Hello all!
I'm in need of some advice on Targets. I'm responsible for setting up my clubs shoot in the next few months, and I would like to have some fun/different targets. I'm very new to this, and have only shot at one R'voo and another time just watched my dad (didnt pay attention really to the targets). So suggestions would be greatly appreciated...and pictures would be down right fantastic!
Thanks in advance! ~Shawna <3
At the Powderhorn Clan New Years 'voo we had a skwerl shoot. The skwerls looked a lot like taters hanging on a thread. They were up in the trees & a hunting party went out in single file, hunting skwerls. When the leader of the party spotted a skwerl, he or she stopped wherever they were & took a shot. If they missed the next in line got a shot & if successful became the new leader & so on down the line. If the skwerl was hit, but not powdered it was considered wounded & counted for half a point. The next shooter than took their turn. I actually won the shoot without any dead skwerls, my .40 cal. skwerl rifle wouldn't powder 'em.
Couple of questions before i weigh in on this one...
How much time do you have to prepare?
What kind of Range facility do you have? Rev's is a great idea if you have that kind of range area but if your limited to an open field with an earthen berm there are some other ideas....
Give us an idea what we have to work with
I like a frame with pieces of charcoal tied to it, and those dum dum suckers placed into the Frame, CD's placed edgewise to the shooter etc.. and you have one shot at each things like that.
Me and a couple other fellows have set up some NOTORIOUS trailwalks,,, ;D
Red Badger has a point, would need to know what kind of range you have to work with.
My shoot will take place in June. I have my Dad and boyfriend at my disposal to help with the set up, building things etc... :)
It's not a trail walk...just a big long range. (not sure what the "technical" term is)
I've seen the charcole one...that was really cool! also they hung dog cookies also.
The sqwerl is just a cute idea!! I want to some how incorporate that in the shoot...Guess I can make a fake tree or something of that nature.
I saw a target that looked like a dart board...that looked fun to me..
but please keep the suggestions coming..this is great!! :)
if you have the technical ability a target inside a target (like a heart inside a deer shape) is also a fun one I have shot at - if you hit the heart it flips the tail on the deer to aid in scoring... Don't know how it works they would not let me see the mechanics of it, but it was a challenge....
Also gongs and chains are challenging targets... and have read about splitting the ball and trying to hit two targets with one shot.. not sure about safety with that one!
another one is 2-3 in. dia heavy gauge steel tube with a 90* curve
and flapper one end and other end mounted in a 12X12 plate
at one range shoot you had to sit on a stump and shoot through a big washer to hit a target in the back of it...if you hit the washer it had a string connected to a dixie cup full of water over your head... ROFL
hang a logging chain horizontally between two posts strpot
the splitting the ball on the ax bit is pretty safe, you don't want anyone on either side of the shooter. Some balloons or clay pidgeons on both sides of the ax head need to break for the shot to count
fill up some 20 oz water bottles with water and a few drops of food coloring and hang from a bar out about 40 yards...easy but entertaining...
I have lots more but it would be interesting to see what other folks come up with!
This one will get em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Blood Shoot
CHEAP materials list
1-individual ketchup packets from your favorite fast food place, as long as one side is all white
2- white paper plates
3- hot glue
Procedure
run a strip of hot glue on the printed side of the ketchup packets and glue to the paper plates will nilllie, not center, place targets at 30 to 35 yards and first one to make blood wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats a neat one leathermonger! dntn
You guys are awesome, the suggestions are great--that water one would be great for summer! and it would bring some really good laughs!
I've done the blood shot one before..that was a lot of fun too!
We do have some steel targets at our disposal...I'll be setting those up. Thanks guys! Please keep the target suggestions coming!! hntr
I like the Egg Shoot. Hang a bunch of eggs on strings at 25 yards. Call out which egg you're shooting at. If you hit it, you score. If you don't, you eat it. Of course, some eggs are hard boiled and some ain't, don't know which is which. If'n you don't want to eat the egg when you miss, a predetermined donation to the club is to be made (before the egg is cracked). There's always cut the card, popsicle sticks, string, balloons; just use your imagination.
you can take empty egg cartons, as a mold, and fill them with drywall mud. put a piece of string in it so you can hang them.
makes good reactionary targets when hit!
same as shooting charcoal briquets!
fruit and vegetables of the season are good targets also.
shooting from all positions, over a log, off of sticks is good.
myfavorite, and it will miz everyone up.....any gun but your own! seperates the men from the boys so to speak.
