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Spot shooting is target archery at paper faces with a small round scoring spot, most often indoors at 18 metres or 20 yards on Vegas, NFAA or World Archery faces. Because every arrow is aimed at the same small centre from a known distance, it rewards repeatable form and precise equipment, and many archers keep a dedicated spot setup.Detaily
The name sets it apart from 3D archery. A 3D archer often has to judge an unmarked distance and aim at a zone on an animal; a spot shooter knows the distance exactly and aims at the same centre with every arrow. A Vegas round is 30 arrows at 20 yards, an NFAA indoor round 60 arrows at 20 yards, and a World Archery indoor round 60 arrows at 18 metres, so the score depends on how closely each shot repeats the last.
Many spot faces split each end across several small centres. The NFAA five-spot face puts five on one sheet, the Vegas face three in a triangle, and the World Archery 40 cm triple faces three in a triangle or a column. Spreading the arrows out protects nocks and shafts from tight groups, but the rules for using the spots differ. On World Archery triple faces, if two arrows land in the same spot only the lower one scores. NFAA rules let archers put arrows in any spot of a five-spot or Vegas face, up to the number the end allows. Check the rulebook for your round.
Spot setups are built for precision. Compound spot shooters often use a scope with a magnifying lens and a long front stabiliser, and many shoot fat indoor arrows, because a larger shaft is more likely to touch a line and take the higher score. Rulebooks cap that: World Archery's target rules limit arrow shafts to 9.3 mm in every division, while NFAA and Vegas Shoot rules allow up to 0.422 inches, about 10.7 mm, measured including any wrap and the nock.
For practice, spot shooting is a clean measure of form. With the distance and the target fixed, a wide arrow points to the shot itself rather than a misjudged yardage, which is one reason 3D and field archers often shoot indoor rounds through the winter. Counting tens and Xs per round, not only the total, shows whether your groups are tightening.
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- What is a spot bow?
- A bow set up for spot shooting rather than for hunting or 3D. For a compound that usually means a scope with a magnifying lens, a long stabiliser and larger-diameter indoor arrows; for a recurve, a target sight and indoor arrows within its rulebook's diameter limit. Many archers keep it separate from their hunting or 3D bow so neither setup has to compromise.
- Is spot shooting the same as target archery?
- Mostly. Spot shooting usually means the indoor, short-distance side of target archery, shot at a known distance on faces with a small centre spot, often several to a sheet. Outdoor target archery uses the same ring scoring on larger faces at longer distances, while 3D archery shoots at animal targets, often at unmarked distances.
- How many arrows can I shoot into one spot?
- It depends on the rules. On World Archery 40 cm triple faces, if two arrows land in one spot only the lower one scores. NFAA rules let you put any number of an end's arrows in any spot, while the Vegas Shoot's championship divisions allow one arrow per spot and take away the higher-scoring arrow if two share one. Check the rulebook for your round.