If you manged to find a local archery club to take archery lessons or a public archery range, you need to follow certain guidelines that will help you enjoy your hobby and let others have a good experience too.

One of the most important guidelines is to shoot no more than 6 arrows at the same time. It’s usually a good rule of thumb to shoot just 3 arrows since that’s number of arrows you shoot at a tournament. Besides, if you’re always shooting 6 arrows or more at once and if you’re a beginner, there’s a big possibility that people are going to be annoyed with you since they need to wait a lot of time for their turn. We sure don’t want that.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people at the local archery ranges fail to follow this rule. There’s especially one “wannabe” archer here, at my local archery range, that’s an expert in pissing people off by not following this rule. I mean, if you see that there are a bunch of people behind you waiting for their turn, at least be fair enough to reduce your firing salvo to 6 arrows not freaking 10 arrows! Please don’t be that guy/girl.

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The other thing you need to take into account when attending public archery ranges is to keep a certain distance between you and the archer who’s shooting. Usually you need to wait about 10 feet behind the firing line. This is where the waiting line starts, unless you’re coaching the guy. In that case you want to be close.

A nice thing to do if you see a fellow archer looking for his arrow is to go and help him/her. I always look for my arrows if I miss the target since I’m not that rich to just loose my $30 arrow like that. My life motto goes something like this: “Give and you shall receive.” If you help a person out, I’m sure somebody will help you out when you need it.

If I haven’t gone through this awesome archery course, I probably wouldn’t know squat about archery range etiquette.  I would probably be like that guy, that shoots too many arrows at once. This is the single best course about archery that I’ve managed to find on the internet. I highly recommend it!

These are ones of the most important archery lessons that you need to know. I think if you follow these guidelines you’re on your way on becoming the archery saint of your local range.

PS: Please no more than 6 arrows!

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Looks like even in Europe local archery clubs are somewhat hard to find. To help the aspiring archers, I went on a mission to find a list of main archery associations for specific European countries.

After spending some time searching the internet, I found this website named Mediterranean and European Archery Union that has the list I was searching for.

You can access this list by simply visiting their site, which is located here European and Mediterranean Archery Union. When you’re at the website simply hover on the EMAU tab (look at the picture) and click the button Member Association.

After you click that button a new page will load up with the list of all member associations for specific countries. For a somewhat easier “user experience” click on the drop down menu (located above and right of the emails) and select the option that says all. This way you can see all the countries in one go…you don’t have to change the pages.

Look up for the archery association in your country and click on their name.If we let’s say click on the Austrian association (Österreichischer Bogensportverband) a new page loads up containing detailed information. You can see association’s name, city in which they are located and you also get their contact information like e-mail, telephone, fax number and their website (pic below). You can even see who’s the president of the association.

If you live in the city where the club/association is located, you’re lucky. If not I recommend you to call them and ask, if they know about any archery clubs located near your city. I’m sure they’ll be able to help you.

I also came across this detailed list of archery clubs for the UK. The names of archery clubs contain a hyperlink to their website, from which you can find out more about them. You can check out this list, by clicking this link.

If you still can’t find an archery club near you, I strongly recommend this killer archery course. Jam packed with very cool and informative archery lessons, it will guide you step by step in becoming an expert archer (like Legolas in Lord Of The Rings). Don’t waste your time by checking out all the free info…most of it is rubbish. I found this product and it was perfect for me. Works like gang busters!

Best of luck.

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A lot of people want to join an archery club to take some archery lessons. If you happen to live in a large metropolitan area you probably won’t have a problem finding a local archery club.

If you happen to live in a small city, you may have trouble finding one since not that many people are interested in this sport.

While browsing through the internet, I saw that a lot of folks have difficulties finding a local archery club. That’s why I decided to help out, by showing you three ways of finding a local archery club.

First of all, you should go visit your local archery or a general sports store (they should sell bows) and ask the employee who works there if there are any archery clubs located near your town. Usually people that work in specialized archery stores will know if there’s an archery club in the vicinity.

Secondly try visiting USArchery website. Go over to the membership tab so that a drop-down menu automatically opens up. Click on the Current Club List.

After the new page opens up, on the right side you should see an icon for the PDF file with the link that says Current USA Archery Clubs.

Click this link and a PDF file will open containing all the member archery clubs in every (I think) US state and their contact information. If you see that the only archery club in your state is miles away from your home, it’s a good idea to contact the club and ask them if they happen to know about an archery club near your location.

The third option is looking through the yellow pages if there are any archery clubs near your home. Pretty straight forward.

I hope you find this information useful.

PS: Here is the link that takes you directly to the PDF document at USArchery.org with all the archery clubs.

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Longbow

The longbow has been around for ages and was popular for sport and as a weapon of war during the middle ages, especially during the hundred years’ war. The longbow is made out of a single piece of wood lacking any accessories which makes them really difficult to master compared to the compound and the recurve bow. Longbows are approximately as tall as the archer himself which allows its user a fairly long draw, at least to the jaw. Those that choose to use a longbow will have to settle on a style or form of using a longbow correctly or results will be disappointing. Because longbows do require a fairly high level of skill to shoot accurately, it might be a good idea to take some archery lessons to improve your form and accuracy. During the hundred years’ war you had to train by law at least from the age of seven and you’d shoot at least for two hours every Sunday after church.

Recurve Bow

The recurve bow is probably the most popular bow in existence since most beginners start their archery lessons with this type of bow. The difference between recurve and other bows is that the string touches sections of the limbs of recurve bows when the bow is strung. It’s main parts are the riser, usually made out of wood or plastic and two limbs that are attached to the riser. The name of the bow (recurve) comes from the shape of the limbs, where the bottom part of the limbs curve inside or towards the archer, meanwhile the outer part of the limbs curve away from the archer. Recurve bow, because of it’s design, can store more energy compared to the regular bow.

Compound Bow

First developed in 60’s by Holless Wilbur Allen in Missouri, the compound bow is technologically the most advanced bow of the three types. Main components of this bow include the riser, the limbs and a system of cables and pulleys. The riser is usually made out of aircraft-grade aluminum or magnesium designed to be firm as possible. It also serves as a central mount for the limbs and other accessories like the the magnifying scope, etc. The limbs of the compound bow are made out of composite materials and are much stiffer compared to the limbs of a recurve bow or the longbow. In order to successfully pull the string back enough, a system of cables and pulleys (cams) is set in place at the both extremities of the bow’s limbs. The thing that sets aside this bow from all the other bows is that as the bow is drawn, the draw weight increases to a peak and then “lets off”. The “let off” lets you aim for a longer period of time since the force needed to hold the string is greatly reduced.

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