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The SDA 2018 Shoot Schedule

Click HERE for a printable schedule of all SDA events (shoots & work parties) in 2018.
Click HERE for a printable schedule of SDA shoots only.

01.07.2018 3D-Jan 7 2018 Balboa Park 3D Target
01.21.2018 Animal-Jan 21 2018 Balboa Park Animal
02.04.2018 The Flying Pig 3D-Range Finder OK Balboa Park Novelty
02.18.2018 Hunter-Feb 18 2018 Rangefinder OK Balboa Park Hunter
03.04.2018 3D-Mar 4 2018 Unmarked Balboa Park Novelty
03.18.2018 Field-Mar 18 2018 Balboa Park Field
03.31.2018 3D-Mar 31 2018 Unmarked (SATURDAY) Balboa Park 3D Target
04.15.2018 Animal-Apr 15 2018 Balboa Park Animal
05.06.2018 3D-May 6 2018 Unmarked Balboa Park 3D Target
05.20.2018 SDA 900 Round-May 20 2018 Morley Field 900 Round
06.02.2018 3D-June 2 2018 Unmarked (SATURDAY) Balboa Park 3D Target
06.17.2018 King Arthur Tournament Balboa Park Novelty
07.01.2018 3D-Jul 1 2018 Range Finder OK Balboa Park 3D Target
07.15.2018 Hunter-Jul 15 2018 Balboa Park Hunter
07.29.2018 Sir Gordon’s Traditional Shoot Balboa Park Novelty
08.05.2018 3D-Aug 5 2018 Unmarked Balboa Park 3D Target
08.18.2018 Field-Aug 18 2018 (SATURDAY) Balboa Park Field
09.02.2018 3D-Sept 2 2018 Range Finder OK Balboa Park 3D Target
09.16.2018 CA State 900 Round Morley Field 900 Round
10.07.2018 3D-Oct 7 2018 Unmarked Balboa Park 3D Target
10.20.2018 Animal-Oct 20 2018 (SATURDAY) Balboa Park Animal
11.03.2018 Iron Turkey 3D Challenge-
& Honor Our Military Shoot (SATURDAY)
Balboa Park Novelty
11.17.2018 Hunter-Nov 18 2018 (SATURDAY!) Balboa Park Hunter
12.02.2018 3D-Dec 2 2018 Unmarked Balboa Park 3D Target
12.16.2018 Field-Dec 16 2018 Balboa Park Field

Types Of Shoots

Novelty

pigs-might-flyNovelty shoots have various themes, with names like:

The King Arthur Tournament registration is from 7:00am – 8:45am.

All other novelty event registrations are from 7:30am – 8:45am.

All shoots begin at 9:00am.

Entry fees vary for each novelty shoot.

Animal

Animal TargetThe Animal Round is a 28 target field archery round shooting at paper targets of animal images from YELLOW-colored stakes. The distance is marked, usually at odd yardages between 5 and 60 yards.

The scoring is based on your 1st successful hit out of 3 arrows.
There are 3 scoring zones: Bonus Kill Zone, Kill Zone, Hit Zone.

You only need shoot your 2nd and 3rd arrows if you have not scored with the previous arrow.

Scoring works like this:

Bonus Kill Zone  Kill Zone Hit Zone
Arrow 1 21 20  18
Arrow 2  17  16  14
 Arrow 3  13  12  0

Registration from 7:30am – 8:45am.

Shoot starts at 9:00am.

Entry Fee: $10 for SDA members & Active Duty Military, $15 for non-members.

Hunter

Hunter TargetThe Hunter Round is a field archery round of 28 2D paper targets, firing 4 arrows per target from RED-colored stakes.

There are 3 scoring zones on each target. Each arrow scores either 3 points for the outer black ring, 4 for the middle black ring or 5 for the center white ring. There is a center X ring to the inner 5-point zone.

Add up each arrow;s score to give a total score out of a maximum 560.

Yardages are marked and are in ‘uneven’ increments (not always in multiples of 5 yards) from the target varying between 33 feet up to 70 yards.

Registration from 7:30am – 8:45am.

Shoot starts at 9:00am.

Entry Fee: $10 for SDA members and Active Duty Military, $15 for non-members

Field Round

Field TargetThe Field Round is a field archery round of 28 2D paper targets, firing 4 arrows per target from WHITE-colored stakes. There are 3 scoring zones on each target. Each arrow scores either 3 points for the outer black ring, 4 for the middle white ring or 5 for the center black ring. There is a center X ring to the inner 5-point zone.
Add up each arrow’s score to give a total score out of a maximun 560.
Yardages are marked and are at ‘even’ (5 yard) distances up to 80 yards, with the shortest distances measured in feet.
Registration from 7:30am – 8:45am.

Shoot starts at 9:00am.

Entry Fee: $10 for SDA members & Active Duty Military, $15 for non-members.

3D Target

3-D TargetThe 3D Rounds are usually a one arrow per target shoot. The targets are dense foam replicas of life-like, three-dimensional animals, setup in various hunting like scenarios.

The shoot will either be unmarked or range finder approved. An unmarked shoot

An “unmarked shoot” means that you have to estimate the distance to the target yourself without the assistance of a range finder. This is a difficult and challenging aspect of these shoots, so don’t let your shooting partners know what you think the distance is! If the shoot is designated as range finder okay, you can use your range finder to determine the distance to the target.

If the shoot is designated as “range finder okay”, you can use your range finder to determine the distance to the target.

Registration from 7:30am – 8:45am.

Shoot starts at 9:00am.

Entry Fee: $10 for SDA members and Active Duty Military, $15 for non-members.

900 Round

900 RoundThis is a 90 arrow (900 points) round, shooting 5 ends of six arrows at each of 60-50-40 yards for Adults, 50-40-30 yards for Youth and 30-20-10 yards for Cubs.

Each arrow scores 10, 9 , 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 or 0 (for a miss) points based on the scoring ring hit on the target.

Registration from 7:30am – 8:45am. Shoot starts at 9:00am.