3D Scores

[BLACK WOLF]

Post your 3D scores here.

List the shortest and longest targets.
List the targets average distance.
List how many targets.
List the scoring system.
List your style and equipment.
Score.

I just short the absolute worst 3D score I have ever shot shooting my recurve this past weekend.

The shortest distance was about a 19yrd. squirrel. The longest was a 30yrd. antelope.

Average target distance was 25yrds.

60 targets over 2 days.

Scoring 11,10,8,5,0

Shot instinctive gap and used a 69lbs. Widow with 31" 2419 arrows and 160g. points. Shot split finger while anchoring with my index finger in the corner of my mouth.

One of my rounds I shot my average of 80% than I got such a bad case of target panic I ended up missing 6 targets from jerking so bad and could never overcome it like I normally can.

I definitely have my homework cut out for me. Just when you think you are almost unstopable ;) Humility is bliss.

For 60 targets I shot a 367 out of a possible 660.

Ray ;)

[BLACK WOLF]

Dang Hank,

90%...I can only shoot that good on my good days ;)

I'm guessing there were 40 targets. Is that correct?

Sweet shootin' my friend!

Ray ;)

[Desert Archer]

The middle part of our State Police Olympics is a 28 target 3D shoot. First half was supposed to be unmarked and the second half was supposed to be marked. To speed things up they decided to have us shoot two arrows at each target. The first represented the "unmarked" and second, since we had the previous shot to go on, was more like a "marked" target. All this was scored "X", 10, 8 & 5. Possible was 280 w/28X.

I shot 224-4X which represents about 69%. This doesn't mean much as I don't think anyone else does this kind of format. Since I don't shoot 3D and was surprised I did as well as I did, thought I would post it, just as something different.

Dave

[Str8 Shooter]

I just finished shooting on my Indoor 3-D league. I posted some pics of the range a few weeks ago. Scoring was 10-8-5, distances were 7-40 yds. Hardest was the last week, whitetail at 38 yds and a racoon at app. 32.

I ended up finishing the league with a 248 average out of 320. Worst score was the first week with a 228, best was a 259 on the second to last week.
The last week was our party week and just for fun. I may have had a bit too much "aiming fluid" for accurate shooting so it's just as well we didn't shoot for score.

The interesting thing was that I finished in the top 40% out of 256 shooters and I was the only barebow shooter.

I can't wait for some 3-D shoots to start in my area. I chomping at the bit to do some outdoor competition. My shooting has really improved since last summer and I think I'm going to do much better.

Chris

[BLACK WOLF]

DA,

Isn't a 224 out of a possible 280 actually 80% instead of 69%?

That is some really good shootin'! 80 or 85% is usually what wins trad classes.

Ray ;)

[BLACK WOLF]

Chris,

I gotta feeling you are going to leave a pretty good impression on most people's minds with that kind of shooting skill.

You are going to knock 'em dead!

Ray ;)

[Desert Archer]

Ray, somone told me I shot 69% and I believed him. I don't do long division in my head (LOL).

Dave

[Bob Gordon]

Our local 3-D shoots are set about like most everybody does around here with targets out to 35 yds for the trads, many steep uphill, downhill type shots in the heavy woods. I have kept a record of my scores over the last three years as some courses are easier and some harder. We score 10, 8, 5, no scoreing of the 11 ring anywhere around here. All our shoots are 40 targets per day with most of the shoots being two day affairs with good camping, etc. Over the last three years I have kept my average of 9.2 per target with scores usually in the 365 to close to 380 range depending on the course. I usually shoot a warfer of course, 48 lbs 65" long with Sky carbon limbs. Arrows are 460 Easton redlines, 100 gn points 4" straight fletch, this combo gives me 221 fps with my 32" draw, makes a flat shooting machine for sure. I usually do about 30 3-D shoots a year....warf

[BLACK WOLF]

Bob,

You're a machine!

90%...that is my goal as far as an average.

The best I've done...ever...on a course like you described is 95%.

I average between 80 and 85%

The worst I have done was just a couple of weeks ago and it was 55%...I had a bad case of TP I just couldn't break.

