I see plenty of the Perfect shot North American Targets. Does anyone have a source for the African Plains Game targets?

I have purchased the full-size Cape buffalo.

Thank you,

Jim

African Sporting Creations.

Surefite7, thanks for the lead but they are all out and have an order when production starts- printing delayed due to shipping costs

Safari Press.

Safari Press sold out

Do people think these targets really help?

I like the “elg” targets they use for running game shooting practice in Sweden.

But for stationary targets, I don't think these things add anything as compared to a good, old-fashioned bullseye.

Just know the anatomy of what’s in the crosshairs.

Which always seems to be the following: Aim in a vertical line with the front leg and a third of the way up the broadside body, adjusted for angles.

Always worked for me.

I like the ‘animal’ targets for a variety of shooting experience for myself. I agree that an experienced hunter probably only needs a bullseye, because he/she has already shot enough game, and knows where to look on an animals anatomy.

However, for newbies to the world of hunting I think it’s a great aid. It solidifies into the brain to look for that vertical line of the front leg and the 1/3 up for the heart/lung shot. A bullseye doesn’t enforce that anatomy to the new hunter whereas the animal targets do.

I have been training a friend of mine for the past three years and I think the animal targets have been great. I have taken him Pronghorn hunting, and to Africa (3) times now. I am a retired teacher, and I believe visual aids are a boon to understanding, whether hunting or any other form of education.

For myself, I also like the ‘scale’ on the target that lets you know that at 100 yds., the target is small enough to look like the animal at 200 yds., or at 50 yds. it looks like at 100yds., etc. One must keep in mind that the trajectories are not the same however!

I also like/use the life size Buffalo target a lot, as I always hunt Buffalo in Africa if the opportunity is there. Then, one doesn’t need the ‘scale’ of size conversion and can shoot in a real life size situation, in a variety of situations (off sticks, fast two shot firing, moving laterally, forwards, etc.) I also appreciate the full frontal Buffalo targets for ‘brain shots’.

biebs uses the broad side of the barn and it seems to work for him (but of course he is inside)

Surefire:

Where are you located?

Colorado is a big area.


I have one of an oryx you can have IF you

will come and get it. Too hard for me to get

out to the PO. Only wording on it is: Action targets.

George

Hi Georgeld,

Hey, thanks for the offer! But I ordered a ton of those targets when they were apparently available, so I’m stocked up. Thanks for thinking of me.

The problem with animals is they seldom present exactly like the pictures in the targets. I think what would be more useful would be a clear model with the internal organs inside so you could turn the model to every possible angle and envision the real target internally. To show, for example that on buffalo a severe quartering away shot might be great on the right side, but not so good on the left side. Just my two cents.

Lavaca, a clear 3D model would be the best. thinking about it an old life size mount of an antelope would be great for quartering shots and others.