Unlike the IFAA, the
NFAS does not have guidelines for placing 3D targets relative to their size. It is down to the club who sets the course as to the distances. Small targets, beavers, bobcats etc. are usually about 20 metres, 30 metres is an average distance for a medium sized target like a deer. Large targets like lion, moose, caribou and bison, a bit further, maybe 50 or 60 metres.
Some clubs put them out at much further distances, a lion at just under 80 metres a couple of weeks ago. The most popular clubs tend to keep the distance down and make the shot challenging by clever use of the land. I’m glad to say that SVYF are one of the latter, at their shoot last week-end, the furthest target was again a lion, around 40 ish metres, but it looked a lot further.
