ORIGINAL: Rick James
I am not 100% but I believe you can actually shoot them in any order, or even multiple arrows at a single spot if you wish. This is for 5 spot only though. NAA makes you shoot a 3 spot vegas face in numbered order I believe.
You can shoot any order you want but only one at each spot; the second shaft to hit a single spot counts as a 0. I used to remember having index marks at the edge of the paper near each spot (so when you pull up with a scope you can find the index mark at the corner of the paper and know which spot you're on) and God forbid that you draw up on your neighbor's target!! I've seen it happen. Just a hazard of shooting 6x and 8x scopes.