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NFAA History
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National Field Archery Association
31407 Outer I-10
Redlands, California 92373
1-800-811-2331 (Official NFAA Business)
909-794-2133 Fax: 909-794-8512
The National Field Archery Association was founded in 1939. Since around 1934, a number of target archery clubs had been setting up temporary field courses with targets situated over wooded and sometimes rugged terrain. These types of courses provided a change from the more rigid style of target archery and originally consisted of people only shooting instinctively.
A club in Redlands, California set up the first permanent field course in 1934. It consisted of approximately 20 targets and was layed out on very rugged hills. Shots ranged from close up to one target that was 160 yards across a steep ravine. A standard field round was held in Michigan in 1939 at their State Field Championship. The instinctive division was won by a young man by the name of Fred Bear. The NFAA now has 50 chartered state associations and over 1000 affiliated clubs in the United States and abroad.
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Basics of the NFAA Field, Hunter and Animal Rounds
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FIELD ROUND
STANDARD UNIT
- 14 targets form a unit.
- Twice around a unit makes a Round. (Qualifier)
SHOOTING RULES
- Each archer shall shoot 4 arrows at each of the 14 target layouts in a unit.
SCORING
- An arrow hitting the outer black circle scores 3 points
- An arrow hitting within the white circle scores 5 points
- An arrow shaft cutting the two rings shall score in the ring of higher value: 5 points
 Target Face
DISTANCE MARKERS
- ADULT (over 18): White Markers indicate the yardage and shooting position.
- YOUNG ADULT (15-17): Shoot from the adult White Markers.
- YOUTH (12-14): Shoot the adult stakes up to 50 yards. Any adult yardage over 50 yards will have a Blue Marker which indicates the youth shooting position.
- CUB (under 12): Shoot from the Black Markers.
HUNTER ROUND
STANDARD UNIT
- 14 targets form a unit.
- Twice around a unit makes a Round. (Qualifier)
SHOOTING RULES
- Each archer shall shoot 4 arrows at each of the 14 target layouts in a unit.
SCORING
- An arrow hitting the outer black circle scores 3 points
- An arrow hitting the inner black circle scores 5 points
- An arrow shaft cutting the two rings must cut completely through the line to score the higher value: 5 points
 Target Face
DISTANCE MARKERS
- ADULT (over 18): Red Markers indicate the yardage and shooting position.
- YOUNG ADULT (15-17) :Shoot from the adult Red Markers.
- YOUTH (12-14): Shoot the adult stakes up to 50 yards. Any adult yardage over 50 yards will have a Blue Marker which indicates the youth shooting position.
- CUB (under 12): Shoot from the Black Markers.
ANIMAL ROUND
STANDARD UNIT
- 14 targets form a unit.
- Twice around a unit makes a Round.
SHOOTING RULES
- A maximum of 3 marked arrows may be shot, in successive order, and the highest scoring arrow will count.
- In the case of walk-up targets, the first arrow must be shot from the farthest stake, the second arrow from the middle stake and the third arrow from the nearest stake, in order to be scored.
SCORING
- 1st arrow: 20 points for vital area, 18 points for a wound.
- 2nd arrow:16 points for vital area, 14 points for a wound.
- 3rd arrow: 12 points for vital area, 10 points for a wound.
- An arrow shaft must cut completely through the vital or wound line to score.
 Target Face
DISTANCE MARKERS
- ADULT (over 18):Yellow Markers indicate the yardage and shooting position.
- YOUNG ADULT (15-17) :Shoot from the adult Yellow Markers.
- YOUTH (12-14): Shoot the adult stakes up to 50 yards. Any adult yardage over 50 yards will have a Blue Marker which indicates the youth shooting position.
- CUB (under 12): Shoot (1-3) arrows from the Black Markers.
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