How Determinator Targets work:

  1. Set up to shoot at 100 yds
  2. Shoot 5 rounds aiming at the bullseye from the same HUNT SHOOTING POSITION. Many Hunters practice off a bench and then miss in the field
  3. Score the ring that all 5 shots are within (this ring identifies your EFFECTIVE RANGE (for that animal and that hunt shooting position)
  4. Record your effective range by animal and shooting position on our PER card.  Use this as your ethical guide in shooting position/distance during your hunt.


​          Read your ring.
          Know your range 
​   OUR "No Bull" evaluation
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Formula-based, progressively spaced “Staggered Ring” design
"This allows you to determine your shooting distance ability and know when to shoot or not shoot during your hunt" 

We’ve done the complicated differential mathematics required to determine the spacing of the concentric, staggered rings on a Determinator Target. This patented system allows you to shoot at 100 yards and identify your effective range. Shooting five shots minimizes any margin for error. Once you’ve shot the five rounds you simply identify the smallest ring that encompasses all five shots and then read the number on that ring which will be between 100 yards (largest ring), and 600 yards (smallest ring). That is your effective range for that specific animal and that hunt shooting position.

"Our definition of EFFECTIVE RANGE: The distance in which you can realistically commit to a shot and confidently from practice expect a one-shot humane Kill"


TARGETS CATEGORIES
Bundles, Big Game, Sight-In, Small Game, African Safari, Small Bore Competition, ​Hunter Safety  
All of our targets are vital size and effective range based and come in a package of 5 targets" 


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ELK OBESSION - 5 PACKAGES OF ELK TARGETS- save 20%  

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ESSENTIAL INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL TARGETS 

Mule Deer

$14.99
Vital Rings applicable to: Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep, Dall Sheep, Stone Sheep, and Aoudad Sheep.

5 targets per package
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Whitetail Deer

$14.99
Vital Rings applicable to: Desert Big Horn, California Bighorn Sheep, Mouflon Sheep, Persian Ibex, and Black Bear.
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5 targets per package
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Rocky Mountain Elk

$19.99
Vital Rings applicable to: American Bison, Red Stag, Red Deer, and Caribou.

5 targets per package
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Pronghorn Antelope

$11.99
Vital Rings applicable to: Black Tailed Deer, Axis Deer, Cous Deer, and Tahr.
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5 targets per package
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

$15.99
Vital Rings applicable to: Dall Sheep, and Stone Sheep.

5 Targets Per Package
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Sight-In Target - 1" sq.

$11.99

Determinator Sight-In Target with one-inch square background. Two confirmation bullseyes, Pronghorn Vital zone yardage rings, how to sight-in instructions on the back panel. Also included on the back panel is a Hunter's Personal Effective Range Card. Confirm your rifle is sighted-in properly and then record your effective range by using Determinator Specie specific practice targets. Sighting-in is fast and fun with our multi aim point targets.
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Right Size Vitals

Choose the Determinator Target that’s right for the animal you are going to hunt. Vital sizes vary; shoot each animal species target for the animals you are hunting.

​Being able to shoot 300 yards for an Elk translates to how far for a Pronghorn? About 180 yards, yes, that is over 100 yards less in distance. 
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Vital size makes a difference in your effective range. 

Shoot from hunt shooting positions

It’s important to know your effective range for all conceivable hunt shooting positions before you hunt. "Get off the bench" and shoot from hunt shooting positions you​ expect to experience in your hunt. If you expect to shoot up to a certain distance practice until you can consistently hit that distance ring from your expected hunt shooting position. If you don't know what position, ask your guide, your mentor or your hunting buddy. 

Why five shots?

We did our homework in determining how many shots (the minimum) that are required to determine your effective range. This minimum allows you to determine your effective range without developing bad habits. 

Proven effective at reducing wounded or missed animals

“By emphasizing real world shooting practice and requiring an individual hunter assessment using Determinator targets, we’ve seen an over 25% decline in wounded or missed animals!”
— Earl Oesterling
Ivory & Antler Outfitters, Colorado

Multiple aim points for guns sighted high

You’ll notice a series of three additional bullseyes located directly below the bullseye at the center of a Determinator target. These “Stacked” aim points are for rifles that are sighted in at 2”, 3” or 4” high at 100 yards allowing you to use these targets no matter how your gun is sighted in. A residual benefit of the multiple aim points is that they help train you to focus on a specific spot as opposed to an area.

Provide “No Bull” evaluation, instill “No Doubt” confidence

Determinator Targets provide a fair and accurate “No Bull” assessment of your true effective range, something that previously has been relatively difficult to accurately determine and, therefore, subject to testosterone-based embellishment. Just because one is able to hit their target once at a long range doesn’t mean that they can consistently make a one-shot humane kill at that range, which is the definition of “effective range” and the goal of Determinator Targets. Half the battle in any skill based effort is confidence. Using Determinator Targets instills "No Doubt" confidence by providing any shooter with demonstrable knowledge as to what their effective range is so that when a shot presents itself there is no doubt as to whether they can make that shot!


         WE BELIEVE IN PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE 
Guaranteed to make determining your effective range fast and easy
The Determinator “Find It Faster” Range Gauge Guarantee - If Determinator Targets don’t make determining your effective shooting range faster and easier, we’ll buy them back, no questions asked.

Why I created Determinator Targets:
-with creator Dave Howard, President of JMA Outdoors, Inc. 

...don't just take it from us.

Determinator Targets are the ONLY target system endorsed by both ​Boone & Crockett Club and Hunt Fair Chase.
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         Determinator Effective Range Targets are a product of
    ​     JMA Outdoors, Inc., an American Family Company.
​     Patent No. 10746511, 11415396, 11867484, 12298112 B2, D 917003