3D

What is a 3D Tournament?

GENERAL

1. Round is a 60-target course, shot over two days. One arrow per target. Unmarked distances.

a. Targets will have IBO-style 12 ring centered inside the 10 ring

b. Distances: Adult / Young Adult / Senior / Master - Orange Stakes - 50 yard maximum distance;

Youth / Traditional / Longbow - Blue Stakes - 40 yards maximum;

Cubs - Black Stakes 25 yard maximum distance and. PeeWee - Green Stakes - 15 yards maximum distance.

These maximum distances are absolute; no variance is permitted.

Adult & Senior Traditional and Longbow style shooters will shoot from the Blue Youth stakes.

2. Divisions: Male and Female in all NFAA age groups:
Pro, Senior Pro, Master Senior, Senior, Adult, Young Adult,Youth, Cub and PeeWee

3. Styles: Adults and Seniors shoot Freestyle, Freestyle Limited, Barebow, Bowhunter Freestyle, Bowhunter Freestyle Limited, Bowhunter, Traditional, Longbow, Freestyle Limited Recurve. Juniors shoot Freestyle, Freestyle Limited,

Barebow, and Freestyle Limited Recurve only. Master Seniors shoot Freestyle, Freestyle Limited, and Barebow only.

Pros and Senior Pros shoot Freestyle, Freestyle Limited and Freestyle Limited Recurve only.

(Juniors are under 18 years of age)

SHOOTING RULES

1. The archer must touch the shooting stake with some part of their body. Failure to do so will cause the arrow to be “no score”. The shooting stakes and shooting lanes must accommodate shots by both right- and left-handed archers of any size equally. It is legal to stand or stretch forward of the shooting stake, or to kneel at the stake. The entire kill

area of the animal must be visible, but it is permissible for other parts of the animal to be hidden by vegetation.

2. No moving targets, steel targets, or bonus/penalty shots will be included in the tournament round.

3. No archer shall advance to the target and then return to the stake and shoot for any reason, except an unsuspected pass-through.

4. Glance-off arrows do not score. Witnessed bounce-out arrows and pass-throughs will be re-shot.

5. There will be a five-minute time limit to find lost arrows. Search for lost arrows a maximum of 20 yards behind target.

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.

6. Ties will be broken with a three-target shoot-off. If still tied, then target by target until tie is broken.

7. Rangefinders of any type including cameras are not permitted. Binoculars will be permitted.

8. Scoring will be 12 center spot, 10 vital, 8 kill, 5 wound. The arrow must touch the line for higher scoring.

9. No shooting stake will be laid out where it will be dangerous for an archer or archer’s bow or any other person on the range.

10. The shooting lanes must be cleared for clean, non-interference shots for any arc of an arrow, for all archers regardless of height, but not necessarily cleared to the ground.

11. A walk lane must be cleared to the target, but not necessarily the same line as the shooting lane.

12. An arrow that strikes vegetation in front of the target is a shot arrow if the arrow path to the kill area of the target is sufficient for a good shot. However, if vegetation has fallen into the previously clear shooting lane, blocking a clear shot by anyone, the vegetation may be removed.