What safe? Home archery range question

[johnnyHunts]

I live in a suburb, but it is older. I have a down sloped half acre and a wooded half acre next to me (no house, lots of trees and an upsloped dirt bank on other side). I'd be shooting down, but not into the dirt, just angled down by the slope of the land. There is a wooden fence on the other side of that slightly upsloped wooded half acre. But, on the other side of that fence is a "normal" subdivision. I'm afraid that somehow I'd shoot the arrow through everything, through the wooden fence, and hurt someone. Other than shooting the arrow straight up or in an arc, would a wooded area like I described be enough of a backing to practice archery in against a hay target?

Thanks.

[TexasBowHunter]

I would say that if you have doubts about it ...Then NO....you said you were afraid...That tells me that you shouldn't do it!!!!

[gtownbuckbuster]

yea if u have any doubts is better just not to do it

[mauser06]

safe is when you have no worries....no "what ifs"


i had a similar back yard....but it was LARGE...and i had the room to build a heck of a backstop...it would taken a VERY stray arrow to make it out of my backyard...i had no worries...and if i did have a stray arrow get out of the back yard it would have to go WAY left or WAY WAY right to hit anything but woods...

[wis_bow_huntr]

Id say no.