I went to a traditional archery tournament that had several stalking targets. Before the tournament started you were given a set of rules and told to read them. In the rules, it said to shoot only legal game as defined in the game and fish regulations. We came to a stalking target. It was a long rope that ran from tree to tree. You could step forward, but not backward. You can take the shoot anywhere along the rope. As you stalked down the rope, you saw an owl setting about 15 yards from the rope. Several people shot the owl. Only to find out that it was made of concrete. They received got a broken arrow and zero score for that target. The deer target was farther down the rope.

On a stalking target, you usually have a good shot early, but at a longer distance. As you get closer, there is more brush and the angle of the target changes, making the point rings smaller and harder to hit. Each group member stalks separately. After the group has finished, then a separate path is used to go to the target to get the arrows. That way, limbs are not broken and paths are not made from the rope to the target that could help shooters that come later.