San Diego Archers

Types Of Shoots

Novelty

Novelty shoots have various themes, with names like:

• The Iron Turkey 3D Challenge
• The Flying Pig 3D Tournament and Fundraiser
• The King Arthur Tournament
• Sir Gordon’s Traditional  3D Shoot

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

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

All shoots begin at 9:00 am.

Entry fees vary for each novelty shoot.

Animal

The 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 to shoot your 2nd and 3rd arrows if you have not scored with the previous arrow.

Scoring works like this:

Registration from 7:30am – 8:45am.

Shoot starts at 9:00 am.

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

Hunter

The 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 9:00 am.

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

Field Round

The 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.

3D Target

The 3D Rounds are usually a one arrow per target shoot. The targets are dense foam replicas of life-like, three-dimensional animals, set up 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, Read more...

Field Round
The San Diego Archers
Will host the Field Round
This SUNDAY, December 16, 2018
At the Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range

Registration opens at 7:30am
Registration Closes at 8:45am
Shoot begins at 9am

The Field Round includes:
28 2D Paper Field Targets
4 Arrows per Target
Maximum Score: 560

The Field Round is a field archery tournament of 28 2D paper targets, firing 4 arrows per target from WHITE colored stakes for a total of 112 arrows. There are 3 scoring zones on each target. Each arrow scores either 3 points for the black outer ring, 4 for the white middle ring or 5 the black bull’s eye. 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.

Field Rounds are at ‘even’ (5 yd) distances up to 80 yards, with the shortest distances measured in feet.

Targets may have different shooting positions:

1) All four arrows shot from one marked stake.

2) “Fan”: Each arrow shot from a different marked stake spread in a fan pattern, with each stake at the same distance to the target.

3) “Walk Up”: Each arrow shot from a different marked stake at decreasing distances to the target. For example, one arrow each at 45, 40, 35, 30 yards, or two arrows each at 45 and 40 yards.

For Youths:

• Under 15, the longest distance is 50 yards.
• For Cubs, under 12, the longest distance is 30 yards.

 
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Scoring Rules

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

Please arrive at the Balboa Park Archery Range with plenty of time to register.

Paper shoots may be canceled due to heavy rain (Animal, Hunter, Field Rounds). 3D Shoot are NOT canceled because of bad weather!

If you would like to fill out the Membership Application and Waiver Form in advance, please click on the links below to print the forms. 

•  SDA Membership Application 
• SDA Waiver Form 

Turn in the forms with payment at any tournament registration or mail to:
San Diego Archers
PO Box 2205
La Mesa, CA 91943 

Don’t know your specific bow style? Check out this great chart from CBH!

???? After tallying your paper scorecard, submit your score online via a mobile phone at https://sandiegoarchers.com/scorecard

Preliminary real-time scorecard results may be posted online at https://sandiegoarchers.com/scoring