Ace archers from across the U.S. have their sights set on Cullman this weekend, where the grounds of the St. Bernard Abbey are providing the scenic natural backdrop for this year’s final event in the nationwide Delta McKenzie ASA Pro/Am Tour.

Professional and amateur archers alike take part in the tournament, which is unfolding at St. Bernard from Aug. 3-5. For those who follow top-notch archery, the tournament is a big annual deal: Televised coverage from St. Bernard will be shown Saturday, Aug. 3 on the Sportsman Channel beginning at 4 p.m., with tens of thousands of dollars in prize money up for grabs across four professional divisions.

As a “3-D” tournament that focuses on in-the-field archery rather than paper targets, the competition takes advantage of the St. Bernard campus’ natural setting. Archers are tasked with walking from one staged shooting course to the next, taking aim at 3-D animal targets whose ranged distance and unique challenge parameters shift from one station to the next.

This weekend’s Cullman stop marks the final event in the 2024 tournament’s six-stop tour, which already has landed in four U.S. states, including Louisiana, Kentucky and Illinois. Sponsored and named for high-end archery target manufacturer Delta McKenzie, the tournament’s tour through Cullman was coordinated through the city’s department of Parks, Recreation and Sports Tourism.