Archery

Greetings from Lord Godric of Hamtun, Captain General of Archers for the East Kingdom and Marshal in Charge for target archery at Pennsic 41,

The archery range is located southwest of the Main Battlefield beyond Oversized Parking.

Because the range is not visible from the main campground areas, we will fly a flag from a flag pole at the top of Mount Aislin to indicate when the range is open. There will be regular bus service to the range.

Inspections

All archers wishing to shoot at Pennsic 41 must bring their equipment to the archery range and have it inspected before they will be allowed to shoot. This means that if there are five people using the same set-up equipment, each archer must be inspected with that equipment. Archers and their equipment need only to be inspected once during the War.

Activities

The Populace War Point shoot (see description) will take place daily from Sunday, August 5 through Friday, August 10, with a break for the Archery Champions shoot on Wednesday, August 8. If enough time is left in the day, the range will reopen for practice on Wednesday if there is a marshal willing to run a line.

Other archery activities will include: open practice, coaching, and instruction, novelty shoots, archery-related classes, and youth archery practice and competitions.

The full schedule of range hours will be posted in the Archery Marshals' tent, along with a list of classes and novelty shoots.

St. Sebastian shoot

Last Pennsic, the Kingdom of Atlantia put on an all-day Novelty shoot with 14 challenging shoots for archers of all skill levels. Atlantia has graciously consented to run the shoot again, with prizes in many different categories. The Shoot will be on Saturday August 4th, from 10 am - 5 pm, Come out and spend the day at the archery range and test your skill at this grand and glorious event!

Novelty Shoots

A range will be set aside for novelty shoots, with various shoots scheduled throughout the week. Check the Archery Marshals' tent for the schedule.

If you have a novelty shoot that you would like to run, please come to the Archery Marshals' tent to organize a day and time for it.

Youth Archery

There will be a "Family Range" set up with child-friendly targets. This range is for younger archers to practice. For the War Point Shoots, children and adults will shoot at the same War Point ranges.

On Sunday August 5th from 4:00-6:00 pm there will be a Pennsic Archery Championship Tourney for youths from 2-17.

Schedule
Sunday, July 29 and Monday, July 30	Range Set-up starts at 11am on Sunday (if necessary, continues on Monday at 11am)
Tuesday, July 31 to Friday, August 3	The range will not be officially staffed, but "Bring Your Marshal" will be in effect: A range will be open if there is a Warranted Target Archery Marshal willing to run the line at a range.
Saturday, August 4	10 am – 5 pm	Saint Sebastian Novelty Shoot, sponsored by the Kingdom of Atlantia
Saturday, August 4	5 – 7 pm	Archery Champions Practice
Sunday, August 5	9 am – 11 am	Open War Point Practice
	11 am – 5 pm	Populace War Point
	4 – 6 pm	Youth Archery Championship Tourney
	5 pm – 6 pm	Archery Marshals Meeting
	6 – 7:30 pm	Archery Champions Practice
Monday, August 6	9 am – 11 am	Open War Point Practice
	11 am – 5 pm	Populace War Point
	5 – 7 pm	Archery Champions Practice
Tuesday, August 9th	9 am – 11 am	Open War Point Practice
	11 am – 5 pm	Populace War Point
	5pm - ?	Range Closed, Archery Champions shoot set up All Archery Champions are encouraged to come and assist in setting up the ranges for Wednesday�s shoot
Wednesday, August 11th	9 am – 5 pm	Archery Champions Shoot Range closed for public shooting; all are welcome to come and watch and cheer for your champions!
Thursday, August 12th	9 am – 11 am	Open War Point Practice
Thursday, August 12th	11 am – 5 pm	Populace War Point
Friday, August 13th	9 am – 11 am	Open War Point Practice
	11 am – 3 pm	Populace War Point
	3pm – ?	Archery Range break down Many hands make light work – all archers are encourage tolend a hand putting the range to bed for another year.

Archery War Points

The Pennsic Archery Champions Competition will be worth 1 War Point

Mass Populace Archery Shoot

The Mass Populace Archery Shoot will be worth 9 War Points, three for each shoot: Castle Window Shoot, Castle Clout Shoot, Soldier Shoot.

Archers may shoot the Clout, Castle Window and the Soldier Shoots once each day (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday)

Each day we will tally the scores and determine which side won the shoots for that day.
At the end of the week, the side that wins each shoot best 3 out of 5 will win that shoot's 3 War Points.
So it is very important for each side to encourage all of their archers to come out and shoot every day!

