Moose Target

[Fletcher]

Heading to Newfoundland in Sept and want to make a full size moose target.  Does anybody have an idea on how to make one?

[Lost Arra]

A Ford 8N tractor should closely resemble a moose body and it might cost less than a Rinehart moose.

I would probably cut and stitch together 2-4 100# burlap coffee bean bags. Then fill them with all the plastic bags you could find.

[Bowspirit]

Spray paint one on the back of an old tool shed...  

[bbassi]

buy a cow and get some blunts.

seriously, what ever you come up with post some pictures! And good luck with your hunt (you lucky stiff)

[Kevin Bahr]

Good one, Bob!  LOL!  Seriously, we aren't spending much more to go on the hunt than if we bought one of those targets...
Rick, you should concentrate on making arrows, not targets...HA!

[BMOELLER]

If you can consistantly put your arrows in a little whitetail target,  you definately should be able to hit a MOOSE!!!

[BobCo 1965]

You may want to check g-mac archery products. I inquired once on a full size moose, the quote I got last year was $75.

[tim-flood]

cardboard and a majic marker

[tamure]

I assume you don't mean a life size 3D moose?

Get two 4 x 8 pieces of plywood and lay them 8' edge to 8' edge. Draw a moose on it. Cut out moose with jig saw. Cut out circle in kill zone. Screw 2x4s to the plywood to hold the two pieces together. Insert foam into kill zone hole. Screw / staple chicken wire over back of foam to keep it from popping out. Spray paint plywood to make it look mooseish. Drive t-posts into the ground and use conduit holder things to attach moose to t-posts. Don't shoot the plywood. Alternatively to foam / t-posts, prop moose up against a haystack.  

[amicus]

Fletcher, if you have the Masters of the bare bow or can get it, one of the shooters made a Moose target out of 8ft sheet of some kind of board insulation with 3 2x4. It worked very well. Its what he used to prepare for his moose hunt. Check it out.

[amicus]

Thats the Masters of the Bare Bow DVD.

[Jeff Holchin]

Rick, glad to hear that you are getting to hunt moose.  If going with MVO, PM me cause that is who I went with several years ago and maybe I can provide some tips.  I read an article years ago about making large targets out of the thick (3" or 4") board insulation and duct tape, and using the spray foam insulation to fill in the gaps.

Here is a teaser NF moose hunting photo for you, hope you have a fun hunt.....



I made a great stalk on that shed antler!  Can't resist, here is another (recognize that bow?)...

[the Ferret]

When I was going moose hunting a few years ago I got a cardboard refiderator box, and a can of flat black spray paint from the dollar store and made a "front half" moose target (no head just body and top part of front legs). If memory serves me it was 48" from top of back to bottom of belly. I hung this between 2 trees in my back yard with the top of the hump at 7 feet. I didn't draw a kill zone on it because I wanted to get used to looking at that wall of black and picking a spot. I'd only see where the arrow hit by walking up and seeing where the hole was which I would then tape over with black electrical tape, and then back off and shoot again.One arrow at a time cause that's usually all the chances you get and also then you can't "adjust your aim" for a second shot if you didn't like where the first one went. The first arrow is the one that counts.

I was ready...wish the moose had cooperated.  :(

[Steve Leffler]

Try GMAC targets.  They can customize anything you want.  You will need to attach it to hay bales or some type of foam but he can make the target life size.

[Steertalker]

Flether,

I did exactly like Tamure suggested but took it a step further when I made my life size elk target.  I went to the RMEF website and found a picture of an elk that I liked and downloaded it into a program that I use and blew the picture up to lifesize proportions.  Then I plotted the picture out on my 36" plotter and glewed it to the plywood and then did what Tamure said to do.





I could probably do it for you if you can find the correct dimensions of a lifesize moose....like how tall are they at the withers???  After I got my target made I went over it with spray paint using the picture as a "go by".  Makes for great target I think.

Brett

[ChuckC]

Cardboard is the cheapest way.  Just do like Ferret said.  Start with a large box or glue pieces together.  If you have a Cabelas or similar store nearby, go visit and just sit in fron of their stuffed full mount moose so you can get used to what they look like and how big they are.
ChuckC

[steadman]

Brett, That is an awesome elk target. How much? Great idea  

[Tom Mussatto]

Rick, neighbor to the east still refuses to keep his fences in good repair. He runs 70 head of prime Hereford's in that pasture (and my timber  :(  ) ).

If ya can't find a suitable target (heck, even if you can) drive on down one afternoon and solve your problem and mine. No target is gonna work as well as something with hair on it that moves and who knows, if ya get real lucky ya may not even have to go all the way to Newfoundland for meat.  

[bowmac]

I know this won't help you, if we lived close I would just loan it to you. I bought this Moose used about 4 years ago from a Archery Club. He has been hauled around and shot by a lot of archers since then.

 
                                           Here's a close up. I live in SE Iowa if you are interested in borrowing him.

[the Ferret]

The adult has a dark brown coat. The young are reddish brown. The males are taller and heavier than the females. The moose can grow to be over 3 metres (8 to 10 ft.) in length and a shoulder height of over 2 metres (5 to 7 ft.). Males can weigh 600 kg. (over 1200 pounds).