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Title: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Slickhead on March 07, 2011, 07:34:00 AM
Just wondering if anyone makes their own 2D targets.
We are looking to make some (basically because our bowhunters club doesnt have any)
And we thought we'd make our own course .
I saw a you tube video but wanted to reach out to anyone that may have made them and have suggestions on what to use.
Thanks
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Possum Head on March 07, 2011, 08:13:00 AM
Slickhead,funny you asked because I bulit 8 of em in the last few days and was going to take picks today and attempt to post them.Check this evening I'll start a new thread with "TARGETS" heading.
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: 1oldbowguy on March 07, 2011, 08:36:00 AM
I will be watching for this one for sure.
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: EL Mejor on March 07, 2011, 09:14:00 AM
2D OR NOT 2D THAT IS THE QUESTION,,,LOL.LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THOSE PICS...POSSUM HEAD...
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: South MS Bowhunter on March 07, 2011, 09:19:00 AM
We'll it's about time Kurt..........  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: mjh on March 07, 2011, 10:31:00 AM
Buy em from G MAC Archery Targets!
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Possum Head on March 07, 2011, 06:33:00 PM
You know these are really 3D in that they can be angled and fired on quartering to or away.Anyhow my post is titled New targets.Bro.John you and anyone else are welcome to come stick a few!
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Smallwood on March 07, 2011, 06:49:00 PM
there used to be a company named Spencer targets that made them, really inexpensive, but they held up pretty well.
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: reddogge on March 07, 2011, 07:22:00 PM
I make my own silouettes, deer and pigs, out of cardboard. I put them on stuffed feed bags hung throughout the woods.

I also use some 2D targets from Dink's Feather Shop. I'll post pics when Photobucket speeds up.  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Archery/IMG_0971.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Archery/IMG_0973.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Archery/IMG_0975.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Archery/IMG_0970.jpg)
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Possum Head on March 07, 2011, 09:51:00 PM
Reddog, you sure make a nice hog target!
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: South MS Bowhunter on March 08, 2011, 12:41:00 AM
Was that a fat joke?
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Possum Head on March 08, 2011, 07:35:00 AM
Now that's funny right there I dont care who you are.Unless you're Reddogge!
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Smallwood on March 10, 2011, 09:37:00 AM
found a link to the kind of targets I was trying to describe...
http://www.g-mac.biz/bigitems.php
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: lablover on March 10, 2011, 09:49:00 AM
We use close cell insulation foam sheets and cut out 2D targets, mostly squirrels and rabbits. Have done cardboard for hay bales also.  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Stumpkiller on March 10, 2011, 10:48:00 AM
I do like Reddogge, and have done so since I've been deer hunting.  Cardboard silhouettes staked out in the woods or leaned up against bag targets.

At my first employer a couple of us made masters that could be run through the Diazo blueprint machine for lifeside deer and woodchucks.  ;-)
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: reddogge on March 10, 2011, 11:25:00 AM
I can take a joke, no problem. At least someone recognized they were hogs.

Just freehand sketched on cardboard and cut out with a little marker artwork on them. The deer lost their heads too.

AS you can tell most of the bags in the woods can be shot from both sides so I put two silouettes on them. They won't hold up to the weather so I have to put them out and take them in when I shoot them which is for my grandkids or company. I normally just shoot the bags.
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Huntschool on March 10, 2011, 12:39:00 PM
Way back in the day (1990's) we were able to buy ethafoam sheets about 3" thick.  We just drew an outline and cut out the target.  Then got some guy with an air brush to paint em.....  Pretty tough and you could cut out the kill zone and replace it with a new ethafoam block...
Title: Re: anyone make 2 D targets
Post by: Archie on March 10, 2011, 01:22:00 PM
Last year I made my own 2D decoy.  

I searched for "Whitetail Deer" in Google (images) until I found what I wanted.  Then I saved the pic, and printed it on a transparency.  I borrowed the overhead projector at church and projected it on a piece of cloth over cardboard, adjusting to make it life size.  With a fat black marker, some cheap paint, and a paintbrush, I ended up with a great decoy.  I watched deer come in to it, and they thought it was the real deal.