Ray ;)

[Bob Gordon]

Black Wolf...Yea, the old TP can kill a score pretty fast. Years ago I shot so much indoor 20 yd Vegas rounds preparing for the big Vegas indoor shoot each year that now I still have a little TP at 20 yds! I have to tell myself when come up on a 20 yd 3-D target that it's 19 or 21 yds or the old mind goes nuts trying to let go of the string. Funny the head games we must sometimes play with ourselves to stay ahead in the archery game! TP is tough to cure but there are ways of getting around it, just have to find the path and go for it....warf

[Desert Archer]

Hank,

According to my destop calculator that's 83% of the possible. That's phenomanal barebow shooting from what I've seen. You are to be congratualted!

Dave

[Esquire]

Shot 30 targets this weekend in the mud. I'm guessing 10 to 30 yards with an average of 15-18. 5 kids around me kept me focused on safety and shooting at the same time. I shot my warf - 55 or so lbs, with Bemans ICS 400 carbons and 100 grain points.

Split finger. w/ a newly adjusted tiller and newly cut (2 inches off) arrows, so the bow was not the same, exactly, as the last time I shot.

[Let's see, what other excuses can I dream up?!]

I shot 170, scoring 10, 8, 5 and 0, and that included 3 total misses! Nothing to be especially proud of, but there it is.

[Desert Archer]

Mike, 170 out of 300 is over 50% of the possible. I don't know about the rest of the country but around here that is good shooting for "trad" and would win or place well in that class.

If you still don like it (LOL) keep in mind that it will only get better and better. Keep shooting and learning...

Dave

[Esquire]

Thanks Dave. I've only been to 3 3D shoots in my life. All in the last 2 months. I sold my compound last spring and picked up a used longbow. Somewhere along the way I got warfed.

Now I'm into the 3D shooting - meanin I love it! So far the shoots I've been to weren't keeping score, as far as I know. But I kept score using the system mentioned above, just to measure my own progress.

Since I have no idea what to expect, and no measuring stick except the expert shooters round here, it's good to get some feedback. If you say it ain't terrible I'll take your word for it, but I can tell it ain't great. I know that I am capable of improvement and will continue to aspire to a higher standard.

I have very little time to shoot these days, but Rome was not built in a day! I'll keep at it.

[Str8 Shooter]

I finally got to shoot outdoors the first time this season. Weather wasn't too bad, a bit chilly and it did snow for a few minutes :) Other than that pretty good. Shot on a 56 target course, 10-8-5 scoring, shots from 7-40+ yards.

I ended up using my recently converted Gamemaster "Deluxe". Gamemaster riser with modified Martin Aurora limbs. I spray painted the limbs black for turkey hunting out of a blind so most people just thought it was a stock bow.

I shot a 451/560 for the day. I think that put me in the top two or three. I believe the club had around 90 shooters over the weekend. I wasn't too concerned about scoring, just having a good time shooting outside. But I was pretty satisfied with how I shot. Always room for improvement, though. :shooting:

Chris

[Bowcephalus]

First 3-d shoot Enid,MS.........228..........30 tgts. 5,8,10........F U N ........

[Desert Archer]

Hank, that's 85% of the possible. Excellent shooting by anyone's standards. Well done!

Dave

[Bowcephalus]

Man! You're turning up the heat ain't you boy! That's what I like about this place........

[BLACK WOLF]

Hank...you rock!

I've never seen a score above that when they include 12's. I would have expected a max high score with 30 targets that include 12's to be more around 290. That is awesome! I would love to see you shoot some day.

Please fill us in more with details about your shooting style and what the tournament was set up like.

Thanks,

Ray ;)

[Floxter]

Shot my longbow in a 30 target club shoot this morning. Shot one of my lowest scores in recent months, 170, using IBO scoring. I normally shoot about 69-72%, which puts me right about the middle at most IBO events.

[BLACK WOLF]

Shot my first 3D in a month and I'm still stuggling with TP on occasion...even though it's not as bad as it has been.

I shot a 233 on a 29 target course scoring 12, 10, 8, 5, 0.

I shot targets ranging from 15 yrds. to 50 yrds. for score and tried a couple of 70yrd. ones from the compound stakes with the wheelie boys. It was a fun shoot so I could do that if I wanted to ;)

I was getting my elevation pretty good but would pluck or flinch them left and right.

I only made 2 real good shots that felt great concerning TP and shooting form. The rest frustrated me a little here and there.

