ORIGINAL: AllenRead

How do we separate them? There are three national level shooters at my club and all three are also hunters. So are they a better shot on the line or in the woods? I don't think that it matters and it's certainly not something that we can generalize about.

Mosttournement shooters began as bowhunters who wanted to shoot better.As they get into competition, they learn tips and tricks that make them better tuners, thoughnot as good as guys like Len who work on bows full time. They tend to be people who will put in a lot of time & effortto learn as much about archery as possible. Can they make good shots from a treestand? Yes, all of them that I know are set up with the right equipment and understand the form differences required to make a good shot when they'recold andstiff and shooting from an awkward position. And none of them use a 3' stabilizer in a tree stand!

There are plenty of hunters, like the people on this forum, who put in just as much time and effort learning all they can about archery, but don't compete. Does this make them less a shooter? Absolutely not!Could they compete in tournementsand expect to win? Probably yes if they were willing to change theirform a bit and get equipment suited for the venue. (that 3 foot stabilizer is only one part of it )

This is primarily a hunting forum. While I am primarily a tournement shooter (definitely not national level) I also hunt, which is one reason that I come here. There is some bias against tournement shooting here, but it's not a big deal.

So who is the better shot? It can only be answered on a case by case basis. Some people can shoot better than other people. Whether they are primarily hunters or target shooters is irrelevent.