Targets?

Cold_DeadHands · December 17, 2008, 02:29 PM

What kind of Targets do you use to shoot at with your shotgun? When I don't use regular paper targets, I prefer 1 Gallon Milk or Water Jugs myself.

zippy13 · December 17, 2008, 02:47 PM

Bio-degradable, orange dome, standard size trap/skeet clays.

Chinny33 · December 17, 2008, 02:49 PM

birds, squirrels, rabbits.

8.5''x11'' paper <--cheapest form, no blood, no mess to clean up

clay discs [skeet/trap]

BigJimP · December 17, 2008, 02:49 PM

I'm a clay Target shooter - Skeet and Sporting Clays mostly / a little Trap.

Scattergun Bob · December 17, 2008, 04:57 PM

I still spend quite a bit of time functioning my fighting 870's. Before the snow hit the ground and made transit into the hills tough, I would practice on a falling plate rack with the tightest shooting 870 barrel I have ever owned. For me it's all about speed to the next target and hand manipulation of the scattergun. Shoot one, reload one, shoot one is a great drill to build speed and confidence.

now that the snow has hit, I practice at our indoor range @ 50ft with a steel shaker plate and cheap winchester slugs, same drills, in low light.

dalecooper51 · December 17, 2008, 06:40 PM

Most of the time I try to shoot those aggravating little orange clay targets on the skeet range. Other than that it is either butcher paper, cardboard or steel swingers.

alloy · December 17, 2008, 07:04 PM

paper plates and clothespins strung on a 30ft wide fence

true_pair · December 17, 2008, 08:19 PM

clay targets

oneounceload · December 17, 2008, 08:40 PM

another one for clay targets

Brian Pfleuger · December 17, 2008, 09:13 PM

Deer mostly.

A few homemade paper targets made with filemaker that allows me to aim at the bullseye and hit the appropriate line for reference at each appropriate distance.

Dave McC · December 17, 2008, 10:17 PM

Plenty of choices. For moving targets I like starlings. Landfill rats have their good points also, though shooting is now prohibited at the local one.

For "Serious" practice, a good low cost, biodegradeable target is a paper grocery bag. Lay your forearm on it down the middle and trace around it with a Sharpie. Add a 4" circle at the top and mount it on a lath 5 feet off the ground or less.

Duplicates the CNS, the side of the bag is about the same as most torsos.

USA123456789 · December 17, 2008, 11:47 PM

well. You can go to your local Wal-mart and get a hand set trap thrower (about 40 or < ) and grab a box of targets and head on out the door.
Im a big trapshooter so if you are looking for something moving try trapshooting then go to skeet or sporting.

olddrum1 · December 18, 2008, 02:51 AM

I usally just shoot mine up in the air. I love to reload and thats the only way I can get them empty. (I have a clay machine out in the barn) Sorry for being silly.

.300 Weatherby Mag · December 18, 2008, 04:35 AM

clays..

Vergeltung · December 18, 2008, 09:14 AM

life-size man silhouette targets.

Howaido · December 18, 2008, 04:13 PM

best suggestion I can give:

Take a "wire cone" tomato stake and mount it on top of a 5 foot 2x2" with duct tape. You can mount a small flat square of plywood on top of the 2x2" with a nail to help by providing a surface to sit the tomato stake on before duct taping it to the 2x2".

Drive the 2x2 into the ground so that the tomato stake is torso high, then throw a paper bag over it.

Lasts for dozens of shots with birdshot, is reactive, the size of a torso, the tomato stake takes a pounding, and it is cheap set up.

hogdogs · December 18, 2008, 04:26 PM

Ice cubes... 5 gallon bucket ICE CUBES!!!

Otherwise I love me a fear driven runnin' critter!
Junior likes to use the red clay bird flinger thingy to toss a clay then try to hit it...
Hey as long as the kid is having fun

Brent

December 17, 2008, 02:29 PM	#1
Cold_DeadHands Member Join Date: December 15, 2008 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 32	Targets? What kind of Targets do you use to shoot at with your shotgun? When I don't use regular paper targets, I prefer 1 Gallon Milk or Water Jugs myself.

