Thread: "Hunter Class" ?

Greetings all,

The Wilkinson deer targets can be a pain to maintain. Our NZDA branch shot the Wilkinson from the 1970's until 1999. Over much of that time I maintained the targets and built (from memory) 3 new sets. The MkIII in the photo has two small blocks of wood fixed to the target outside the scoring area and the plastic scoring plate sits on these with the outer edges of the plate flush with the outer edges of the blocks. The deer target has the neck length reduced to fit on a 1.300m by 1.200m target face. The target face is 3mm MDF in three sections with the middle 500mm containing the deer body so it can be easily replaced. The deer is positioned on the target face using the centre hole in the scoring plate positioned on the blocks to keep everything the same. This has all taken some extra work in building the targets but reduces the ongoing maintenance considerably. Happy to provide more detail if needed.
Regards Grandpamac.

PS. The target is actually a MkII improved but the comments mostly apply.