2018 SDA Calendar
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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.
Types Of Shoots
Novelty
Novelty shoots have various themes, with names like:
- The Iron Turkey Challenge
- The Flying Pig 3D Tournament and Fundraiser
- The King Arthur Tournament
- Sir Gordon’s Traditional Shoot
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
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 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
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 9:00am.
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.Shoot starts at 9:00am.
Entry Fee: $10 for SDA members & Active Duty Military, $15 for non-members.
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, 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 Read more...
