running targets
Mobile practice marks
Running targets are objects or people in motion that serve as the aim point for shooting practice or competition.
The term appears in both military training and sport shooting contexts, where hitting a moving target requires different skills than stationary marksmanship.
Figuratively, a running target describes any goal or objective that keeps changing, making it difficult to achieve: Budget projections became a running target as costs kept shifting.
- sprintingMaximum-speed locomotion on foot
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- deerAntlered hoofed mammal
- wild gameHunted animals as food
- aimPurpose or direction
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