Your chance to shine (3D/Target Resume')
 

I'm just beginning to get into 3D. I shot 2 tournaments (both indoor) after the '05 season....improving from one to the other....but not placing in the top 10 in either.

After the '06 season.....I shot 3 (indoors)....and 1 outdoors, last Fall. Indoors (and in my home shop) I managed to win one of them.My first outdoor tournament....I think I finished 19th.

I shot my first outdoor of this year on Saturday....and managed a 3rd place finish after a REALLY shakey start. I have 2-3 more tournaments on the radar in the next week.

BUT.....these are all local club shoots. I KNOW we have some guys here who've won local, state, regional and national titles.

Tell us what you've done in this "sport"!

And.....Has it improved your bowhunting skills.....as far as confidence in your shooting?

EDIT: Amended to include Target Competitions

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Short but sweet.. I'vbe never shot one and recently realized that neither sight I haveis legal for 3D!

1 (HHA)has a move-able single pin and my new one (Copper John)has 6 pins. Geez..Guess I never will shoot in one. Too many regulations!


Edit to include Target. Local Shop League shoots 5 days a week including 2 sessions per night ..estimate 140 shooters

1st year shooting ..Won 3rd place Hunter C class 2003
3rd year shooting ..Won 1st place Hunter B Class2005

This is Vegas 600 round

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Just cheat like everyone else does.[:-] ;)

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I’m a back yard 3-D champion. Still undefeated against my 6 yr old neighbor.:D[8D]

I shot one indoor 3D with my longbow last spring. I broke several arrows (I was shooting woods) but was still able to finish the event…barely. :eek:

We start up again at the end of the month and I plan to shoot the full league (this time with some more durable arrows).;)

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Rybo.....When I was starting my round, Saturday....there was a group of guys going BACK out (from a different stake) to compete with trad gear. THAT looked a heckuva lot more fun than what I was getting ready to do (less competitive I would assume.....until you get to a certain level).

I may do that, Saturday.;)

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My first season shooting competitively was in 2005, shot in probably 10 local events. After my first 5 shoots or so, I ended up in the top 1-3 places on a consistent basis. Wrapped the season up at a VERY large regional event that draws 300+ shooters every year (Tupper Lake Mountain Challenge) and shot against most of the best in the Northeast and Canada and ended up only dropping 5 arrows on a 60 target course (590/600) with something ridiculous like 30X's (x's scored only for tie breakers), but still only took 5th place with that score. Had we been counting 11's or 12's for X's, I would have likely placed, I had the highest X count there.

Second season (2006) I didn't shoot until July, was working with a coach and I elected not to shoot at anything for 3+ months so that I could focus on rebuilding my shot execution. Started shooting again in July 06' after missing the first part of our local league, and won literally every hunter class event I shot in that year except for1 (Dan/Jawshooter got me). Included in that win streak wasthe ASA NY State Championship in hunter class (my coach ended up in 2nd [8D]) which was also my first timeshooting the ASA scoring system. I also cleaned my first 3D course on all 10 rings that summer. I held an average of 310-318ish that summer with IBO scoring as center 11's on a 30 target course.

My first time trying, in 2006 I also managed to place4th in our state FITA championship (outdoor spot shooting to 90 meters). I also shot my first 550+ score in field archery in 06', ended up with a 552 on the hunter target face.







After 3D season ended in 06' I started training hard for indoors, and was shooting some really good games (444-449) and honestly just burned out a bit. When hunting season started I stopped seeing the coach, and stopped shooting a target rig, and focused only on hunting. Didn't get back into it really until probably the following February, started seeing the coach again and working on the basics to try and get back to where I was.

Threw a borrowed bow together with less than a week notice and sighted it in and went to Harrisburg for the Eastern Sportsmans Show without looking at or shooting any foam for 6 months, and managed to take 3rd place in February 07' in the hunter class. Not tremendously tough competition there, but it's a tough course and something you can't really prepare for, and the huge crowd watching will test anyones nerves. Add in the fact that I was really rusty and competing against a bunch of guys that were all halfway through an outdoor 3D league, and I was pleased with at least placing. Pics below of the shooting line and crowd, along with me and my cool moose trophy.





Went on to shoot the 07' season and won all but 1 event locally (12+ shoots) in the Open class while using a MBR (pins/long stabilizer) class rig. I was the only one in the class shooting without an adjustable target sight, which is a major disadvantage from the long stakes. Didn't shoot any large events other than the New York Bowhunters Rendezvous (very large local/regional event that draws guys from around the state) and managed to take 1st place in the open class, I was also shooting a MBR setup here as well against the full blown open class guys.

