Hours

Public shooting hours as set by the Board of Directors will be posted and advertised and will apply to all members without specific Special Use permission. The current hours are:

Monday – Friday 12 Noon to dusk / 7PM

Saturday – Sunday 9AM to dusk / 7PM

All open shooting will terminate before the departure of the rangemaster irrespective of the time, since he locks the gate on his way out.

Club Members

Members have no additional shooting privileges beyond the supervised public shooters except as specifically granted by the Archery Committee on a case by case basis. The process of obtaining additional shooting privileges is known as “Special Use”. Members do have additional responsibilities, however, which includes the enforcing of range safety rules and club policy.

All Club members are required to wear their membership cards in plain sight.

Public Shooters

Public shooters may shoot on the Flat Range and/or the Walk-thru Range during the posted public shooting hours for a fee set by the Board of Directors.

A release form will be filled out and signed by every public shooter before use of the ranges is allowed. Junior (under 18 years old) public shooters may shoot only if they are under the direct supervision of a parent, guardian or other responsible adult who can assume responsibility and can legally sign the release form.

Handicapped Shooters

Members will accord every courtesy and assistance to handicapped shooters using our facility. Our ranges are open to handicapped shooters within the bounds of safety, which will be the overriding consideration.

Guests

Since the facility is open to public shooters the club has only minimal guest privileges. A person who has never used the ranges may be signed in by a member as a guest and have the normal public shooting fees waived. A release form must be filled out and signed by every guest and all public shooter rules and restrictions apply, including hours.

Inspection of Equipment

At any time, the Rangemaster or a range official may inspect any equipment on the ranges, and may order any equipment off the ranges which they, in their sole judgement, consider to be inappropriate or in an unsafe condition.

Parking

All members and public shooters will park in the main parking lot. The Flat Range parking lot is restricted to only handicapped shooters and club maintenance vehicles during public shooting hours.

Restrictions

A. Intoxicated or otherwise impaired

Any person who, in the opinion of the rangemaster or range official, is intoxicated or otherwise a potential safety hazard, may, at the discretion of the official, be prohibited from using the ranges and/or ejected from the facility.

B.Equipment

1. Cross-bows are not allowed.

2. Any extra attachment to the bow that would allow the draw weight of the bow to be relieved from either or both arms will not be permitted.

3. Overdraw bows must have a protective shelf.

C. Arrows

1. Blunt tipped arrows are prohibited.

2. The use of Broadhead tipped arrows are prohibited except on the special Broadhead pits on the Flat Range.

D. Targets

Only the targets provided on the target butts or a substitute standard paper target face property mounted on the target butts will be permitted.

E. Positions

1. Archers must position themselves perpendicular to the face of the target at the established shooting positions so that they are shooting directly down-range. Cross shooting into other shooting lanes will not be tolerated.

2. Archers must be able to draw their bow without raising the plane of the arrow over the target.

F. Skill Level

All shooters are required to have adequate skill to place all their shots into the target butts. Shooters who cannot should remove themselves and obtain additional instruction..

Rules

The attached Archery Safety Rules will be available to each public shooter. Each shooter must follow the Archery Safety Rules and any other rules posted.

Violations

Any shooter who has been observed violating these rules or any other safety rules may at the discretion of the rangemaster or, in his absence, any club member observing the violation, be ejected from the ranges. If the violator is also a club member, the Rangemaster or observing club member will submit a written account to the Archery Committee, which will judge the seriousness of the violation and determine an appropriate penalty (suspension of range privileges). The rangemaster or any club Officer has the authority to confiscate a member’s card for serious violations.

Members who observe safety or policy violations and take no direct action to correct the situation should expect the suspension of their shooting privileges.

Any member who feels aggrieved by the decision of the Archery Committee may appeal the decision to the Board of Directors.

Special Use Permits

Any Club member who wishes to deviate from the rules established for the public shooters must submit in person a Special Use Request to the Archery Committee at their regularly scheduled meeting. All deviations will be at the discretion of the Archery Committee within the guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

Special Use Permits will expire at the end of the calendar year corresponding to the member's Membership card presented with the Special Use Request.

Events

All archery events will be organized, sponsored and controlled by the Archery Committee and approved and calendared by the Board of Directors.

Annual Sight-in

Member privileges may be restricted during the annual hunter sight-in period, depending on the range availability or lack there of (public shooters have priority during this period). Members are expected to volunteer to help on the line during hunter sight-in to aid the public shooters and to insure complete safety.

Member Purchases

Members may purchase items from the club at reduced prices, either in inventory or by special order through the Range Office. Items purchased for non-members will be at non-member prices.

Emergencies

An emergency (911) telephone is available near the Range Office for off-hour emergencies.