Archery

900 Round:

• Open
• Senior Open (over 50 years old)
• Bowhunter Unlimited
• Senior Bowhunter Unlimited(over 50 years old)
• Traditional

Known 3D Animal:

• Open Known 45
• Senior Open Known 45 (over 50 years old)
• Bowhunter Unlimited Known 40
• Senior Bowhunter Unlimited Known 40(over 50 years old)
• Traditional Known 30

All participants must pick up their pre-paid participation credentials at the host hotel prior to participation.  This must be done in person.  It can be done anytime prior to your event.  Please bring identifying documents to verify you are a first responder. (Dept ID Card, Payroll stub with Drivers License etc…   A Badge will not qualify as an identifying document)   The credential office is open from 7 am til 5pm from June 3rd til June 15th. It is also open June 2nd after 12:00 noon til 5pm. There may be an additional fee for participants that do not purchase their credentials before May 25th.  

Participants will not be allowed to participate without proper credentials on their person at the time of event.   No other person except the registered participant may pick up their credentials, please don’t ask – no exceptions – get your own credentials!!

Host Hotel

Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center

4431 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens 33410

• Bows are restricted to no more than 280 ft/sec arrow speed (3% variance will be allowed).Binoculars and range finders are allowed and encouraged.

  No Crossbows allowed.

  The projection of a light or reference point while shooting, either directly or by reflection, onto a target is prohibited. This prohibition includes lighted nocks which may be used but which must go dark prior to the next shooter assuming the stake. Anyone in violation of this prohibition will receive a score of zero for that round.

  Shooting rules for 3D events follow the ASA guidelines.

  Shooting rules for 900 Target round follow FAA Guidelines.

These are the allowable shooting style clarifications

The following equipment / accessories are prohibited in all classes: (1) broadheads or any other point or tip not intended for target use; (2) retaining mechanisms which allow the bow to be mechanically held in the drawn position; (3) laser sights or devices; (4) devices or any outside agency (including stabilizer bar or prop stick) that allows the mass weight of the bow to be relieved from either arm while shooting or that allows for steadying the bow with any part of the body other than the bow hand.

Open Class Equipment Rules:
May use any compound or recurve bow, sight, release, stabilizer or equipment unless specifically prohibited in any other part of these rules or by a ruling of the Competition Committee. We reserves the right to review any equipment / accessories and determine its suitability for competition.

Bowhunter Classes Equipment Rules:
Sights – fixed pins, no pin limit. Movable sights may be used, but must be locked down into a fixed position that will be verified by the group prior to competing. Clarifiers or verifiers in the peep are not considered magnification and are permitted.
Stabilizers – A front stabilizer or a system including quick releases, enhancers and/or weights may be used, but may not exceed twelve inches (12”) in total length from the tip of the stabilizer (or system) to the point of attachment on the front of the riser provided by the manufacturer.  A rear stabilizer or a back bar system (V-bar) may be used with no restriction on bar length.

Releases – Handheld releases are allowed in this class

Traditional Class Equipment Rules:
Bow must be either recurve or longbow without wheels or cams.  No release aid, no sights, no stabilizer, no overdraws, no draw checks, must have one finger touching the arrow nock, and must use one consistent anchor point.  No marks on the sight window, string, or bow to use as an aiming or judging reference. All arrows must be identical in size, weight and construction

Event Coordinator:  The Event Coordinator will supervise all facets of this event.

A Protest Committee consisting of the event coordinator, and a member of the executive staff shall be assembled on matters regarding protests.  The decision rendered by this committee is final.

TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS: Tournament officials reserve the right to disqualify anyone for any reason deemed appropriate and are the final authority in all matters concerning the tournament.

Competition will be held over 2 days, one day for each event – 3D and 900 Round. A briefing will be held prior to the events reviewing and clarifying the rules and regulations.

The Target, or 900 Round, will be shot using NFAA/IFAA guidelines. The 900 Round consists of shooting 30 arrows each at 60, 50 and 40 yards, using the standard 122-cm FITA face. The targets are divided into 5 concentric color zones arranged from the center outward as follows: Yellow (Gold), Red, Blue, Black and White.

