The El Dorado Hills Bowmen are inviting the community to come join them in EL Dorado Hills this Saturday, April 20, for their annual El Dorado Hills Bowmen North American Animal 3D Archery Competition.
The event is open to the public with registration from 7-8:30am and a 9 a.m. start time. Online registration is available at eldoradohillsbowmen.com. There will be 28 3D targets, marked yardage with awards through third place for National Field Archery Association/California Bowmen Hunters Class.
The California Deer Association will be bringing out its youth education trailer to teach kids about conservation. California Department of Fish and Wildlife will be partnering with CDA at the trailer with Lt. Warden Robert Pera and large mammal biologist Shelly Blair, along with CDA volunteers.
Hot lunch, coffee, snacks and beverages will be available at the clubhouse and snack shack along the course. Prize drawings will also be available. There will be adult, family, youth and pee wee divisions; participants are encouraged to keep an eye out for the flying pig target.
Signups to join this fall’s CDA/EDHB youth archery team will be available, free thanks to sponsorship by CDA/EDHB; the season runs Nov. 10 through Feb. 15, 2025. Accredited and background-approved instructors teach the recurve barebow and compound bow teams for teens 12-17 years old every Sunday from 1-3 p.m.