delta target, interesting problem

[the longbowkid]

we bought a delta riverbottom buck 3d target, and it is a deer to shoot at for cheap, but we have had a recurring problem. the insert for the plastic leg is right behind the heart.    :eek:    if youre shooting with outserts, see picture. Its tough as hell to pull em out.  the leg and arrows need to be surgically removed.    
   
 
nice group though.  :D

[Tatersalad]

Funny...that just happened to me last week.  I pulled like hell to finally get the arrow out...never took the time to look to see why it was so hard to remove...guess i know now.

Thanks

Michael

[stickhunter 81]

I have 5 of them in the woods beside my house. try pulling a woodsman broadhead out of them, its a pain broke a cedar last week. I ordered all my targets at once, think I will try something different next time.

[Jack Whitmire Jr]

I call them the arrow buster target, I took the legs off mine and now just shoot at the body. I paid $25 on sale and have busted  twice that dollar amount of arrows in it. Never again!


Jack

[wv lungbuster]

Thanks for posting I will be sure an not buy one.  

[Son of Texas]

Same here have had to cut them out,pain in the rear!!!  

[Don Batten]

Mine got so many inserts and points inside the legs, I'm considering selling them for scap metal.  

Hey Luke, you're not suppose to shoot deer in the legs anyway. try to look at it as punishment for a bad shot. LOL. merry christmas to you and your family. Don

[buejeger]

Aha, "glad" to see Im not the only one...  I bought one of these last year and its great for 3D practice where the inner kill is behind the front leg by quite some amount, but for hunting practice too far back imo. On top of this I was using mine to practice for hunting africa where the kill zone is much further forward, good solid heart shots would result in the problem so vividly shown above...
I will not be replacing mine with another of the same....
On the plus side it has taken a huge amount of punishment from I dont know how many hundred silver flame hits....  

Nathan

[Outwest]

Anyone know what brand of 3D target would be a good one?

John

[wtpops]

Rineheart

[madness522]

Why you shooting it in the leg?  Thats a mafia shot...did it owe you money?

[Bill M.]

they have steel in the glenndel targets high and forwadso taking long shots can be risky think I'll stick with mckenze from now on

[robtattoo]

Mine went on a bonfire some time ago. Stupid design. I must've left $20 worth of field points in that front leg.

[shortstroke 91]

Same here, switched to the Rhineheart and never looked back.

[tradtusker]

Originally posted by robtattoo:
Mine went on a bonfire some time ago. Stupid design. I must've left $20 worth of field points in that front leg.

     Same here
just about put my back out trying to get them out

[DRR324]

yep- glendel buck here- has shattered 4 arrows so far.  A hit just 1 1/2" low of the heart area connects with a band of steel running along the bottom.  Made contact with the company- but basically was told it is what it is.....

[lpcjon2]

It's just a tighter celled foam to give it strength.Just spray some Pam cooking spray on the tip of your arrow up about2" and your good.And aim small miss small!

[J. Cook]

It's a product design "strategy" to teach you to not shoot for the heart and take double lung shots instead!  
 

[Buckeye Trad Hunter]

Originally posted by wtpops:
Rineheart

I couldn't agree more.  My uncle had one of these delta river bottom bucks and on top of having this problem, we literaly shot it in half in less than a month.  we finally decided to shell out the little bit extra for rineharts and we're still shooting them 3years later, and they're still in pretty good shape.

By the way the delta bear has the same problem, I've left several inserts in it's legs as well.

[hayslope]

I used to have an older Delta buck (keywords: used to).  I think it weighed about 3 pounds heavier when we threw it away than when I bought it.  More points and inserts stuck in that foam than you could shake a stick at. The "last straw" so-to-speak, was when a Silverflame BH stayed in the target with it's insert.  I cut that one out with a chisel.  We then threw it in the trash.