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Clout Archery Basics C Aher B Thanks largely to the Northern Counties Archery Society and enthusiasts like Andrew Neal and Peter Gregory, interest in Clout Archery has grown steadily in the UK since the turn of the 21st Century, accompanied by a big increase in the number of archers shooting Longbow or Barebow. But while the number of shoots is increasing, suitable venues are harder find as playing fields get built over or changed to astroturf, which means that more archers will come to the shoots with no previous experience, and maybe with no-one nearby to get tips and advice from. This leaflet is meant to de-mystify clout shooting a bit so that your first experience of it will be a good one. 14/08/2019 W C A? Clout is one of the variations of Target Archery. Instead of shooting at a circular paper target fixed to a near-vertical butt, archers try to land their arrows as close as possible to a low flag in the ground. The clout flag represents dead centre, and arrows landing within specified distances from the flag will score points. As Clout is technically a variation of Target Archery, most of the same rules apply. The layout of the shooting line and waiting areas is the same, and the same methods of controlling shooting in details with whistle signals are used, but maybe as many as twenty people will be shooting at the same target instead of just four or six. The main difference between most Target Archery and Clout is that the distance is about twice as far, so the bow has to be elevated much higher, the amount depending on the type of bow and its arrow speed. C D Tar S In the UK under the auspices of Archery GB there are two Clout Disciplines: The Archery GB Imperial Clout Round The World Archery Federation Round for Adults and Archery GB Metric Rounds for Juniors All these Rounds comprise 36 Arrows. Most Competitions involve shooting a Double Round In all cases there are five scoring zones, scoring 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points respectively. In accordance with traditional longbow practices, Tournament Organisers sometimes offer an unofficial consolation prize for 'petticoats' – arrows which fall inside the clout area marked on the ground, but outside the lowest score zone. Sometimes, particularly at long-established shoots, the Imperial Round is shot 2-ways, like traditional Longbow Shoots, with sets of Clout targets at opposite ends of the field. The Archery GB I R Clout Target is a circle of 24 feet (7.3 metres) diameter Dtances for Gnder and A-Goup ( bow type) as f: (The word ‘score’ in this context means ‘a unit of twenty’) Gentlemen 9 score yards (180 yds) Ladies 7 score yards (140 yds) Junior Gentlemen under 18 7 score yards (140 yds) Junior Gentlemen under 16 6 score yards (120 yds) Junior Gentlemen under 14 5 score yards (100 yds) Junior Gentlemen under 12 4 score yards (80 yds) Junior Ladies under 18 6 score yards (120 yds) Junior Ladies under 16 5 score yards (100 yds) Junior Ladies under 14 4 score yards (80 yds) A Aer GB Imper Cut The W Archery Feration R Clout Target is 15 metres (49 feet) in diameter Distances for G and A-Group as follow: Gender/Age Non-Compound bows Compound bows Gentlemen 165m 185m Ladies 125m 165m Junior Gentlemen under 18 125m 165m Junior Gentlemen under 16 110m 125m Junior Gentlemen under 14 90m 110m Junior Gentlemen under 12 75m 90m Junior Ladies under 18 110m 125m Junior Ladies under 16 90m 110m Junior Ladies under 14 75m 90m U Measurin Ta S WA Cut The Tel Award Se and Nal Rngs and Cifications In the UK, The Northern Counties Archery Society administers the Tassel Award Scheme, which is similar to the Rose Award and FITA Star Schemes; Tassel Badges are given to archers who achieve particular scores with particular bow types at Clout Events with Tassel Award Status. The badge shows the kind of Tassel many archers have hanging from their belts, which is used to wipe mud off arrows that land in the ground – which is of course what all arrows in a Clout shoot do. NCAS also administers the National Clout Rankings and Classification Badges, and Six-Clout- End Badges, on behalf of Archery GB. http://www.ncas.co.uk/clout.html National Records are administered by Archery GB, who confer National Record Status on eligible Tournaments where records may be claimed. S C S T N Iction GNAS / Archery GB Rules of Shooting insist that Archers are given Instruction before shooting Clout. The reason for this is the perceived risk