Ray ;)

[larry]

shot an IBO qualifier today, first 3-D of the year. shot in the TH or whatever they call it now. 25yds maximum with most targets between 25-17yrds. 30 targets, 11-10-8-5. got a little tired toward the end and it showed in my shooting. shot a 251, coulda done a little better, but I'm pleased with that.

larry

[BLACK WOLF]

Hank,

Way to go bud...better bow control and a good gap system??? It looks like you already have it pretty much mastered based on your percentages you get with your scores...or...are you not going to be happy until you shoot a perfect score? ;)

Are you wanting to develop a better gap system for longer targets?

I don't start consciously think about gaps until the targets are about 60yrds. or more. I than begin to shoot more consciously and even point of aim or split vision when the targets are close between 80 and 100 yrds. or more.

My point on is at about 100 yrds. with my 60 lbs. DAS shooting 580 g. arrows.

Have you found out what your point on is?

Ray ;)

[BLACK WOLF]

larry,

Good shootin'! I also would be pleased with shooting close to an 85%.

I base the percentages on the 10 score. The 12's and 11's are just bonuses to me which only add a few points for a typical 3D shoot, because I only get a few anyways, which is no where near to what some of those compound shooters get ;)

If I shoot anywhere between 85% and 90% in reguards to the 10 score I'm really happy ;)

Now, if I shot above 100% like Hank did, well you just might as well pinch me or hold me down, because I would be either dreamin' or so ecstatic you would think I was having a seizure ;)

Ray ;)

[Desert Archer]

...I will be placing the tip of the arrow exactly where I think it should go.

I don't mean to be a pain about this Hank, but what you describe above is not "gap shooting". What you describe is "point of aim". I know because that is the way I aim/shoot.

Point of aim is done at the target. Gap is done at the riser and fits in more with Howard Hill's split vision system or a kind of sight picture approach.

Just want to clairify our terminology so others know what we are talking about.

Dave

[swampy]

We had our 2nd 3D yesterday at our club and countin me we had a wopping 11 shooters.The weather was great maybe 2 good as everybody musta been doin yard work or somethin besides flingin arrows....Oh well on a plus note my best score to date had been a 250 shot at our club......yesterday I posted a new personal best of 266 outta 300

[BLACK WOLF]

DA,

Your not being a pain, but I think you are mis-interpreting Hank's style of shooting.

I believe he is talking about finding out what his point on distance is with that quote.

Based on his previous descriptions of his style, it would seem he is gap shooting to a degree and not using point of aim as his main method.

Ray ;)

[BLACK WOLF]

Way to go Swampy!

Ray ;)

[swampy]

Thanks BW I had a feeling I,d score well based on what my practice has been showin me. To top it off I had some brain farts to which means I coulda done better.
I had a surprize release on 1 target that I was lucky to hit at all.Not sure what happend,musta just not been payin attention as I was almost drawn when I felt it slippin from my fingers about punched myself in the face.I normally do have a pretty good grip on the string just not that time.

[String Tracker]

couple weekends ago I shot a 165 out of 360. scores were 12,10,8,5. this was the first time I took My new Lord Mercury out to a 3-D. since there are only a small handful that Ive seen of Trad's at this club I have taken 1st twice and 3rd oncethis year. and only been out 3 times.

[swampy]

Cool string tracker,Just remember that score after hanging out here for a yr and see what happens LOL I was postin scores like that what seems like not that long ago. Sure is FUN aint it

[String Tracker]

well last couple times I have gone I went with My 56" 45/50 Bear Black Panther. I scored 130's in Jan and then 160 even in March. so there is improvement there then to top it off I got a new bow... and still improved. not bad for first time with the new bow improving by 5 points.

[String Tracker]

ok Im getting consistant apparently.... today I shot a 162 today. today was part 2 of 2 day tournament. didnt know this but oh well. I was the ONLY traditionalist from both days. so I guess I will be getting a little trophy next time I go up there. WOOHOO for Me. :D



String Tracker

[Desert Archer]

Many times I've been the only person at the events I attend without a sight on my bow. I just keep at it and try to better my highest score.

Good luck and keep shooting!
Dave

[String Tracker]

but you know.... sometimes I wished I had some others in My class to shoot against. I dont mind taking 1st all the time but I'd like to get some competition. luckly I shot against a wheelie bow guy but he owns a archery shop nearby. he was very unlike most compound boys. he and I talked alot about differances between the two types of archery.

