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Shooting practicing for animals running
Torsten:
Hi Killdeer!
Am I allowed to copy?
Our forest ground is big enough to make one. My neighbours know already that I am crazy...
Unfortunately we are not allowed to shoot javelinas or russian boars.
We make a roe deer then...
Happy hunting,
Torsten
Killdeer:
Torsten, how kind of you to ask! The target is the property of Baltimore Bowmen, and likely there are no patent rights to infringe. I doubt that they would send reps worldwide to check on it, anyway! :wavey:
Stinger:
When I was a kid we had a set up in the backyard that worked pretty well. We had a hill as a backstop behind the shooting zone. We tied a length of clothes line between two trees and then used one of those old styrofoam surfboards with the silhouette of a deer's vitals outlined on it hanging by some light pulleys. One of us would then reel the target along with an old fishing pole from a safe distance. This way we could very the speed depending on how fast you could reel it in.
hawkeye n pa:
I have a made several running deer targets something like Killdeers photo. I used a old piece of guy wire cable attached between two trees at a down hill angle and tightened with either turnbuckes or a heavy rachet strap. A wire cable will subsitute the guy wire. Welded up a little bracket with pulleys to support a cutout homasote deer target. ( Two layers of homasote with truck innertube sandwiched between. Needed the homasote for weight and will last for years.) The hardest part was getting it stopped. Use a piece of 3/16 nylon rope tied back to starting point. This also serves as "pull rope" Keep the wire or cable well oiled to prevent rust. jeff
overbo:
Built the same type of target system as Killdeer shows in her photos using the old clothes line pullies on doubled up 3/8'' nylon rope (100ft).Used a feed bag stuffed w/ plastic.Tied the rope 2 trees at a downward angle then tied another 100ft 1/4'' rope to the target.Took 3 I screws set them into trees about 5 ft up and threaded the 1/4'' rope from the target to my shooting area about 20yrds from the path of the target.This way I could pull the target along the pully system,stand on the rope to hold the target to nock my arrow.Lift my foot and get ready to shoot.
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