of arrows landing dangerously outside the mandatory safety zones. The greatest risk is that archers will under-estimate the power of their bow, and elevate (that is, aim up) too high, so the arrows will fly beyond the safe drop zone. T C I ... a) Only shoot in the direction of the clout flag b) Until you know what the sight mark is for your bow and distance, don't assume (unless you are using a moderate-weight longbow) that you need to give your bow maximum elevation. For recurve archers, most likely your aiming point will be somewhere above where your bottom limb enters your riser, so don't elevate your bow higher than that until you know for sure. c) If your bow is a Compound, until you have sent down some ranging shots and have some idea of the capabilities of your bow, NEVER elevate the bow so that the arrow shelf (just above your bow hand) is higher than the flag, make sure you can see the flag above the shelf when using the peep sight in the normal way. d) When drawing and aiming the bow, you must not elevate it higher than the angle you need to reach the flag (unless shooting a Longbow - refer to Rules of Shooting) As on all Archery Ranges, the Rules state that arrows should only be shot in the direction of the target; and provided you've been taught the basics of archery, the arrows shouldn't stray very far off to left or right. Most Club archers can keep their shots within a couple of metres left or right of their target at 90 metres, and similarly should be able to keep within 10 metres of the clout at 165 metres distance. The bigger group is due to the height the arrow needs to fly, the wind's much stronger up there and can carry the arrows further off line. The required safe overshoot drop zone extends out 30 yards at each side of the ENDs of the shooting line, which is likely to be about 37 yards (34 metres) to the side of the Clout Flag; and 50 yards (46 metres) beyond the clout flag, so it would require a quite bad aiming error to leave the zone on either side. But while it is easy to see the line towards the target, and to know how to send your arrows close to that line, knowing how much bow elevation is needed to get the arrows to reach the clout without flying dangerously past it is not so obvious. But for most bows the danger isn't extreme, because the clout distance plus the safety overshoot zone is in many cases not much less than the extreme range of the bow. However, this is certainly not the case for Compound Bows, and it is Compound Archers who need to take a great deal of care. T B Eatio A Cpoun Bow 6 R B 15 Lgbow 40 egrees 40 trs Trajectories S C Soti (ntinued) In a GNAS / Imperial Clout Shoot the greatest distance is 180 yards, and the safety zone extends to 230 yards from the Shooting Line (210.5 metres). The greatest distance for a WA / Metric Clout is 185 Metres and the end of the safety zone is at 231 metres (252 yards). There are few English Longbows other than specialist flight bows or bows with draw weights over 65lbs with very well matched arrows that will send an arrow beyond this distance, and longbows with draw-weights below 45-50lbs will generally find it challenging to reach 180 yards / 165 metres. Similarly, many target-weight Recurve bows will barely reach 250 yards (although it's worth mentioning that a keen junior clout archer, Zack Crawford, has shot over 330 yards with a target bow of less than 35lbs, and Tony Osborn, for years the outstanding Compound Clout archer, has shot over 430 yards also with a recurve of less than 35lbs, but both these people were shooting for distance, using specially prepared arrows and a 'slashing' loose intended to give maximum arrow speed). But it's a different story with compounds. Not only do many of them have a maximum range of half a kilometre or more, even at quite modest elevations compared with recurves they can easily send the arrow beyond the safety zone. Compound Archers must be aware that they only need to raise the bow about the same as a recurve shooting at a 90 metre target, which is not very much at all. There's no advantage in having a high-draw-weight compound when shooting Clout, because the flat trajectory makes it particularly difficult to see where the arrows are landing, and any small error in elevation makes a major difference in the length of the shot - which is why Tony Osborn (see above) uses a 40lb peak weight - and he's the only archer to have scored a Six-Clout-End at 180 yards.
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