One way to get started is to travel to different archery tournaments both locally and abroad.
Since many different tournaments have different styles of archery that are emphasized I also recommend building up a collection of different types of bows - and learning to shoot each one with a great degree of accuracy. This way regardless of what tournament you go to, you will always have the necessary equipment and skills to compete.
Take for example if you went to the Frozen to Death archery tournament in Yellowstone.
Thus if you've always wanted to visit Montana, now is your chance.
The cost is $15 for adults, $25 for couples and $12 for youngsters ages 15 to 17. Archers ages 14 and younger shoot for free. Registration will run from 8 AM to 11 AM.
The competition will feature 20 targets in two rounds of shooting with one arrow per target allowed. Range finders will be allowed. For more information, call Bill Holland at 780-0353, or Flo at 628-4727.
Larger than normal crowds are expected this year due to the explosive popularity of archery during the last two years - and the increasing number of young archers who now think they are ready for tournaments.
Last week in Leiceistershire (U.K.) their annual archery tournament was so crowded there was barely enough room on the line for all the archers. The Leicestershire & Rutland Indoor Archery Championships had many different categories to compete in, but what is interesting is how many of titles were lost this year to upstarts who have not been doing archery that long.
Reigning archery champions at Leiceistershire had a hard time of it, with only longbow archers Catriona Charters, of Hinckley, and Soar Valley's Alan Lee retaining their titles in the adult divisions. Some of the juniors / youth competitors managed to retain their titles too.
The problem is that Olympic recurve and compound bows are so reliant on gadgets to achieve accuracy that anyone who learns the basics of form and how to use the gadgets stands a chance of winning - in contrast people shooting traditional or longbows need to practice for years and years to master the art because they aren't using any gadgets - and thus newcomers to the sport are less likely to win any titles in traditional or longbow competitions until they master the skills they need.
Note - Another way to travel with respect to archery is to visit historical re-enactments or go LARPing.
Otherwise archery tournaments are a great way to travel and great social events for hanging out with other archers.
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