What is the difference between scoring zones and scoring rings?

Rings are the concentric zones drawn on a face, and on 3D targets the word often covers the oval 8 as well. Scoring zone is the wider term: it also takes in the body zone, which is simply the rest of the silhouette. Either way, the rulebook defines what each area is worth and where it starts and ends.

Does an arrow touching the line score the higher zone?

Under World Archery, NFAA, ASA, IBO and Vegas Shoot rules, yes: the shaft only has to touch the line. IFAA is stricter on its Hunter, Animal and Expert faces and its 3-D targets, where the line belongs to the lower zone and the arrow must cut through it. Check the rulebook for your round.

Does a hit in the horn or hoof count?

Usually not, unless the arrow also touches body colour. World Archery and IBO score a horn hit that does not touch body colour as a miss, and IFAA does not score horns or antlers. Hooves differ: World Archery treats them as a non-scoring area, while IBO counts legs and hooves of a different colour as body.

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A scoring zone is any area of a target worth a set number of points. On target faces the zones are rings; on 3D animals they also include the vital outline and the whole body silhouette. A zone's edge matters as much as its value, because each rulebook decides when an arrow on a line takes the higher score.

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On a World Archery face the ten zones are rings, and the dividing line between two of them lies entirely inside the higher-scoring zone. On 3D targets only the centre zones are circles. World Archery's 3D rules and IBO both score four zones, 11, 10, 8 and 5: the 11 is a small circle inside the 10, the 8 is the vital area, and the 5 is the rest of the body. ASA scores 12, 10, 8 or 5, with a 14 used only at special shooting events. World Archery does not standardise the size of 3D targets or their zones, so the same zone can be larger on one animal than on another.

The line rule decides close arrows, and it is not the same everywhere. World Archery, NFAA, ASA, IBO and the Vegas Shoot all give the higher value when the arrow's shaft touches the line. IFAA goes the other way on its Hunter, Animal and Expert field faces and on its 3-D targets: the line lies inside the lower zone, so the arrow must cut through it to score the higher value. Either way the shaft is what counts; IBO spells out that vanes, feathers and nock collars cannot be used to score an arrow.

The outer edge of a 3D target needs rules of its own. World Archery and IBO score a horn hit that does not touch body colour as a miss, and World Archery treats hooves and other defined non-scoring areas the same way, while IBO counts legs and hooves of a different colour as body. IFAA does not score arrows in the stand, base, horns or antlers, and where a target has a base or stand, a drawn hairline marks the edge of the wound zone. Where more than one IBO scoring area is visible on a target, the host notes at the stake which one counts, and if it does not, either may be used.

For practice, knowing the edges changes how you read your arrows. On 3D the higher zones sit inside the vital, so aiming at the centre of the 10 leaves room for a slightly wide arrow to stay in the 8 rather than drop to the body. If you shoot under more than one federation, check the rulebook for your round before the first close call: the same arrow on the same line can score differently.

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What is the difference between scoring zones and scoring rings?: Rings are the concentric zones drawn on a face, and on 3D targets the word often covers the oval 8 as well. Scoring zone is the wider term: it also takes in the body zone, which is simply the rest of the silhouette. Either way, the rulebook defines what each area is worth and where it starts and ends.
Does an arrow touching the line score the higher zone?: Under World Archery, NFAA, ASA, IBO and Vegas Shoot rules, yes: the shaft only has to touch the line. IFAA is stricter on its Hunter, Animal and Expert faces and its 3-D targets, where the line belongs to the lower zone and the arrow must cut through it. Check the rulebook for your round.
Does a hit in the horn or hoof count?: Usually not, unless the arrow also touches body colour. World Archery and IBO score a horn hit that does not touch body colour as a miss, and IFAA does not score horns or antlers. Hooves differ: World Archery treats them as a non-scoring area, while IBO counts legs and hooves of a different colour as body.