December 17, 2008, 02:49 PM	#3
Chinny33 Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 248	birds, squirrels, rabbits. 8.5''x11'' paper <--cheapest form, no blood, no mess to clean up clay discs [skeet/trap] __________________ PLAN PLAN PLAN A prudent man forsees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are punished Proverbs 27:12

December 17, 2008, 04:57 PM	#5
Scattergun Bob Senior Member Join Date: February 29, 2008 Location: Nine Mile Falls, Washington Posts: 1,186	I still spend quite a bit of time functioning my fighting 870's. Before the snow hit the ground and made transit into the hills tough, I would practice on a falling plate rack with the tightest shooting 870 barrel I have ever owned. For me it's all about speed to the next target and hand manipulation of the scattergun. Shoot one, reload one, shoot one is a great drill to build speed and confidence. now that the snow has hit, I practice at our indoor range @ 50ft with a steel shaker plate and cheap winchester slugs, same drills, in low light. __________________ First, with the most, WINS! Regards, Scattergun Bob

December 17, 2008, 08:19 PM	#8
true_pair Member Join Date: July 24, 2008 Location: Warren County OH Posts: 59	clay targets __________________ "Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." BEN FRANKLIN

December 17, 2008, 09:13 PM	#10
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	Deer mostly. A few homemade paper targets made with filemaker that allows me to aim at the bullseye and hit the appropriate line for reference at each appropriate distance. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

December 17, 2008, 02:47 PM	#2
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Bio-degradable, orange dome, standard size trap/skeet clays.

December 17, 2008, 02:49 PM	#4
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	I'm a clay Target shooter - Skeet and Sporting Clays mostly / a little Trap.

December 17, 2008, 06:40 PM	#6
dalecooper51 Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2007 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 318	Most of the time I try to shoot those aggravating little orange clay targets on the skeet range. Other than that it is either butcher paper, cardboard or steel swingers.

December 17, 2008, 08:40 PM	#9
oneounceload Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: N. Central Florida Posts: 8,518	another one for clay targets

December 17, 2008, 10:17 PM	#11
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Plenty of choices. For moving targets I like starlings. Landfill rats have their good points also, though shooting is now prohibited at the local one. For "Serious" practice, a good low cost, biodegradeable target is a paper grocery bag. Lay your forearm on it down the middle and trace around it with a Sharpie. Add a 4" circle at the top and mount it on a lath 5 feet off the ground or less. Duplicates the CNS, the side of the bag is about the same as most torsos.

December 17, 2008, 11:47 PM	#12
USA123456789 Senior Member Join Date: October 26, 2008 Location: Somewhere Posts: 123	well. You can go to your local Wal-mart and get a hand set trap thrower (about 40 or < ) and grab a box of targets and head on out the door. Im a big trapshooter so if you are looking for something moving try trapshooting then go to skeet or sporting. __________________ You can never have to many hulls but, the man that dies with the most hulls wins USA USA USA USA

December 18, 2008, 02:51 AM	#13
olddrum1 Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Mid Missouri Posts: 807	I usally just shoot mine up in the air. I love to reload and thats the only way I can get them empty. (I have a clay machine out in the barn) Sorry for being silly.

December 18, 2008, 04:35 AM	#14
.300 Weatherby Mag Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2008 Posts: 1,777	clays..

December 18, 2008, 09:14 AM	#15
Vergeltung Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Location: near NYC, USA Posts: 292	life-size man silhouette targets. __________________ *Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum*

December 18, 2008, 04:13 PM	#16
Howaido Member Join Date: July 13, 2008 Posts: 29	best suggestion I can give: Take a "wire cone" tomato stake and mount it on top of a 5 foot 2x2" with duct tape. You can mount a small flat square of plywood on top of the 2x2" with a nail to help by providing a surface to sit the tomato stake on before duct taping it to the 2x2". Drive the 2x2 into the ground so that the tomato stake is torso high, then throw a paper bag over it. Lasts for dozens of shots with birdshot, is reactive, the size of a torso, the tomato stake takes a pounding, and it is cheap set up.

December 18, 2008, 04:26 PM	#17
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	Ice cubes... 5 gallon bucket ICE CUBES!!! Otherwise I love me a fear driven runnin' critter! Junior likes to use the red clay bird flinger thingy to toss a clay then try to hit it... Hey as long as the kid is having fun Brent

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