Here at Flint Bowmen Archery Club we do things just a little differently than most when it comes to how we score our 3D targets. Whereas most places use the standard scoring system with 5-8-10-11 or 5-8-10-12-14 or even the 5-8-10-11-12-14 system, we at Flint Bowmen have been using our own system for as long as any of us can remember.

The Flint Bowmen 3D target scoring system is a 4-16-20 system where the smallest center circle scores the same as the larger "center kill" zone and is worth 20 points. The larger "lung area" zone is worth 16 points and an arrow in any other area of the body is worth 4 points.

If this sounds confusing, you can look below to see a graphical explanation of this scoring system. Surprisingly, even though it is quite different than practically everywhere else, we have received very little negative feedback about this. Perhaps it's because archers are generally so much smarter than the rest of the population that it's easy for us to adapt even to a completely different scoring system.

This is an example of how we score our targets here at Flint Bowmen. Both of the  center rings are scored at 20 points. The next ring (the "lung" area) is scored at 16 points and the rest of the animal is scored at 4 points. Although it's scored the same as the middle ring, the small center ring can be used to decide a grudge round between you and your buddies if needed. But Flint Bowmen doesn't give any extra points for the center ring - sorry.

This is an example of the 5-8-10-11 IBO scoring method that many of you may be familiar with. This is a very common scoring method at different tournaments and shooting events

This is an example of a common ASA 5-8-10-12-14 scoring method. I'm not exactly sure why that upper right ring is worth more than the rest of the target but luckily I don't have to worry about it.

And our last example is one that is called a Universal 5-8-10-11-12-14 target. Again, I don't understand  why these smaller center rings are worth more points. These examples actually make the Flint Bowmen method pretty attractive!

Luckily - this is NOT our scoring method!