[slowr1der]

Top Shot inspired me tonight to realize that I really want to make some sort of moving target. Where we hunt 95% of the shots we get are at running deer and it's something I'd like to be able to practice on other than shooting at deer. Anyone have an ideas for the best way to make a moving target?

[Jenrick]

What size range do you have to work with, and how much movement are you after? A Texas Star is real easy to make (or buy for matter). Something as simple as a rolling tire can be used if you've got the right land for it. An RC car with a long piece of wooden trim and a cardboard target stapled to it also works quiet well. An old fashioned clothes line is a more permanent, but slightly more limited installation.

-Jenrick

[Shadow 7D]

Helium balloons
cardboard held on arms so it can rotate with the wind
zip lines

[slowr1der]

Something like a zip line is what I was thinking of. I have two spots to work with. One is a field about 200 yards in width, and the other is a wooded area about 50 yards wide. I've thought about the RC car, but I'm sure that it wouldn't work in the wooded area, and I have a feelin git would get hung up on stuff in the field, so that's why I ruled that out.

The tire is another option, but I don't really have a good hill to roll it down.

For a clothes line, what kind of setup would I need for it?

Also, what is a Texas Star?

[ForumSurfer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke5uW8jhDjQ

Texas Star :)

[roadchoad]

Cheap RC car and a sadistic friend will probably be a real good training aid.

[LibShooter]

Typing out loud here, but how about a zip line stretched between two trees, one end higher than the other.

Use two pulleys attached to a 1x2 frame for the target to keep the pulleys and the line from getting shot too much.

You could use a gate latch (http://www.lowes.com/pd_9653-1277-CD1262_4294856551_4294937087_?productId=1204067&Ns=p_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl_Gate%2BHardware_4294856551_4294937087_%3FNs%3Dp_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr%7C0%7C%7Cp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=) on a lanyard to release the target from a safer distance.

That sound fun. I may give it a try.

[roadchoad]

How about a motion activated motor that drives a pulley system?

Point the motion sensor at the shooter.

Put large posts and objects between the target area and shooter to simulate trees and cover.

Hang a target and practice away.