Is barebow the same as traditional archery?

Not in every federation. Under World Archery rules Barebow and Traditional are separate divisions: barebow uses Recurve-division equipment with the barebow restrictions, including a bare sight window, a pressure point no more than 2 cm behind the grip's pivot point and the 12.2 cm ring, and it allows string walking, while a Traditional bow needs a wooden or wood-laminated riser and a non-adjustable rest or the shelf, and string walking is not allowed. The IBO, by contrast, lists Bare Bow as one of its traditional classes.

Can you use a clicker in barebow?

Under World Archery Barebow and NFAA Barebow Recurve rules, no: no draw check device of any kind is allowed. The IBO's Bare Bow class allows a clicker as long as it is not mounted in the sight window, and NFAA Barebow Compound and IFAA barebow allow a draw check. Check the rulebook for your event.

Where is string walking allowed?

String walking is permitted in World Archery Barebow, NFAA Barebow Recurve and IBO Bare Bow. It is not permitted in the World Archery Traditional and Longbow divisions or in the IBO Longbow and Traditional classes. Check the rulebook for your event before you enter.

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Barebow is a style of shooting a bow without a sight: the archer aims with the arrow itself, by holding the point off the target or by moving the drawing fingers or anchor. What is allowed depends on the federation. Under World Archery rules, Barebow uses Recurve-division equipment without a sight, stabilisers or a clicker.

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Under World Archery rules the Barebow division uses the same equipment as the Recurve division, with exceptions. No sight, no stabilisers and no draw check such as a clicker are allowed. The string may carry no lip or nose mark, so no kisser button, and the bow must be bare apart from the arrow rest, with any markings in the sight window that could help aiming taped over. Weights and dampeners are allowed only if the bow, with everything attached, passes through a ring 12.2 cm across. Face walking and string walking are both permitted.

Without a sight, the arrow becomes the aiming reference. From a fixed anchor, the archer can aim off, holding the point a set gap above or below the centre. String walking keeps the anchor and moves the drawing fingers a measured distance down the string, a crawl, which changes the arrow's angle so the point can sit on the centre at shorter distances. Face walking keeps the fingers at the nock and moves the anchor on the face instead. World Archery lets barebow archers mark the tab to find the same crawl each time, within limits on the marks.

The name travels between federations, but the rules do not. The NFAA has two barebow styles: Barebow Recurve, which like World Archery has the 12.2 cm ring, no clicker and allows string and face walking, and Barebow Compound, which allows stabilisers and one draw check. IFAA barebow covers recurve and compound bows and allows stabilisers. The IBO lists Bare Bow among its traditional classes, for recurves and longbows, and allows a clicker as long as it is not mounted in the sight window.

World Archery runs barebow in target, field and 3D archery. In target archery, barebow archers other than under-15s shoot 72 arrows at 50 metres on the 122 cm face outdoors, under-15s at 30 metres, and all shoot the 18 m round on the recurve 40 cm face indoors, and their matches use the set system, like recurve.

Because the aiming system lives in the archer's form rather than on the bow, barebow rewards repetition: the same anchor, the same crawl or gap for each distance, and the same release. Short-range form work builds the anchor, and scoring a few ends at each distance you compete at shows whether your crawls and gaps still hold.

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Is barebow the same as traditional archery?: Not in every federation. Under World Archery rules Barebow and Traditional are separate divisions: barebow uses Recurve-division equipment with the barebow restrictions, including a bare sight window, a pressure point no more than 2 cm behind the grip's pivot point and the 12.2 cm ring, and it allows string walking, while a Traditional bow needs a wooden or wood-laminated riser and a non-adjustable rest or the shelf, and string walking is not allowed. The IBO, by contrast, lists Bare Bow as one of its traditional classes.
Can you use a clicker in barebow?: Under World Archery Barebow and NFAA Barebow Recurve rules, no: no draw check device of any kind is allowed. The IBO's Bare Bow class allows a clicker as long as it is not mounted in the sight window, and NFAA Barebow Compound and IFAA barebow allow a draw check. Check the rulebook for your event.
Where is string walking allowed?: String walking is permitted in World Archery Barebow, NFAA Barebow Recurve and IBO Bare Bow. It is not permitted in the World Archery Traditional and Longbow divisions or in the IBO Longbow and Traditional classes. Check the rulebook for your event before you enter.