Scoring zone on life-sized cardboard deer target - OK?

Brobee

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Hey there Folks!

A couple of years ago I made some life sized die-cut cardboard deer targets I've been using for off-season practice (from field positions at various ranges from 100 through 400...sure shows me my limitations!). Here's what it looked like:

target_cardboard_deer_a.jpg


Since then I've gotten better at illustrating, and have made some other die-cut targets that have a single color printing to them. The grizzly bear target below is an example of one of the more recent ones.

target_bear_testdrive.jpg


Anyway, I was unhappy with the scoring zone placement in version #1 (a tad too low... :( ), so before taking the plunge and making version #2, I thought it might be a good idea to post the artwork here and see what you folks thought. Do you think the scoring zone is ok? If not, how would you change it?

deer_v2_concept.jpg


Many thanks for your feedback!

Cheers,

Brobee
 
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nice !


I kinda think your first one had the heart a little more correct than the updated one. mostly because the updated one seams just a bit forward...

Regardless thats nit picking. Both of them are close enough that it would blow the heart appart in real life.

Good Job man !
 
I like you artwork! i would suggest that version 1 is an inch or so too low and version 2 an inch or so too far forward. Very good in general though!
 
NorthernCX said:
Any chance you'd sell targets like those? They look SWEET!
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I've thought about it, however there are some significant logistical challenges in moving them around the country.

To put it in perspective....the grizzly bear measures 47 inches tall by 40 inches wide. The deer is dimensionally similar. The thickness of the cardboard is such that a stack of 250 stands about 5 feet tall. About the only cost effective way to move them around the country would be via truck with the targets packaged by the pallet....something like 350 or 400 at a time. In quantities of 1000 or more, my cost is in the 6 to 7$ range. If I marked them up to $10, that would mean a pallet load would cost $4000 for the bears and another 1 or 2 hundred $$ for the trucking....a lot of coin for regular guys to organize for some targets, plus a storage issue for them once they receive the pallet.

Another idea I briefly thought about was to have them made in die-cutting box factories across the country, however that limits their availability to those living in major urban centers and comes with the same minimum quantity & storage issues, likely more so as to get the best price they would need to be made in lots of 1000 or more. I would need to organize storage in all the various cities where they're made and....well...my head hurts jut thinking about it.

The best chance would be for guys to lobby their local hunting stores (who would be site sponsors of course) to bring in a pallet load. the pallet could contain mixed product...a hundred bears, a couple hundred deer, a hundred coyotes, a hundred terrorists, all this would fill a pallet. I think the deer would sell like hotcakes, and the terrorist (see the thread in the black rifles forum) would do well with the tacti-cool crowd. I have not yet gotten organized sufficiently to approach these vendors myself, however if there is enough interest I would do so. Keep in mind too that doing so makes me the sales guy, which I am terribly bad at....it would likely be much better received if the interest came from the customer.

Anyway, thanks greatly for your feedback!

Cheers,

Brobee
 
Brobee said:
How about this then?

deer_v2b_concept.jpg
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that's close to perfect! Actually it is perfect because the near side lung does extend a bit farther back but would be a marginal hit at this angle if you drew it all in. ( for the record, I come from three generations of butchers, and have a BScAg in animal science)
 
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