2006-2007 DEER MANAGEMENT UNIT TESTING

CAMP LEJEUNE ARCHERS

The Base will be hosting Archery Skills Testing for anyone interested in hunting within designated Archery Only Deer Management Units.   Qualification Standards and Dates will be posted at the Camp Lejeune Archery Range and the Conservation Law Enforcement Office, Bldg. PT-3.  Additional qualification opportunity will be available at MCAS, New River, Conservation Law Enforcement Office, Robert Wilson Blvd. 

QUALIFICATION PROCEDURES AND DATES

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QUALIFICATION PROCEDURES

·    ALL SHOTS WILL GO FROM AN ELEVATED PLATFORM.

·    ONLY BROADHEAD'S WILL BE USED, NO FIELD-TIPS.  BROADHEAD EXCHANGES BETWEEN HUNTERS   WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.  YOU MUST SHOOT WITH YOUR OWN GEAR.

·    SHOOTER MUST PLACE FIRST ARROW IN THE KILL ZONE. THE KILL ZONE IS THE HEART, LUNG AREA ON A 3D DEER TARGET, ALSO KNOWN AS THE 8 RING ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PIE PLATE.  THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND SHOT PERMITTED.

·    ALL BOW SHOOTERS (COMPOUND AND TRADITIONAL) WILL SHOOT AT UNKNOWN DISTANCES, DETERMINED BY RANDOM PLACEMENT AT THE TIME OF TESTING. 

·    A SHOOTER CAN USE PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT (RANGE FINDERS, ETC.) TO PRE-DETERMINE DISTANCE TO FIELD OBJECTS PRIOR TO THE SHOT.  A MAXIMUM OF 5 MINUTES WILL BE GIVEN FOR A SHOT.  SHOOTERS CANNOT LEAVE THE PLATFORM ONCE THE TARGET IS IN PLACE.

·    SHOOTERS WILL HAVE A BROADHEAD TARGET ON THE FIXED RANGE FOR PRACTICE BEFORE THE TEST. THE FIXED RANGE IS NOT ELEVATED.

·    NO PRACTICE SHOTS AT THE 3D TARGETS WILL BE PERMITTED FROM THE PLATFORM.

·    ONCE A SHOOTER QUALIFIES HE/SHE WILL SIGN A LOG BOOK AND WILL HAVE A STICKER PLACED ON THEIR BASE PERMIT AND WILL BE GIVEN A DMU WALLET CARD. IF THEY DO NOT HAVE THEIR BASE PERMIT AT THAT TIME THEY WILL HAVE TO RETURN ANOTHER DAY AND SIGN THE LOG BOOK AND RECEIVE THEIR STICKER AND WALLET CARD.  ONLY THE ACTUAL SHOOTER MAY PICK UP THEIR STICKER AND SIGN THE LOG BOOK.

·    IF A SHOOTER FAILS TO QUALIFY HE/SHE MAY COME BACK ANOTHER DAY BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RE-QUALIFY THAT DAY.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT DMU TESTING, BOW AREAS, AND DEER MANAGEMENT, PLEASE CALL  Mr. Carmen A. Lombardo, Wildlife Biologist, Environmental Conservation Branch at 451-7226. 

Updated On: 03/31/08