[BLACK WOLF]

That's awesome Hank...keep up the good work!

Ray ;)

[Esquire]

Shot my 4th course ever. 30 critters - scored 10 for a hit outside the kill and 20 for any kill. I scored 390. Dropped 2 or maybe even 3 and hit too many 10's. Pretty weak but better than my last, even weaker score. The good thing about it is that I have room for dramatic improvement, while some of you will have to really work to improve a couple of points!!:)

[BLACK WOLF]

Mike,

Ain't that the truth..LOL

How did the rest of the family do?

Ray ;)

[Esquire]

I was alone on this one. Well, not alone - just not with my family. Camp Cook and TB4U were keeping me company.

[String Tracker]

well went to 3D today. took My 13yo and My 9yo. they put My older one in Trad class with Me and other in Eagle Class. I shot an amazing 216 My boy shot a 161 and younest shot a 135. even had couple other trad guys come out. I got 2nd place and boy for 4th. then no other kids shot today so My younger one got 1st. was a great day of shooting. even though I busted 2 arrows and lost a 3rd
:shooting:

[gagge]

what rules do you have on your 3D tours in US?
On our bowhunting tour here in Sweden we have the rules that if you hit the vital area you got 10 points and if hit anything else.. you got -1

[BLACK WOLF]

Most are set-up with either 12, 10, 8, 5, 0 or 11, 10, 8, 5, 0.

Ray ;)

[stalker]

Well it was a local shoot,in NY.
28 targets.
10,8,5 scoring.
closest 18.
furthest 48.
Avg.25
I shot from the compound steaks.
I shoot a Archery Traditions Patriot T/D, I shoot off the shelf,58# @ 28",I draw 29" I shoot carbon 460gr. arrow.
I shot a 236 out of 280.

Stalker

:shooting:

[swampy]

Finally made it to another 3D shoot,ofcourse it was at our club so I had to work it LOL anyway I shot a 252 out of 300.I don,t think there was anything beyond 30 yrds and some of the small targets like the wolverine were in the 10-12 yrd range.I didn,t actually check any yradage so I don,t know what they were set at.

Nice shootin stalker,I didn,t have any 40+ shots from were I shot at

[BowMasta]

i got a 177 at my first last weekend in youth traditional. 1st place...

[thisbucks4u]

Awesome Job Bowmasta!!!!! Keep up the good work little buddy!!!!!!

[swampy]

"Awesome Job Bowmasta!!!!!"
Ditto!! Welcome aboard by the way :cheers: Lots to learn here for sure,many top shooters visit and offer top notch advise.

[R H Clark]

I just shot at the Howard Hill South Eastern Classic in Alabama. I've been shooting a recurve 15 months and my Dalaa a month. There were over 500 trad shooters,not sure how many in recurve class. The rules are no sights,no elevated rests,no stabilizers.one finger must touch the nock.

The classes were divided into mens and womens. Recurve any arrow material.Longbow any arrow material and selfbow wood arrows only.

The targets were an average of 20 yds. a few 30 yds. one 40 yds. a lot of shots through trees. One under a log 3 feet off the ground target 6 feet further back. 25 targets scored 12-10-8-and 5 outside rings 0 miss.

The tournment was a multi round one or two day turn best score each day.A seperate tournment for thoes shooting only one day.

My best scores were 239 first day. 231 second day. 470 combined tied for third. I lost the shoot off by an inch and cried a little on the trip home.:waaah:

[Warped Arrow]

Sunday I went to my first 3-D shoot. I got to tell you, it was a humbling experiance!!! My final score was a whopping 126! I thought I would do better, much better.

I am spot on at 20 yards, but that is on even flat terrain. Those uphill and down hill shots are killers!! I got a total of seven (yes seven) zeros, lost 3 arrows, and broke one!!!

Now bear in mind that I am shooting the Traditional stakes, nothing past 25 yards. I dont use sights, and dont really gap. I just sorta point and shoot when it feels right. I was using a PSE Imala 40#, with wood arrows and a Flipper rest.

In the end I had a great, although sobering time. I cant wait till my next one!! Hopefully I will do a bit better. I want to beat that 200 mark!!

[Warped Arrow]

BTW.....Whats the average for a Trad. shooter??

[rhust]

I would say that if you are averaging all 8's that is pretty good. If you want to win most of the big shoots, you need to be averaging all 9's.