I've made a commitment to really give it a good effort in 08 for 3D. This last weekend I shot for the first time in our indoor 3D league, I'll be back in Harrisburg again shooting MBR class at the sportsmans show,will be competing in the IBO Northeast Indoor 3D Championships in Springfield, MA in February (should qualify for worlds there), will shoot an entire list of local shoots all summer long, and then will end up in Ellicotville, NY for the IBO Worlds in August. Worlds are now only about 4 hours from me, a very easy drive, and I'm going to really work my butt off to get there in good shape both mentally and shooting wise.

Last yearI actually beat a guy on a few occasions locally that has 3 top 10 finishes at the IBO Triple Crown in MBR class between 2006/2007.If I can bring that kind of game to Worlds this year and just shoot to the best of my ability I'll be happy with wherever the cards fall.

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Wow that's a tough one to follow.

This is honestly my first year competing in anything.


I shot one spot tournament a few weeks ago and took 5th place.


THroughout our indoor league at the shop, I've placed in the top 5 almost every week, and I won my first shoot last week. It was my first tournament with the new Ross 337 Comp. I'm REALLY liking this bow right now, it seems to just "fit" me. Although I'll be taking both of my bows when I go to Jeff's, the 337 is what I'll be shooting with hopefully.

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Matt Miller......That's impressive. Kudos. VERY impressive.;)

Matt/TN.....looking forward to the weekend. I wanna see some of this good shootin!

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Wow our names are pretty close...


Matt Miller....Matt Millard [:-]

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Have shot comp since the mid 80's.Won or placedin many local shoots.Got out of it for some time(10+YEARS my job)Got back into the IBO last year,placed 9th over allin the Michtriple crown and plan on being in the top 5 this year.

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Good shooting! What leg of the triple crown and what class were you in?

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HC GOING TO ADV THIS YEAR. It was the Mich Triple Crown.May shoot the national this year.All depends if my partner wants to.COST!!!!

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3D / Hunter Class 2005
· 1st place 2005 Harrisburg, PA Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show Indoor 3D challenge
· 1st place 2005 ASA National Pro/Am tour Harrisburg , PA
· 1st place 2005 Pennsylvania IBO State Championships
·1st place 2005 Maryland IBO State Championships
· 3rd place 2005 IBO 2nd Leg of the National Championship Triple Crown, McKean, PA (The only leg I shot)
· 2nd place 2005 Pennsylvania ASA State Championships
· 3rd place 2005 overall IBO World Championships (9th in the Finals, shot the only 5 I shot all year long [:@])
· 1st Place Penn Dutch (Central PA ) Winter 3D league MBR class overall
3D / MBR Class 2006
· 13th place 2006 IBO 2nd leg of the National Championship Triple Crown, McKean, PA (First ever MBR National shoot and was leading through 20 targets)
· 1st place 2006 Maryland IBO State Championships
· 1st place 2006 Penn Dutch (Central PA) Winter 3D league MBR Class overall
3D / MBR Class 2007
· 1st place 2007 Penn Dutch (Central PA) Winter 3D league MBR Class overall

I have only been shooting 3D competitively since 2005, and didn't shoot much in 06 and 07' I'm back and in it to win it for 2008 after skipping all the big events in 07'.
I'm hoping this "resume" will be twice as long when 08 is over.;)

I didn't include the 2nd place to 36th place 8 target implosion at IBO Worlds in 06' in MBR. :(and I've probably won 6-8 "Money" team events in the last 3 yrs plus a bunch of local stuff.
I qualified the last 2 yrs for the finals at the Harrisburg Sport Show in MBR but couldn't make the final in 06 because I was sick and didn't turn in my card in 07 because I knew ahead of time I couldn't make the final. Hope to meet some fellow HNI'rs in the finals this year. :)
Been shooting very well so far 5 shoots into the year and hope to keep ramping up to the big stuff.......We'll see how things shake out 40 rounds of 3D from now at the end of August.

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Some impressive stuff guys.

My resume'.

I beat Justin at Technohunt. [8D][8D][8D]

Back in college I took a first place in the women's '3-D' archery. (this was back when 3-D was really a burlap target on a bunch of haybales scattered all around the woods) What was cool (to me)is that I came in fourth place out of all the shooters. (about 125-130 shooters)(There was just one stake.)

