Myself and fellow member DarrellH are headed to Colorado this October to hunt elk. I believe in good practice. I mean practice that really simulates the hunt for real learning and confidence building. That means we needed an elk to shoot. Have you priced a 3D elk? 1200 + dollars. I brainstormed how to make us a full size elk target and stole some ideas from online.
I started by hand sketching an elk on paper, drawing a measured grid over it, calculating the scale, then transferring the drawing to a 4'?8' sheet of 5mm plywood.

I then cut the silhouette out with a jigsaw.

Then is was time for a rattle can renaissance.


...and then...the good part! Darrell and I shot the elk with a 454 Super Redhawk, a 44 Super Blackhawk, and a 35 Rem Contender from 64 to 168 yards using only field positions. We shot offhand, kneeling, sitting, off the side of trees, and off a PSR. No kidding, we hunted this bull.

And we had a fun and educational afternoon of practice.


In full disclosure, those errant low bullets were mine. Darrell showed up and showed out.He killed it, with every shot from his revolver, from 64 yards out to 162.