Target Question

b_in_atl · 07-30-2007, 01:45 PM

I might as well get all my newbie questions out today. Tried to search for it but couldnt find an answer.

Do you all have a backstop behind your bag target or block target in case by some chance you miss the target completely? I was thinking about plywood. Would that be a good or bad idea?

Pydpiper · 07-30-2007, 02:09 PM

I have seen plywood used, but here at home I don't use anything.. My targets are hanging on a chain link fence, the other side of the fence is my camper

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Last night I was trying some new arrows I made and my In-laws popped by, her eyes got huge and says "what if you miss?"
I have missed the target in my early days of shooting, tore an arrow up going into my shop door on one, the second was when I was leveling my scope, put a broadhead through a $60 aluminum level..
Yes, a backstop is a good idea, plywood would help decelerate the arrow but probably wont stop it completely.

ranger56528 · 07-30-2007, 02:40 PM

My back-stop is my yard but I have yet to mis....CLUE...start close and work your way back.....

Hotburn76 · 07-30-2007, 03:06 PM

You have to evaluate the risk of lost arrows first. If you are just shooting field tips and don't mind hitting a few with the mower or finding them in the future then no. If you shoot in a town and your arrows can go into someone's yard then yes. If you are shooting B-Heads a back drop is a must IMO. A b-head laying in wait in the grass for a kid to fall on would be a shame. Most of the time for field tips I have nothing, I am pretty sure of the shot, but for B-heads it always a must, most of the time its just the barn siding.

ranger56528 · 07-30-2007, 04:28 PM

Good point Jason...I live in the sticks,should also say if I lose a arrow(witch I have'nt in years except at long shots at 3-D shoots)I use my Bounty Hunter to find it....My son misses alot but we end up finding them with the detector,its funny how orange and yellow vains get lost in green/brown grass.....
You can also buy mesh to hang behind your target, the same stuff they use at indoor 3-D shoots......

b_in_atl · 07-31-2007, 05:19 AM

I forgot I had some huge wooden pallets sitting in my basement. I went ahead and put them up next to fence for right now.

Does anyone have a place online where they buy paper targets to put on their block targets for practice? I've been looking for a deer vital paper target but havnt found one that will fit. If it's against forum rules to post the sites, if someone could pm me one I'd appreciate it.

Pydpiper · 07-31-2007, 06:05 AM

Not vitals but..

www.mytargets.com

Planter · 07-31-2007, 06:20 AM

I picked up a yard of fabric that looks like a pair of red polka dot boxers. Pinned to a bag or tacked in the corner with roofing nails to a block it gives me 16 fresh spots to shoot at.
I will enjoy it more when I stop thinking I'm shooting some guy in the boxers but it will sure buy me a lot of extra target life. Of course I am just chucking field tips at them>>>>>>>>>>Whacke d