I was shooting a JVA Astro bow, $125.00 fully rigged with a cobra sight, huntmaster rest and a calf-hairglove. 160 fps. I still have that bow. :D

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My resume isn't nearly as impressive as the Matts but I have done a little.I have shot some national events but I I'll be the first to admit it was before I was ready for it.I did win quite a bit of money in the team shoots in the ASA but when you have 5 guys on the same team and discussing yardage,it takes some of the pressure off and you can just relax and shoot.You also get to throw out 1 bad arrow out of the group so that helps too.:D


I have managed to win many shoots locally and semi locally.2 come to mind that I am proud of.I won an ASA Ky state qualifier against some tough competitors and I won a warm up shoot for Bedford at a local club that was TOUGH and I really blew away the field.To this day people remember me for that shoot.That was about the same time I had met a level 4 coach and he started giving me pointers and I also had started to work with a BT at home in the garage but after all my national travels.

Most all my shooting was done in the open class.


Here are a few trophies I have won over the years but I donated way more trophies back to the clubs than I took home.

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I used to shoot more at the local level. Haven't had the time lately. I have 4, 3rd place trophies to my credit. All in the hunter, release catagory.

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I've probably shot in over 300 3-D shoots. I've been doing it since I was 3 years old. We don't have a local Archery Club around where I live anymore, we use to put on 4 shoots a year. Our club was called Crow River Archers. We were very well known in the 5 state area as having one of the better 3-D shoots in the Upper Midwest for allot of years. We would have 1 spring shoot, 2 summer shoots, and 1 winter shoot. I've only done it competitively 4 times at a regional level. In 1987 as a Youth at a Traditional shoot I won 1st place in regions at the Youth recurve level but never went on to state being I was just there for the fun of it anyway. Another time at the same Traditional shoot but a year earlier (1986) I took 4th place as a Youth in the recurve level at the regional level. The other 2 competitive 3-D shoots were also Traditional but as a adult, one was 2006, placed 40th out of 300 recurve shooters. The other was this last year in 2007 and I placed 45th out of 350 recurve shooters. We don't go for the competitiveness or to win these Traditional shoots, we go to have fun and its the only Traditional shoot in the area that I know of. Its a damn good one too if anyone is interested in going this coming year. Its in the 1st or 2nd week of June located in Coon Rapids Minnesota. Its an all Traditional shoot only. Its A very well known 3-D shoot.

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Very cool Steve, I may have to come watch ya shoot in Coon Rapids this summer, only 40 min drive from me.

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2003 Tournament History / Womens Bowhunter

*IBO Bedford National Triple Crown.....25th
* ASA Illinois PRO/AM...first Day Results 3rd....finished in 10th
*ASA Metropolis Sims Shoot................8th
* ASA Illinois State Championship..........1st
* ASA Georgia Championship Classic.......35th


2004 Tournament History / Womens Bowhunter


*ASA Illinois Qualifier...........................1st
*Illinois ASA State Championship...........1st
*Illinois ASA PRO/AM ..........................19th
*Illinois ASA PRO/AM Sims Shoot...........10th
* ASA Championship Classic..................10th
* ASAGeorgia Championship ClassicSims Shoot....15th


2005 Tournament History / Womens Bowhunter


* ASA Illinois State Qualifier..................1st
* ASA Illinois State Championship...........1st
* ASA Illinois PRO/AM...........................9th
*ASA Illinois PRO/AM Simms Shoot.........12th
* ASA Georgia Championship Classic.......2nd


2006 Tournament History

I spent most of the 2006 Tournament season recovering from a partial finger amputation that occured on the job and was unable to compete in most of the usual Tournaments that I attend each year...And the ones I did shoot werent pretty[:'(]


2007 Tounament History = Womens Open Division


* ASA Illinois State Qualifier............2nd
* ASA Illinois State Qualifier............2nd
* ASA Illinois State Qualifier............2nd
*ASA Illinois State Qualifier............1st
* ASA Illinois State Championship.....2nd
* ASA Illinois PRO/AM....................22nd
* US Bowhunters Association.......Level 6 ,15th

* Blue Ridge Backwoods Bowhunter Classic..1st

Christine
After we put the new limbs on your Bow its time for you to jump back in the ring and shoot the New 3D......
Foam not Straw;)
We even have a Carp 3D target for ya:D[8D]:D
And we have a Trad class for Kendal... Heck we have enough guys shooting their Bowfishing rigs for 3D We otta start a Bowfisher 3D Class.
We have 10 days of 3D Shoots scheduled for this year at Blue Ridge Backwoods. We will get them on our website soon.

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Lady Forge......not only is your hunting prowess impressive......your target resume' is extremely commendable.

Congratulations.;)

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I've been shooting in 3d shoots since 1993, all in hunter class:

1994
Won 2 local 3d shoots
Shot in a regional (SW PA IBO I believe) shoot placed in the mid 20's

1995
Won 4 local shoots
Placed top 3 in 7 local shoots
Placed top 5 in 12 local shoots
Competed in a Central PA regional shoot making it to the championship round (top 10 archers of well over 100) and placed 10th

1996-1997 Did not shoot as competitively. Maybe 5 shoots per year.

