Moving targets...ideas ?

[ChuckC]

Ken...how far do you have to lead on a 70 mph target ?
ChuckC

[Bill Carlsen]

Take a rubber tire and put duct tape across the opening. Stick a baloon to the sticky side of the tape. FInd a hill that is safe to shoot accross. Roll tire with baloon down the hill and shoot til you drop.

[DRR324]

I was thinking of just standing along side a busy road and aim for hubcaps as they whiz by.  Probably lose a lot of arrows that way tho'.

[jchunt4ever]

I don't have any other ideas, but if you try the milk jug thing, don't use wooden arrows with points that stick in. I tried this and broke the second arrow I shot at it, when it went spinning and rolling with arrow stuck in it. Never have shot at it since.
Now if you hung it from a rope, that would probably be ok and still a lot of fun, but I hadn't tried that.

[jacobsladder]

my son and I practice with empty 2 liter bottles attached to a fishing pole and line. Cast out the bottle and reel it in.  We shoot rubber blunts.  Great rabbit practice...

[Kingstaken]

At our range we have one with pullys with a rope attached.  The target is attached to two pullys which is hung from a cable.
We then have pullys attached to tress bck to where we shoot. We pulled the rope and hold with foot, realease it and theres the moving taget.
The lay out is in an "L" shape.  Works nicely.

[hawkeye n pa]

Have a cable between two trees.  Used a cheap two inch rachet strap on one end to cable ( its grown into the tree now).   I'm using the natural slope in yard for the target to roll down hill on two pulleys.  Made target out of 3 pieces homasote cut out as a deer.  Have a tractor trailer inner tube laminated between 1st and 2nd and 2nd and 3rd plies.  This builds a heavy target that rolls down hill naturally.  And has lasted for maybe 10 years.  Use a rope to pull it back up.  Had a lot of trouble getting deer to stop without damage.  Ended up tying a 1/4" nylon rope to up hill tree and to rear pulley, adjusted so rope stops deer before hitting end of cable.

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