San Diego Archers

Unmarked 3D Round
The San Diego Archers
Will host the 3D Round
This Sunday, January 7, 2018
At the Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range

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

The 3D Round includes:
28 3D targets
1 Arrows per Target
Maximum Score: 280
No Rangefinders allowed

A wide range of high-quality Rhinehart and Mackenzie targets are set in various hunting scenarios. Only one arrow per target is allowed unless mulligans have been purchased. A maximum of two mulligans and one or two doe tags may be purchased at registration for an additional $1 each.

As an unmarked shoot, you have to estimate the distance to the target yourself without the assistance of a rangefinder. This is a difficult and challenging aspect of these shoots, so don’t let your shooting partners know what you think the distance is!

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Scoring: 10-8-5
Maximum Score: 280

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. If you use a mulligan, your score is determined by that second arrow, even if you score worse than the first arrow.

You may use the second mulligan on the same target. Your score is determined by the last arrow shot.

There will be 1 or 2 buck-doe spreads in the field, where the doe placed between the buck and the archer. If you hit the doe and do not have a doe tag, you score -5 on the target. If you have a doe tag, you score zero. You cannot use a mulligan if you hit the doe, whether or not you have a doe tag.

If you hit the buck or miss completely, you may use a mulligan and your score is determined from that second arrow.

 For Youths:

• For 15 years and older, the longest distance is 50 yards.

• For Youths (12-14 yo), the longest distance is 40 yards.

• For Cubs (11 yo & under), the longest distance is 25 yards.

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 is 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!

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:

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.

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...