushing for my CU MB I could be pursuaded to shoot CL at the Target Champs. Assuming that I can make my PSE Force II reach 100yds that is!!!

join the nfas or the efaa,there is a bit more competition in the limited class, unmarked and marked distances, i have never really delved into the world of gnas so to save me a tedious read through there shooting rules do gnas run clubs actually hold any unmarked shoots or are they strictly a horizontal line up of marked distance archery, i have been told they do something similar along the lines of the efaa as regards to field & hunter rounds but at less the number of targets,

[bimble]

I'm shooting in the Surrey Field Champs next weekend, it's a National Animal Round. It appears on page 50 of the rules of shooting, but consists of two rounds over 16 targets. Two shots at each, one from a far peg, one from a closer peg. Both unmarked. Four different sized targets with distances ranging from 5-55m.

10 points for a kill, 5 for a wound, the two rounds give you 64 shots in total and therefore a max score of 640.

I've not shot a competitive field round before, am definatly looking forward to it!!!

hiya bimble, the efaa do a marked and unmarked forester round,not done the unmarked version yet as i believe it was only introduced a short while ago, the marked version,depending on how big your shooting grounds are,a straight 28, or a twice round 14 butted course,if i have done my maths right you should shoot 70 arrows, 3 of the targets are four shots, 4 are 3shot, 4 are 2shot and the rest are 1 shot, i am sure someone will correct me should i be wrong somewhere,lol. anyway the scoring for that round is 15 ,10 and 5, which should come out around 1050 if i have worked it out right, thats if you can hit all spots , but still an enjoyable round.