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Clout shooting, Trentham

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Clout shooting, Trentham

The much longer range used when clout shooting can be seen in this photograph of archers at Wellington’s Trentham Club.

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Megan Cook, Archery, fencing, shooting and military re-enactment – Archery, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40808/clout-shooting-trentham (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 12 February 2013, updated 1 January 2015.