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Hundreds of people traveled from around the country to the Travis County Expo Center for the Southern National Archery Festival, one of the largest archery competitions in the country. Along with $250,000 in prize money, it also included concerts, cowboy church and a redneck parade.

"There's nothing like it anywhere. It's the biggest shoot I've ever heard of," Oklahoma archer Shiloh Butts said.

In the final day of the festival, 64 of the best archers aimed at the title of grand champion. By advancing that far, they were already guaranteed $500 in prize money, already making the 16-hour drive to Austin worth it for Iowan archer Sheri Cosner.

"We have five boys and a little 18 month girl, and they all have bows. So it's just something that we do as a family, and it's really fun," Cosner said.

In each stage of the finalists competition, two archers would be assigned the same target -either a plastic turkey or deer. The aim was to hit those targets with arrows in a way that would receive more points.

"They've got a 64-man, tournament-style bracket - just like in basketball, and it's single
elimination all the way down to the final shooter," Butts said. "Everybody that I shoot
with are like brothers to me. Or more like uncles, I guess, because most of the guys are a little bit older than I am."

For many of the archers, this tournament will be the last of the year. They'll be moving on from plastic turkeys and deer to the real thing as hunting season begins.