The Dust Off
Dust off those bows and come prepare for season! Our goal is to have a unique 3D shoot geared to better emulate modern bowhunting.
The event will be limited to a total of 144 archers that will be assigned a shoot time in one of three blocks on Saturday only. There will be 12 targets set for score, and each archer will go through the 12 target course twice, shooting from two different lines. Each archer will shoot 2 targets before scoring, for a grand total of 24 targets. There will be a maximum of four archers in each shooting group. Once the archer steps up to the shooting line they will have 30 seconds to shoot. The arrow must touch the scoring line to earn that score. “Pulling the line” does not count. Any arrow in question will be scored by the range officials and their call is final!
Location & Dates
The 1st Annual Dust Off will take place at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio.
123 Gano Rd. Wilmington, Ohio 45177
Saturday August 23rd: 9:00am-6:00pm (shoot block times will be assigned at time of registration)
Payouts
Each class will payout 3 places.
$300 for 1st
$200 for 2nd
$100 for 3rd
Every archer, regardless of class will also be shooting for the overall championship, paying out:
$2000 for 1st
$1000 for 2nd
$500 for 3rd
Classes, Scoring, and Rules
Shooting Classes
- Open Class. Any archer, male or female, shooting a bow, 16 years or older with a movable sight. This is the class for archers with sights they will move from shot to shot for yardage during the shoot. Even if the sight has multiple pins, if the archer moves the aperture for a certain yardage that archer will in the open class.
- Hunter Class. Same as open, but fixed pin sights. No limit on number of pins, but they may not be moved for yardage during the shoot.
- Traditional Class. Any archer, male or female shooting a Longbow or recurve with no sights.
Scoring
- Modified Fred Bear 12, 10, 8, -4, 0. Wounding is worse than missing. There will be a 4 point penalty for wounding an animal. (What is traditionally scored as a 5.)
Arrows
- No Glue in Points.
- No speed limit.
- No restrictions on vane length.
- No arrow with an outside diameter larger than 6mm or 0.24in.
Rules
- Known yardage, max shot of 50 yards for all classes. Yardages will be provided, and range finders are allowed to be used on the course.
- Bowhunter Equipment Only.
- No lenses in sights of any kind.
- Max stabilizer length of 15”, back and/or V-bars allowed.
- Max range will be 50 yards.