Open Archery Festivals

BowFest

3125 S Mont Du Lac Drive, Superior, Wisconsin

Held late July - Four Days
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This one is on my bucket list. Billed as the World’s Largest Outdoor Archery & Music Festival.

Bowfest offers four unique courses with 60+ targets, thousands of dollars in prizes, live music, and the opportunity to meet hunting celebrities.

Mountain Archery Fest

Five different Locations

Purgatory, Durango Colorado

Eagle Point, Beaver Utah

Lookout Pass, Mullan Idaho

Snowbasin, Huntsville Utah

Spring Hallow Ranch, Hesperus, Colorado

Held from April thru July
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Do not know much about it, this is from the website.

Mountain Archery Fest is a 3-D festival designed with both the recreational and competitive archer in mind. MAF welcomes every discipline of Archery for every age, ability and most importantly, families. We do this by building 4 courses designed with every shooter in mind.

Mountain Archery Fest features the ONE AND ONLY Pope and Young World Record course: Archers shoot at 3D Targets that represent the P&Y World Class Record in yardage and angle of the 29 North American Big Game Records kept by the Pope and Young Club. An educational 18”x24” sign will education shooters about the species and hunter on each station. Antlers are being created to represent the proportionate size of the species world record. This is a great educational course with the beginner and intermediate shooters in mind.

Not only does our event provide something for every archer but it is truly a festival. With our always popular Full Draw Film night and the best social event on the planet, Pope & Young Pynt Night! Also included in true festival style we have Vendor Village, seminars, elk calling competitions, Archery Tag and a free kid’s course.

Pennsylvania Bowhunters Festival

Sullivan County Fairgrounds

4430 PA-154, Forksville, Pennsylvania

Held in Mid-September - Three Days
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The oldest Bowhunting Festival in the US.
Three, 3D Archery Courses - Multiple Practice Ranges - Kids only Range - Running Deer - Flying Birds - Competitions

Iron Boar Challenge - Traditional Archery Competition - Team Archery Competition - 3 Person Team Competition

Children's Competition - Music - Vendors - Swap Meet - Food

R100

Various Locations across the US

Held from March to September - Two Days

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Been to three of these. It is incredible, where else can you shoot a life sized Giraffe, Elephant, Hippopotamus and more? These custom targets, which are made just for this shoot, and there are more, I just don't remember them, is just icing on the cake.

The downside is long wait times, it really is luck of the draw on this.

They also have different competitions at the end of each day. This should be on your bucket list of archery events.

Total Archery Challenge

Various locations across the US

Held from April to August - Two or Three Days

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I was signed up to shoot this, then COVID hit. Sounds and looks cool. Hear they have some crazy shots. From the website:

Total Archery Challenge created the best outdoor sporting event in the United States. We combined all the exciting aspects of archery shooting to bring you an unforgettable three-day experience. It’s like we always say “Life… It’s better with a bow.”

Total Archery Challenge events are held in the most scenic venues across the United States, including the top of the Wasatch Mountains in Utah, The Black Hills of South Dakota, the northern woods of Michigan, and many other locations.

We professionally design our archery courses to test the marksmanship of all skill levels. Each event includes over 100 3D targets which challenge shooters to adjust for distances, angles and natural obstacles. In addition to our main courses, we have a Future Champions course for beginner youth and other novelty shots to win major prizes like a new truck.