Archery merit badge has set its sights on two minor revisions to its requirements, effective Jan. 1, 2011.
They affect requirement 5.
Change option A (recurve bow or longbow), subpoint F, sub-subpoint 2 to the following:
Shooting 30 arrows in five-arrow ends at an 80-centimeter (32-inch) five-color target at 15 yards and using the 10 scoring regions, make a score of 150.
Similarly, change option B (compound bow), subpoint F, sub-subpoint 2 to the following:
Shooting 30 arrows in five-arrow ends at an 80-centimeter (32-inch) five-color target at 15 yards and using the 10 scoring regions, make a score of 170.
The previous requirements said 10 yards in each instance.
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