1998
Placed top 10 in 3 FL shoots

1999
Placed top 5 in 2 FL shoots
Placed top 10 in 5 FL shoots

2000
Won 1 local FL shoot
Placed top 5 in 6 FL shoots
Placed top 10 in 11 FL shoots

2001
Won 2 local FL shoots
Placed top 5 in 2 Regional South Florida Shoots
Placed top 3 in 4 FL shoots
Placed top 5 in 11 FL shoots
Placed top 10 in 14 FL shoots

2002-Moved back to PA and did not compete

2003
Target panic year no placing

2004
Placed top 10 in 2 SE PA local shoots

2005
Placed top 5 in 4 SE PA shoots
Placed top 10 in 9 SE PA shoots

2006
Placed top 3 in 2 SE PA shoots
Placed top 5 in 6 SE PA shoots
Placed top 10 in 8 SE PA shoots

2007
Placed top 5 in 2 SE PA shoots
Placed top 10 in 7 SE PA shoots

The vast majority has been local shoots. When you get into sanctioned/regional shoots the level of competition increases dramatically and if you are not very serious about competing you won't be very competitive.

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Get yourself a cheap Trad bow and shoot with us, its all about having a good time! None of us really care how good we shoot or if we place! They have 60 targets of 3 rounds with 20 targets per round. They have a Minnesota round, an Africa round, and a western round. On each round they have one metal target at about 12 yards, only the vitals are not metal. You won't believe how hard it is to hit them vitals, I guys nerves are going crazy thinking about the metal. Last year I wrecked 2 arrows out of 3 on the metal targets at 12 yards! I couldn't believe it!!! I've never had this much fun at a 3-D shoot!

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I picked up another indoor 3d win tonight. Won by 6pts

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My resume is severely outdated so no need to copy paste it....

I have won I would guess 40+ local shoots over the past 6 or so years all in HC... I haven't shot but a very small hand full of local shoots the past couple years though, maybe a half dozen shoots all together with only one where the score cards get turned in.

I can recall a couple 2nd's, no3rd'sand maybe6-8 or so where I did not place.

I have not placed in a national level shoot as of yet but I have never shot points down (sub 400 on a 40 target course) on the national level either.....

It is a large commitment to travel the national level circuit, a commitment I have yet to make.... If things go well this year shooting I will hopefully attend all 3 legs of the National Championship Triple Crown and the Outdoor Worlds..... Time will tell.

*EDIT* Oh yeah, I did win the HNI hunt n' camp 3D smackdown last year ;)




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I have seen buckeye shoot

He's that damn good:D

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Buckeye;
Well...My Claim to Fame is that I Chocked at the Huntingnet.com 3D Shootoff ,
YEP I Still Hold That Title Till Some Other Sucker Wants To Challenge Me For That Title At The Next HNI 3D Shoot...Thats theOnly Title I could Win Last Year[:@]........

Its all Todd's Fault and That Damn Keg Of Beer He BroughtYour gonna be there this year .. Right Todd;)

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2003,That's always fun.Been there and done that.Still creeps in from time to time.

I feel your pain

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Yeah, I think that anyone that shoots long enough will go through it. I sold two bows and tried 4 different releases trying to shake it including a back tension. After a couple of bloody noses and fat lips I ditched that thing. The only way I could beat it was I quit shooting for about 4 months and then picked up the bow with low expcectaions. After that everything "clicked."

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Good luck. You will have a blast (place GPS locators in your arrows:D)!!

When I was in my teens (just starting archery)and early 20's I was eat up with all things archery. My dad would drive me all overevery weekend to shoot the local 3-d's and some big events each year. I have a box full of trophies from those years and placed inmanyof themore competitive shoots when I was older. I honestly believe I burned myself out on it. The last two shoots I went to recentlyI shot strictly forpleasure and I used my recurve,those shootswere by far the mostfun Iever had on a 3-d course. I enjoyed the other shoots but it wasmore for the competition and the challenge, it was far more serious, and that's okI may even venture back intoit one day but for now I will probably stick to the recurve and the occasional hunter class 3D(for practice with my compoundhunting gear).

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I qualified for the IBO world shoot several times but have never gone. I was really into shooting tournaments in the 80's & early 90's. But kinda got out of it after that. Have a brand new 3-D bow that's been hanging in the garage for many years. Any kind of shooting helps you in bowhunting. Any practice is good practice.

Darrall