2026 Bowhunter Dust Off Winners

Open Class

  • 1st Luke Lacy (Overall Winner): 228 w/14,

- Shoot Off 54 w/2

  • 2nd Cameron Connor (Overall 3rd): 222 w/12
  • 3rd Gunner King: 222 w/11
  • 4th Cameron Freed: 220 w/10
  • 5th Dakota McKee: 218 w/8

Hunter Class

  • 1st Daniel Lemon (Overall 2nd): 228 w/14,

-Shoot Off 50 w/1

  • 2nd Eric Eskins: 216 w/10
  • 3rd Seth Benton: 184 w/4
  • 4th Colin Sparks 158 w/1

Thank You!

The 2026 Bowhunter Dust Off saw a 40% increase in archers and even more payouts! We are actively working on creating an even better archery experience for all those involved in 2027.

2027 Location & Dates Coming Soon!

2026 Payouts

Each class will payout 3 places.  

  • $300 for 1st
  • $200 for 2nd
  • $100 for 3rd

Overall championship, paying out:

  • $2000 for 1st
  • $1000 for 2nd 
  • $500 for 3rd

*Top three championship archers are only eligible for championship payouts. Class payouts will go to archers not eligible for the overall championship.

Classes, Scoring, and Rules

Shooting Classes 

  1. 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.   
  2. 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 equipment may be used in the hunter class. There will be no seperate class or yardages for traditional archers.

Scoring

  1. 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

  1. No Glue in Points.
  2. No speed limit.
  3. No restrictions on vane length.
  4. No arrow with an outside diameter larger than 0.310" (Inside diameter of 0.246" or 6mm")

Rules

  1. 20 target course, 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.
  2.  Bowhunter Equipment Only. Max ATA length 38". NO TARGET ARCHERY SETUPS.
  3. No lenses in sights of any kind.  
  4. Stabilizer front bar max length of 17.5" (including weights and quick disconnects). Only one back bar with max length of 14.5" (including weights and quick disconnects).