Minutes of the 2019 National Field Archery Association Board of Directors Meeting NFAA Headquarters – Yankton, South Dakota General Session – Monday July 29, 2019 General Assembly Meeting called to order by President Brian Sheffler at 8:00 AM. Invocation: led by Doug Joyce. Pledge of Allegiance, led by William Hall, Sergeant of Arms. Alternate Directors: […]

Article by Rod White The third and final form of the NFAA’s field target rounds is called the “Animal” round.  For most archers, of the three types of field formats, the Animal round is considered to be the most enjoyable round.  As in the other two rounds, archers will shoot a total of 28 targets […]

During the month of June, the NFAA Bowhunting and Event Coordinator Rod White has been publishing photos on our Facebook Page of the Badlands Range in Yankton, at the NFAA Headquarters. The 74th annual NFAA Outdoor National Field Championships, July 26-28, 2019 is a 3–day tournament that features 1 field, 1 hunter, and 1 animal round.  Participants are […]

Article by Rod White In the last blog, we discussed the fundamentals of the “Field” target round. Today I’m going to highlight the differences between the “Field” target round and the “Hunter” target round.  In most competitors’ eyes, this is an easier round and historically the scores reflect that perception. In this round, there are […]

Field Archery is one of the most technical competitions for competitive archers with its roots based in the National Field Archery Association. This year marks the 74th annual NFAA Outdoor National Field Championships and will be held in Yankton, SD July 26-28. For those of you who are new to Field Archery, this article will […]

The final stage of the 3-Star Tour took place April 12-14, 2019 in Yankton, SD. The First Dakota Classic is an indoor distance tournament featuring the NFAA Classic round. The Classic Round includes a qualification round shot at 40, 50 and 60 yards, followed by head-to-head elimination matches shot at 60 yards. It’s also a […]

The South Dakota Archers Association (SDAA) awarded $1,700 in travel scholarships to four junior archers at their SDAA Indoor State Tournament this weekend in Yankton, SD. The recipients were awarded based on essay submissions and are required to travel to a sectional or national NFAA event outside of South Dakota. Award winners are pictured, left […]

Twenty-one Professional Male Freestyle archers shot clean scores of 600 with 120Xs over the two days of competition at Indoor Nationals 2019 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Denmark’s Stephan Hansen won first place, a prize of $10,000 and his second Indoor Nationals title on Sunday evening at the Duke Energy Convention Center. “The first time it was […]

Barebow Adult Female archer Teresa Pettit and Freestyle Adult Male Scott Wandersee got married on Saturday night at the Duke Energy Convention Center, after the compilation of day one of competition at Indoor Nationals. “We fell in love with archery first and then each other. We met through archery, shared our first kiss after an […]

Halfway through competition at Indoor Nationals 2019, 48 shooters remain clean on scores of 300 points with 60Xs. The event is taking place at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati. The Freestyle Professional Male division had 38 clean shooters on day one; Freestyle Professional Senior Male, two; Freestyle Adult Male, six; Freestyle Young Adult […]