There will be a minimum of 3 shooters assigned to each target. Each target group shall select a captain and 2 scorers, for double scoring. Both Scorekeepers and the shooter must sign each of the scorecards.

Binoculars or Spotting scopes may be used on the line.

There are 5 ends at each of the 3 distances. An End consists of 6 consecutive arrows shot within a maximum allowed time of 5 minutes. A signal will be given to start and finish each end. There is no score for arrows shot before or after the signals.

An Archer shall stand so that he has one foot on each side of the shooting line.

There will be 2 practice ends, only from the longest distance, at the beginning of the tournament.

If an archer shoots more than six arrows in one end, only the lowest six shall score.

In the case of equipment failure, an archer is entitled to 15 minutes of repair time and one end to sight in. Only 1 equipment failure per round per archer is allowed.

Scoring: inner gold – 10, outer gold – 9, inner red – 8, outer red – 7, inner blue – 6, outer blue – 5, inner black – 4, outer black – 3, inner white – 2, and outer white – 1. Perfect score is (3 distances) x (30 arrows/distance) x (10) = 900. Ties will be broken by X counts.

Neither the arrows nor the target face shall be touched until all arrows on that target have been recorded.

An arrow shaft need only touch the line to be counted as the higher value.

An arrow that has passed through the scoring face, which is not visible from the front, but still in the target, must be scored by a Field Official. Arrows that pass completely through the target, if witnessed, shall be reshot.

An arrow that rebounds from the scoring face, if witnessed, shall be reshot.

Hits on the wrong target score as a miss.

3D:

Amended ASA rules apply as follows.
1. Binoculars and Range Finders will be allowed and encouraged.
2. Two rounds of 20 targets each. One arrow shot per target. Known distances. Competitors are responsible for confirming distance using their personal range finders. Shooting lanes must be cleared to allow unobstructed arrow flight to the kill zone of the target.
3. Scoring: 12 (low offset ASA), 10 vitals, 8 Kill, and 5 wound. An arrow shaft need only touch the line to be counted in the area of next higher value.
4. Ties will be broken using the total number of 12’s shot. If still tied, then sudden death by target shoot will be used.

5. All distances are known.  Maximum distances are as follows:

Open and Senior Open Classes – 45 yards

Bowhunter Unlimited and Senior Bowhunter Unlimited – 40 yards

Traditional – 30 yards

1) You must touch the shooting stake with some part of your body. Failure to do so will cause said arrow to be “no score”.
2) No archer shall advance to the target and then return to the stake and shoot for any reason.
3) A witnessed pass through or bounce out will be re-shot.
4) An archer leaving the range for any reason other than equipment failure may be privileged to return to his/her group and complete unfinished round or rounds. Missed targets may not be made up.
5) In the case of equipment failure verified by the target captain, the archer will have 45 minutes for equipment repair or replacement; then, at the end of the round, in the presence of a tournament official, said archer shall be allowed to shoot the targets missed. This occurrence of equipment failure relates only to the bow or sight and may not happen more than once during each tournament-day.
6) Any archer who shoots an arrow at the target, for any reason, in excess of the prescribed number, shall lose their score for that target. Should this situation happen twice, the archer may be disqualified.
7) A dropped arrow may be re-shot. A dropped arrow is one which falls while being transferred from the quiver to be nocked on the string or in preparation for a shot or which falls from the string during a ‘controlled” letdown.
8) There will be no practicing on the range nor will any participant be allowed on the range either prior to or following the day’s competition.
9) There will be a five-minute time limit to find lost arrows. Enough arrows should be carried to allow a competitor to finish the round. If it becomes necessary to leave the range to obtain more arrows, the targets missed may not be made up. Archers will not delay following groups searching for arrows.
10) If there is a dispute that cannot be settled at the target, or place of incident, and a range official is not available, mark the scorecard and target number and consult a tournament official before you turn in your scorecard. Once a score card is turned in, it cannot be changed.