Quote from: Red Badger on March 05, 2010, 10:26:55 PM
if you have the technical ability a target inside a target (like a heart inside a deer shape) is also a fun one I have shot at - if you hit the heart it flips the tail on the deer to aid in scoring... Don't know how it works they would not let me see the mechanics of it, but it was a challenge....
Also gongs and chains are challenging targets... and have read about splitting the ball and trying to hit two targets with one shot.. not sure about safety with that one!
Using ballons on each side of the blade instead of clays makes for happier shooters.
But don't volunteer to supply the axe unless you already need a new handle.
For the axe shoot, I use old single bit axe blades and weld them to a steel plate and weld a small shelf on each side to hold the clay birds. Easy to pick up and put away, easy to set back up for the next shoot. Make up multiples so you don't have to go down range as often or use at different distances for different values.
old cd's set in a grove in a 2x4 so you are looking at the thin side cut it in 2 charcoal brickets hanging from a string cut the string real fun in the wind we have went to the welding store and and bought old gas cylinders that could no longer be used they are very thick and make a loud dong when hit (it has to be hanging ) if shooting after dark a candle in a box shoot out the candle do not hit it . a chain hanging from a tree workes good for a tie bracker shooting at toose pops and try to cut the stick and not brakingthe toose popor the other way around cuting cards is a good one also.
Wow, thanks for all your suggestions guys! much appreciated!!
we drill holes in a 2x4 to put a golf tee in and silicone a golf ball to the tee first shot remove the ball- if gone second shot hit the tee- first shot a miss shoot ball again= hit 2x4 is minus points love woodswalks- novelty shoots always lots of peacock-in going on
hi: Bein a welder I've made popup targets, if someone there has a machine-don't need much-, I can send or email or fax some drawings on how to make em, only takes some plywood, a jig saw, 3/4 x 1/8 flat bar, about a foot square of 1/4 plate ( makes about 6 3x4 target) some nuts and bolts, cutting torch and a little time maybe a day , let me know if your interested in goin that way they are a hoot hntr
Please post them Nault, I am just getting into a little cutting and welding so sounds like a project i might be willing to try....
Of course I started out with one of those kits that you can carry both bottles in on hand and already realized i wasted my money - Need bigger bottles! ( Notice i said Bottles Not Jug! ROFL, I already know I need a bigger Jug with the way people keep beggin to let them have a sip!)
(susp) Watch out when yas ask a badger fer a drink theys will bite.But ifn yas scatches him behind tha ears he'll be alright.
hi: Badger, Even if you'ud said, you needed bigger Jugs it'ud be just as funny! I Drew up some Rudimentary plans for pop-up targets and a couple of silhouettes, but I suck big time on how to post with out a scanner, so if'n you have a fax machine, E-mail me the number and Ill fax them to ya, if not I'll figure out another way rdfce
Quote from: Red Badger on March 19, 2010, 01:28:04 PM
Please post them Nault, I am just getting into a little cutting and welding so sounds like a project i might be willing to try....
Of course I started out with one of those kits that you can carry both bottles in on hand and already realized i wasted my money - Need bigger bottles! ( Notice i said Bottles Not Jug! ROFL, I already know I need a bigger Jug with the way people keep beggin to let them have a sip!)
BAGER just bring those jugs I meanthouse bottles to me I will put them out of your misery
(susp) Badger let me know how the fax turned out, and if you have any questions, I apologize again for the rawness of the drawings. I would have done it on the computer but where it is concerned I'm still in diapers, much to the amusement of my son. rdfce rdfce
Try drilling holes in a 2x4 and place suckers, dowells or wooden matches in the holes. If you want to make it harder place the dowells at a 45 degree angle and make a verticle board for the matches so they stick out horizontally (give an extra point if they light the match).
Staple pieces of cotton string to a board (nylon won't break) and place the target at 5 yards. Cross the strings and give 2 points if they break them both. Glue poker chips to a board at 10 yds. Stick thumbtacks in a board at 7 yds.
Make the last shot about 125-135 yds at a 12-20 inch gong.
Be sure to include 2-3 easy shots so even the poorest shooters have a chance to hit something.
Quote from: NAULTRICK1 on March 20, 2010, 04:13:19 PM
(susp) Badger let me know how the fax turned out, and if you have any questions, I apologize again for the rawness of the drawings. I would have done it on the computer but where it is concerned I'm still in diapers, much to the amusement of my son. rdfce rdfce
Got it just fine, now all i have to do is get some time to put one together! I will copy your plans and type out the instructions and post it on the site for you as I have time!