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    2022 VEGAS SHOOT

    Feb 24, 2022 6 minutes

    The largest and longest-running indoor tournament in the world returned in 2022, after a tournament-in-name-only effort last year, postponed from its February slot to April.

    From small beginnings in the 1960s, the competition that would become known as the Vegas Shoot grew very slowly indeed, pulling in a peak of 800 archers in 1979. There was then a long and gentle decline during the 1980s, when it was held at the Tropicana Hotel – during which time, the iconic three spot target and the famous shootdown was developed. It wasn’t until the National Field Archery Association took over in 2000 that entry numbers started to gradually rise again, and even then, it remained a niche event.

    A move to the South Point Hotel and Casino, a few miles south of the main Strip, with cavernous halls large enough to hold equestrian events, finally allowed for serious growth. In 2014, 2,000 archers registered for the first time. The compound professional division was won by Mike

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