Sir Gordon’s Traditional 3D Shoot is our once-yearly, traditional archery focused event. Dedicated to Gordon Veil, a San Diego Archers club veteran for over 50 years, this traditional shoot will be hosted by the San Diego Archers on
Sunday, August 3, 2025
at the Rube Powell Balboa Park Archery Range
On the day of the shoot, visit the visitors’ table between 7:30 am and 8:30 am. Sign the paper waiver form for each participant and pick up a blank scorecard before entering the practice area. Speed up registration by printing and signing your waiver form now?
Range briefing will begin after 8:40 am, and shooting will commence after 9 am.
Volunteers are needed at 7am to help set up and take down targets!
If you’re unable to help set up targets, please help us in taking down and storing the targets at the end of the shoot. Remember: volunteers receive a $15 club credit card to shoot for FREE!
Contact us by filling out our volunteer form if you’d like to help.
The Sir Gordon Traditional Shoot includes:
32 3D Targets (download scorecard)
2 Arrows per Target
Scoring: 10-8-5
Maximum Score: 640
Rangefinders Not Allowed
This unmarked, 3D Target novelty shoot, with no rangefinders allowed, will use a wide range of high-quality Rhinehart and Mackenzie targets set in various hunting scenarios with ranges out to 40ish yards.
Compound and Barebow shooters are very much welcome! Final scores will reflect six classes for awards and recognition: Longbow-Carbon Arrows (LC), Longbow-Wood Arrows (LW), Barebow Recurve (BR), Olympic Recurve (OR), Recurve (R), and Compound (C).
About Mulligans and Doe Tags
If you missed or scored low with the first arrow, a mulligan allows you to take another shot at a target. Your score is determined by that second (mulligan) arrow even if your score turns out worse than the first arrow.
You could use the second mulligan on the same target but your score is determined by the last arrow shot.
There is a maximum of two buck-doe spreads in the field where the is doe placed between the buck and the archer. If you hit the doe and do not have a doe tag, you score negative five (-5) points on that target. With a doe tag, you score zero (0) points however you cannot use a mulligan if you hit the doe regardless of possessing a doe tag or not.
If you hit the buck or miss completely, you may use a mulligan and your score is determined from that second arrow.
3D Shoots will NOT be canceled due to bad weather!
Please submit your score online. If you choose to not submit your score online, your participation in the tournament may not be recorded. Your uploaded or paper scorecard is still required for verification purposes.
