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Not much anymore. but years ago we used to setup "Carboard Buck. Bear, Moose" size targets through out the woods at different ranges.. The targets had the vital marked out for kill shots. Still have new target in the basement for use to teach young hunters.
It's nice to have a wooded area "Natural" - set up the deer, hog, bear, elk carboard targets before you take a hunter into the area. Then it is up to them to find, determine range and best shot.
A friend of mine is a metal shop teacher. He had his class, as a project, cut out a life sized whitetail buck from 3/8" steel. They also cut out a kill zone area 8" high and 16" long that encompassed the front shoulder to 5 or 6 inches behind the shoulder. A narrow horizontal plate was then welded along the back side bottom edge of the now-open area, and a flat base was then welded to another kill zone sized plate so it would sit nicely into place behind the main body. (This piece was of another type of tougher steel.) 2x4 brackets were also welded to the front and back, so the entire thing slips down over the 2x4's. (We were allowed to purchase the project for the cost of the material.) Our backyard range has properly placed 2x4's pounded into the ground at 200,300,400,and 500 yards. A properly placed shot knocks the kill zone plate off its ledge. A near miss bangs off the main body, but "usually" the plate stays in place. Anyway, it's great fun and practice, and a couple cans of spray paint keep it looking fresh. It is one heavy target and take two of use to move it from post to post, but after 4 or 5 years it's still there taking a pounding.
Nah, he was trying to hide from a Beanmoor that's all!sometimes it is hard to keep from shooting actual animal-sizes targets at the range.....
Staple them to pallets
