The goal is to get more folks out and shooting their HUNTING bows. With modern hunting bows there has been a slight shift in the ACTUAL equipment people are using and the hunting equipment the industry is marketing to hunters.
For instance, a single pin sight...many guys are hunting with those but for the purpose of 3d that puts you in "open/unlimited class". Or having a rear v-bar with a fixed pin would put you in "Bowhunter release/fixed pin compound" and no longer "Hunter class".
The goal with the new class is to be more inclusive vs. exclusive. That being said we still had to define equipment that fell under "hunting". Thus a 30 inch front stabilizer is not really conducive to a hunting situation so we made our limits on that....and a couple other things.
The Hunter class has been "demoted" by Achery Canada and ATAA as a non-competitive non-championship class. Some of us felt that was a shame so we wanted to have the ABA stick up for hunters and come out with with its own class so people can still have a class to shoot, for fun or to compete in.
Even in Carbury Manitoba where Outdoor 3d Natiobals is being held...they recognized a void was created by this change. So they had a local sponsor step up to donate prizes for people who want to shoot "Hunter" class even though it is no longer recognized by Archery Canada as a class eligible for prizes. Kudos to the organizers for that decision!
LC
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