Definitions

Organized Competitive Wingshooting: Archers compete by shooting at archery wingtargets that are thrown by a target launcher in such a way as to simulate a bird in flight.

Class 1 Competition: A competition where 15-inch diameter wingtargets are used.

Class 2 Competition: A competition where 12-inch diameter wingtargets are used.

Class 3 Competition: A competition where 9-inch diameter wingtargets are used.

Class 4 Competition: A competition where 6-inch diameter wingtargets are used.

Shooting Unlimited Rounds: The archer may shoot an unlimited number of rounds in a designated competition but only the highest scored round is posted in the finals.

Fletch: Where only the arrow fletching hits the wingtarget. This counts as a miss.

Wingshooting Competitions

Impact Only ( I/O ) Competition: In this game, a round consists of 16 targets launched at the archer’s nod from the 12 yard shooting line.

A direct hit anywhere on the target is scored as a hit.

A perfect round is a score of 16.

Flu flu arrows are tipped with HTM rubber blunts for this competition.

In the case of tie scores posted by the top placing shooters in the finals, the winner is determined by the shooter with the greatest number of consistent hits in the posted round.

If this does not resolve the tie score, the winner will be determined from a shoot-off match.

SHOOT-OFF MATCH

Both archers will stand side-by-side at the shooting line (i.e. Archer A will be positioned to the left of Archer B).

Both archers will shoot at each target launched.

After a 8 target round, the archers will change positions on the shooting line (i.e. Archer A will be positioned to the right of Archer B) and shoot another 8 target round.

The archer with the highest score at the end of the match will be declared the winner.

Points hit On Target ( POT) Competition: A round consists of 16 targets, all of which are scored.

A hit in the bull’s eye of a target scores 10 points. A hit in the perimeter zone of a target scores 5 points.

Flu flu arrows are tipped with field points for this competition.

In the case of tie scores posted by the top placing shooters in the finals, the archers will go head-to-head in a shoot-off match to determine the winner.