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Q How do you go about finding a field archery location?

A Having a suitable location is a make or break factor for any club, whether its focus is target or field archery, but I wonder how many of you have ever considered how archery clubs finds their venues. The simple answer is that it is rarely easy – and when said club is a field archery club it can prove even harder.

There is a degree of irony here as field archery rarely takes place in a field, despite what its name suggests. Instead, its activities are usually in a woodland environment and this fact complicates the search somewhat. In recent there has been an