1. Castle Clout Shoot

The target is a simulated castle turret. Archers will be shooting at 100 yards into a circle of approximately 30 feet in diameter. Inside the circle will be 5 figures defending the castle.

This is an untimed shoot and the archers archers are allowed six arrows/bolts.

Scoring:

3 points for each arrow landing inside the castle wall, on the top of the front wall, or in the back wall.
4 points for scoring a hit on one of the defenders inside the castle.

For those archers with lighter weight bows or for that matter, archers that do not feel they can shoot 100 yards, there will be a Moat Monster located at approximately 50 yards. Scoring for the Moat Monster is as follows:

1 point for inside the Moat.
2 points for striking the Moat Monster.

2. Castle Window Shoot

This will be a 30-second timed shoot at a castle window located between 25 and 30 yards. The archers will have 30 seconds to safely shoot as many arrows/bolts as they can.

Scoring:

1 point for each arrow/bolt that lands inside the castle window
2 point for each arrow/bolt that lands inside the silhouette inside castle window

3. Soldier Shoot

The archers will shoot 6 arrows/bolts untimed Viking Raiding ships that are closing in to invade. These targets will be set up at approximately 10 yards, 35 yards, 45 yards and 55 yards.

Any arrow or bolts hitting a ship will score as follows:

1 point for a scoring arrow/bolt at the 10 yard target
2 points for a scoring arrow/bolt at the 35 yard target
3 points for a scoring arrow/bolt at the 45 yard target
4 points for a scoring arrow/bolt at the 55 yard target

Scoring arrows/bolt will be counted as any arrow or bolt hitting any part of the Viking ship.

Archery Equipment Standards

Bows
1. No compound bows are allowed.
2. Adjustable or fixed sights may not be attached to straight bows or recurves.
  1. Marks on limbs are allowed.
3. There are no draw weight limits for target archery bows.
4. No modern spring/flipper rests or plunger buttons are allowed.
  1. Wire rests are not allowed.
  2. Simple one-piece plastic attachable rests are allowed.
  3. Plastic or nylon bristle rests are allowed.
5. Bow straps are allowed.
6. No stabilizers, clickers, or modern string release devices are allowed.
7. Bows with cut out risers (i.e.: those you can see through from the side) must have the openings covered so as to present a solid surface and an appearance more in keeping with medieval archery.
Crossbows
1. No center-shot or split-prod styles are allowed.
2. No compound prods or break-cocking styles are allowed.
3. Ballistas of any kind are not allowed.
4. Rear peep sights may be attached, but front sights are not allowed.
5. Limb coverings are not required.
6. Slings may be attached to the bow, but may not be used as an aid in shooting.
7. Stocks made out of any material other than wood must have filled or covered any openings that you can see through in profile (so as to appear more period).
Strings
1. All strings must be appropriate for the bow type and weight.
2. Strings may not be constructed of material prone to failure, such as natural sinew or gut.
  1. Linen, silk and artificial sinew strings are acceptable, as long as they are constructed properly.
  2. Strings that have become knotted or those that have been repaired by knotting strands together shall not be used. This rule does not forbid those string designs that incorporate knots in their original design.
3. A nocking point may be attached to the string.
  1. Both metal and tied-on nocking points are acceptable.
  2. A single nocking point is allowed. The nocking point may consist of one or two locators, which may be of any type.
  3. The locators may not extend above or below the arrow nock in such a way as to allow them to be used as sighting mechanisms.
4. String silencers may be used.
5. It is strongly recommended that the ends of the string be served, and that a serving cover the nocking area of the string.
  1. It should be noted that Japanese and Flemish style strings, which are rarely served at the ends, are acceptable.
6. Peep sights mounted on the string are not allowed.
Arrows & Bolts
1. All shafts shall be of natural wood.
2. No broadheads or tips that cause excessive damage to targets shall be used.
3. Fletching
  1. Arrows shall be fletched with natural feathers.
  2. Bolts may be fletched with any period material.
4. Nocks
  1. Nocks for arrows may be of any material.
5. End caps, rings, or wrapping are not required for crossbow bolts.
Miscellaneous Equipment
1. Any type of quiver may be used, with the exception of those that attach to the bow.
2. It is strongly recommended that an armguard or bracer be worn.
3. A glove or finger tab may be used.
4. All equipment should adhere to the spirit of medieval archery.

EXCEPTIONS!

Exceptions to these rules may be granted by either the Captain General of the East Kingdom or the Archer General of the Midrealm.