Field archers, too, raise their bows, notch their arrows, and look for one long moment at the mark … But unlike their peers in straightforward target archery, they have exerted themselves physically before they get to take their first shot. Field archery – much like golf – has the athletes walk a set course and shoot at targets of different sizes from varying distances. No target is like the previous one; no course compares to another. In field archery, the shots are generally made more challenging through the clever use of the intervening terrain, forcing the athletes to not only estimate the distance but to allow for the slope of the ground - or to make accommodations for the incline of a tree. Other factors increasing the difficulty of the shots include the lighting: in the woods this may well imply shooting from the dark to the light or the other way round. The variety of the ever changing shooting conditions are the true challenge of field archery.

While field archery demands the same high levels of concentration from the athletes as does target archery, it is far more physical and requires an even wider spectrum of skills than the latter.

In 2005, Morgan Lundin (SWE) won the FITA World Championships in target archery as well as his field archery event (Compound, Men) of The World Games.

 Field archery at The World Games 2005