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3D Animal Targets · Ranked by CareScore™

Best Backyard 3D Targets

Hard-capped at $200, which is the backyard shelf at Delta — Intruder, Challenger, Bloodline, Aim-Rite. Price leads because a lawn deer should not cost what a course animal costs. Insert price still counts; you will replace that core. Weight only moves the needle here because dragging a 16-pound Intruder to the fence line is a different chore than wrestling a Full Rut.

Who this is for: Home-range shooters who want a full-body animal under $200 without buying a course target.

The short answer

The best 3d animal target for backyard is the Delta McKenzie Intruder Deer with a CareScore of 74.6/100 at $119.99, ahead of the Delta McKenzie Challenger Deer (70.1).

Ranked by the published CareScore v1.1.8 methodology with weights re-tuned for this buyer — June 2026 data.

Top Pick — Backyard

Delta McKenzie Intruder Deer

Very Good$119.99
75
CareScore

The cheapest full-body deer Delta still sells. Thirty-one inches tall, forty long, a single replaceable FlexFoam vital, IBO rings on that core, and a printed 300–350 fps window. Sixteen pounds on the PDP additional-info line — light enough to drag to the fence. Stakes in the box. You are buying a body you keep and a $39.99 core (#50461) you will replace.

Price
$119.99
Insert
$39.99
Sides
1
Weight
16 lb
Maker price $119.99 on dmtargets.com, in stock at data-entry Replacement core #50461 is $39.99 — cheapest printed vital here
Runner-Up

Delta McKenzie Challenger Deer

Very Good$149.99
70
CareScore

Delta's middle backyard buck: a bigger rack than the Intruder, same $39.99 core idea, same 16-pound additional-info weight, same 300–350 fps print. Maker height is 32 inches. Some retailers list 41 inches, which is the maker's body length, not the height — we kept the maker's 32 and wrote the clash down. Still live. Still one face on the vital.

Price
$149.99
Insert
$39.99
Sides
1
Weight
16 lb
$149.99 on the maker page, in stock Core #50201 is $39.99 — same insert money as the Intruder
59
CareScore

Forty inches tall. That is the Bloodline's whole pitch against the Challenger: more deer, same backyard fps window, a $49.99 core instead of $39.99. No IBO ring callout on the target page — scoringRings stays blank. Twenty-two pounds on the additional-info line. The body is replaceable too (#51472), which is rare at this price and not a scored spec.

Price
$179.99
Insert
$49.99
Sides
1
Weight
22 lb
40" height × 43" body — the big backyard silhouette Replaceable core #51471 at $49.99, and a replaceable body listed
55
CareScore

The only non-deer in Wave 1. Twenty-six inches tall, forty-four long, a $49.99 core, FlexFoam, and a UV-coating line Delta actually printed. 'Universal' scoring rings, not IBO. The additional-info table says 25 lb — we recorded it the same way we recorded the Intruder's 16, and flagged that WooCommerce weights can include the carton. No crossbow yes on the page.

Price
$199.99
Insert
$49.99
Sides
1
Weight
25 lb
$199.99 maker price, item #20125, in stock Core #53121 at $49.99

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