You will be given a gate key upon joining and completing your membership seminar. This key is your responsibility and you will be charged $5.00 for lost keys. Do not loan your key to non-members. For the safety and security of the club and its members, always lock the gate at the entrance to the range. The main park gate should be left as you found it when going in or out.

Club Shoots are held on the fourth Sunday of each month, beginning at 7:30 a.m., with a break at 12:00 noon for our monthly general meetings. No shooting is allowed during the general meeting and all members are encouraged to attend.

While regularly scheduled work parties are no longer required, everyone is expected to help out in some capacity. You can help by becoming a Board Member or Officer, by attending one of our 'Range Improvement Days', or assisting with one of our periodic tournaments. If you have a special skill (woodworking, electrical, etc.) that would be of value to the club we ask that you help by doing so. There are lots of ways one can assist us in helping to make the club better.

Our monthly newsletter, The Conejo Quiver, is a great source of news about archery events throughout the state and local areas. There are also other clubs in the area that conduct various types of tournaments. These clubs are dependent upon our help and support. Please try to attend as many of these club functions as you can.

To learn even more about archery, it will be to your advantage to join the National Field Archery Association (NFAA), the National Archery Association (NAA), and/or the California Bowmen Hunters and State Archery Association (CBH/SAA). These organizations offer various magazines and newsletters, as well as put on special tournaments. You will also receive discounts at many shoots that will more than offset the cost of your membership, as well as special group insurance.

You are allowed to bring a guest to the range to shoot three(3) times in a club year (October 1st to September 30th). You will be responsible for collecting guest fees from persons that you bring to the range. Currently, our guest fees are $2.00 for open shooting and $5.00 for Club Shoots. Please turn your collected guest fees in to a club officer. As a courtesy and to encourage membership growth, the club does not charge guest fees for open shooting the first time that a guest comes to the range. There is no guest fee or limit for non-shooting guests.

Club Shoots are held on the fourth Sunday of each month. All shooting stops at 11:50 for our monthly General Meeting. The October shoot is known as the Fun Shoot and includes a yearend awards ceremony and installation of new club officers. Board Meetings are held each month at the home of one of our members. Other Invitational Tournaments and 3-D Shoots are held during the year. Usually club members are allowed to shoot in these invitational shoots if they also help to prepare and clean-up for these events.

Year-end awards include:

 - Perpetual Trophy given to the member with the highest aggregate scratch score for the year
 - Club Champion Belt Buckle given to the member with the highest total of five handicap scores
 - Fred Leven Memorial Award given to the Golden Ager (age 62 and above) with the highest total of three handicap scores
 - President's Award given to the member making the greatest contribution to the club each year
 - Range Record Trophies awarded for each style and division (highest scratch score)

Freestyle Unlimited

Allows for use of virtually all types and styles of equipment and aids, including mechanical releases, movable sights, scopes, long stabilizers, etc.

Same as Freestyle (Unlimited) above, except that mechanical releases are not allowed. Barebow - No sighting devices or mechanical releases allowed. String walking (or multiple anchor points) is allowed. Bowhunter Freestyle Unlimited - must use fixed pin sights that cannot be adjusted during a tournament. Length of stabilizer limited to 12" maximum. Mechanical releases are permitted.

Bowhunter Freestyle Limited

Same as Bowhunter Freestyle (Unlimited) above except that mechanical releases are not permitted. Fingers may be protected by gloves or finger tabs.

No sights or mechanical releases. Length of stabilizer limited to 12" long. Must use a single anchor point and string walking is not allowed.

Recurve, long bows, and self-bows only. No sights, stabilizers, mechanical releases allowed. Single anchor point only.

Handicaps

If you are a NFAA member you will receive a Handicap Card with your membership. By shooting approved Qualifying Rounds such as we shoot each month at our Club Shoots, you can record scores that will allow you to shoot in tournaments against equal competition in "A", "B" and "C" classes. Without a handicap card (or enough qualifying scores) you will be required to shoot in "A" classes or Guest Classes. To establish a handicap you must have a minimum of two scores recorded on your card within a period of one year. To get your scores you will need to shoot a 28 target Field Round, a 28 target Hunter Round, or a combination of 14 Field and 14 Hunter targets at an official tournament. The club tournament chairman will record these scores on your card.

For the purpose of club competition, you will receive an unofficial handicap score to help even everyone out. Your handicap will be applied to the third score that you shoot during the club year, which starts in October. Our October Shoot or 'Fun Shoot' does not apply to your handicap. During this shoot we also hand out our Range Record, Club Championship, Perpetual and Golden Ager Trophies. Everyone's handicap will start over again fresh for the first tournament of each new club year, which is November. Assuming you shoot each club tournament, you will receive a handicap at the completion of the third shoot, which is January. Your handicap is determined by taking the average of your three scores and subtracting it from 80% of a perfect score, which 560. That handicap is then added to your third score. Your handicap is then recalculated each month you shoot. As an example, if your three scores add up to 1200. Your average for the three would be 400. Your handicap would be the difference between 400 and 560, multiplied by the factor .8 (80%), which is 80% of 160, or 128. Your handicap score would therefore be 528.

Field Targets (white-faced targets)

Four arrows to be shot from white stakes. Arrow has to touch line to count for higher score. Score five (5) points for center black area, four (4) points for center white rings, and three (3) points for outer black rings.

Hunter Targets (black-faced targets)

Four arrows to be shot from red stakes. Arrow has to break line to count for higher score, Score five (5) points for center white area, four (4) points for center ring, and three (3) points for outer ring.

Animal Targets

Minimum of one (1) arrow shot per target, with a maximum of three (3) arrows, to be shot from yellow stakes. Arrows must be marked prior to shooting (i.e. 1,2, and 3). Only one arrow shall score and arrow must cut completely through a line to score higher value. If your first arrow scores than you are through shooting for that target. If you miss, you will move to next shooting stake and shoot arrow #2, and so on. First arrow scores 20 points for a kill and 18 points for a wound. Second arrow scores 16 points for a kill and 14 points for a wound. Third arrow scores 12 points for a kill and 10 points for a wound.

Adults (15 through 17 years old) and Cubs (11 years old and under)

Young Adults shoot from the adult stakes, Youth (12 through 14 years old) shoot from the light blue stakes when the adult stakes are more than 50 yards. Cubs shoot from the black stakes.