Shooting target

For instance, the well known circular bullseye target might originally have resembled a human torso or an animal being hunted.

This becomes the 10 ring at indoor compound competitions, while outdoors, it serves as a tiebreaker with the archer scoring the most X's winning.

[5] Below are the official target sizes, and approximate subtensions in milliradians and arcminutes depending on distance.

In matches organized by the International Practical Shooting Confederation, both steel and paper targets are used.

Within International Shooting Sport Federation disciplines, variations on bullseye targets are used for rifle and pistol events.

The Popinjay (from the French papegai, or "parrot") is an ancient form of target for crossbow shooting.

Originally a bird tethered in a tree, it developed into a complex painted wood target atop a tall wooden pole.

The popinjay would form the centrepiece of a major shooting contest and many shooters would try their skill repeatedly against the same target.

A "splatter"-type paper target — 25 shots at a distance of 91 metres (100 yd), all hitting inside the bullseye within a 25 millimetres (1 in) grouping
An electronic scoreboard used for stangskyting in Norway in 2007 showing the number of hits for each shooter after the first half.
Paper target with a ten-shot grouping
Sius Ascor electronic target monitor