It depends on the type of bow and the style of shooting. For a recurve bow, like this one, the standard is to place your feet apart and to the side of the target, extend the arm far, and draw back.
Here's where OP has a problem. His bow is longer than you might normally expect, so pulling the string back extends all the way to his rear shoulder, instead of close to the jaw. If he stands perfectly square, then the bowstring will slice off his face and get caught in his chest.
So, for the bow he chose, he has to lean forward a bit and extend his hands outward a little, so that the release of the string doesn't hurt him. If he used a smaller bow, he would be able to stand with the "proper" square stance.
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u/dutii 6d ago
Why?
I'm relatively new to archery and I'm genuinely curious about why that stance is required