Competition Course at Swain Rules $10.00 

Hours: 8am-5pm Saturday, 8am-11am Sunday. Shootoff 5:30pm Saturday, 11:30 am Sunday.

Pro class will shoot from the red stake. Hunter class will shoot from the orange stake. Traditional class will shoot from the blue stake. Shooters may not use range finders.

Pro Class – All shooters qualify for this class. Shooters may use range finders. This class is for the best of the best. 

Hunter Class – Fixed pins must be used, crosshairs or circle style pins without lens or magnification. If circle style pins are used, all circles must be the same size. Sights may not be adjusted after entering the course. Stabilizers may not be more than 12 inches long. 

Traditional Class – Longbows, recurves, flat-bows, self-bows, are allowed in this class. Take downs are allowed. Any arrow material may be used. No sights or pins may be used. No elevated rest. All arrows must be shot from the shelf. 

Misc. Rules and scoring

Shooting Stakes – Pro class will shoot from the red stake. Hunter class will shoot from the orange stake. Traditional class will shoot from the blue stake. Shooters must touch the stake with their front foot. 

Scoring – Scoring will be 11 for the center circle, 10 for the next ring out, 8 for the outer ring. A miss is scored as a 0. Hits anywhere outside the kill zone are classified as wounding the animal, and are scored as a (-5). 

Competition and awards – To make it to the finals a shooter must score in the top four of any given class. If a tie occurs we will use the total score of five targets which we feel are some of the more challenging targets. If a tie is still present we will count the number of elevens. Any ties after that will be settled by a sudden death shoot off. Scorecards must be turned in at 4:30 on Saturday and Sunday at 11:00. The shootout is on 5:30 on Saturday and 11:30 on Sunday. The shootout consists of three targets at different ranges. Meet at the T-Shirt booth for the shootouts.