I need to set up a backstop in my back yard. Im just curious what every one uses for a backstop. I was gonna use haybales but I kinda want something longer lasting. I seen some 8' X 4' rubber stall mats at TSc that were I think 1/2 or 5/8 inch thick and really tough. They were $40. They would last a long time but might not work well, I dunno.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Genesis 27:3
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison
I like to use a 150 class buck myself....
I don't use anything but Morrell targets, I never use a back stop. Hay in my case is not good, because my arrows fly though hay.
I find my backstop to be foolproof should i miss the assortment of oak trees has plenty of sufficient stopping power, it also makes you concentrate a touch more knowing you usually don't get a second chance w/ that arrow.
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i use haybales. i got 8 of them in a stack...2 high and they form a 90 degree angle...i put my target in the open end of the angle...
heres the best pic i got...only 6 in there at that time..
its now 2 deep x 2 high..i keep them on pallets as you see...keeps them off the ground....keeps the mice out of the shed and keep them covered with a old tarp i had laying around. they lasted a full year and still goin strong.
also...it does stop my arrows. sometimes ya gotta dig for em...but i havent had one go through yet...alot of mine are broadheads passing through my BH target...but i'll admit...a couple times i was tired, shakey and choked and punched the trigger and threw them into the hay bales...
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I shoot at a foam target which I planted on a pile of sand, I keep the sides of the pile nice and even so if I miss, I just need to find the entry hole and dig a few inches.
I made sure there were no rocks or pebbles in the sand, because that really stops fieldtips but not the rest of the arrow.
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I like those nets, however, their a little high for no more arrows than it would save me. I lost two last year, due to me shooting at my little target from a long distance. Shoulda used my Humungo instead of my little portable 18X14 target. I got several targets, I just want to put a backstop behind my Glendel Buck for shooting long range. I wanted a pile of sand or dirt, but I can only get a big truck load for $110. I'll probably get 8 or 10 square bales or 1 round bale from the neighbor.
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Genesis 27:3
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison
about seven years ago my dad and I went to a local PAMIDA discount store and asked them for a card board bale. I'd never heard of them, but my dad had. We asked the employees about them and they said we could have one. I think the thing is about5 ft. tall and 4 ft wide. It ways alot I'm guessing around 300 hundred pounds or so. It works just like a layered foam target, except the foam is replace with a gazilion layers of card board. We got that thing home, wrapped a cheap tarp around, and place it on a pallet. We have a little canopy over it too. I have a block target in front of it. It has lasted us 7 years, it sits outside all year in the rain and snow. No real signs of it falling apart yet.
About 4-6 layers of free hanging carpet remnants will stop field point arrows. Not so good at stopping broadheads though. Drive a couple of fence posts into the ground, however far apart you want your backstop to be wide, then tie a wire between them and hang the remnant over the wire. Put another one or two sets behind that one, leaving about a foot between them. If that doesn't stop your arrows, add another.
About the only thing that'll do good and last a long time with broadheads - and let you get your arrow back undamaged - is either a pile of clean sand or a turf butt, and naturally they'll both work with field points too.
What to use for archery backstop?
and keep them covered with a old tarp i had laying around. they lasted a full year and still goin strong. 
- is either a pile of clean sand or a turf butt, and naturally they'll both work with field points too.
