Happy Memorial Day y'all. This week's target will feature a five-armed star, representing the five branches of our military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. As a nod to the times, corona viruses will be involved, with one at each star tip.
Target is about 6 inches tip-to-tip, with a nickel-sized virus cell roughly centered at each tip. (So, overall, shape is about 7 inches diameter. ) Also, a nickel-size circle with crosshairs is drawn in the middle of the star.
Challenge is to shoot two arrows from 12 yards (7 for kids), any stance for the lowest measured distance.
Scoring: on the star (touching any line counts as on), measure actual distance from nearest part of arrow shaft to center of crosshairs; hitting a virus cell subtracts an inch from the total measurement; off the star adds an inch to the total. Up to 3 day's tries allowed at this; tie-breaker is lowest, earliest single-day measurement .
Strategic notes: You may try for center crosshairs with one arrow, and try for a virus with a second arrow; or you may shoot both at virus cells (different ones) -- you can only hit a particular virus cell once per day. It's a risk versus reward choice, as missing the virus could mean you missed the star as well and get a 1 inch penalty added to the total. Finally, luck is allowed: we don't care which thing you're shooting at, just the results -- like life.
So, good luck and have fun!
Here's my target; feel free to copy or draw your own:
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Target is about 6 inches tip-to-tip, with a nickel-sized virus cell roughly centered at each tip. (So, overall, shape is about 7 inches diameter. ) Also, a nickel-size circle with crosshairs is drawn in the middle of the star.
Challenge is to shoot two arrows from 12 yards (7 for kids), any stance for the lowest measured distance.
Scoring: on the star (touching any line counts as on), measure actual distance from nearest part of arrow shaft to center of crosshairs; hitting a virus cell subtracts an inch from the total measurement; off the star adds an inch to the total. Up to 3 day's tries allowed at this; tie-breaker is lowest, earliest single-day measurement .
Strategic notes: You may try for center crosshairs with one arrow, and try for a virus with a second arrow; or you may shoot both at virus cells (different ones) -- you can only hit a particular virus cell once per day. It's a risk versus reward choice, as missing the virus could mean you missed the star as well and get a 1 inch penalty added to the total. Finally, luck is allowed: we don't care which thing you're shooting at, just the results -- like life.
So, good luck and have fun!
Here's my target; feel free to copy or draw your own:
Sent from my SM-J327V using Tapatalk
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