My wife and I are moving into a house finally this week. I'm so sick of living in a sardine can(apartment). Anyways, I'm really excited as we'll be able to shoot our bows at home. This makes for much more frequent practicing. Only problem is that it is in you're run of the mill suburban neighborhood. The yard is approx. 25 paces diagonally from one corner to the other. ( approx 20 yds effective shooting distance)Woods behind us with neighbors on either side of us. Typical 6 ft 1x6 board fence surrounding. I'm a little concerned about shooting in this confined of a space. I have seen people shooting in their back yards elsewhere, but I grew up shooting with no houses within several hundred yards.

My thoughts are leaning towards 3 square hay bales stacked and caddy-cornered as a back stop, with a bag target for primary target.

Another thought would be 6 bales. 2 stacks of three. Each stack parallel to the fence, but pushed up in the corner, again with a bag target for primary.

Anyone else in a similar situation, or have experience with this?

added tidbit of info. Back yard is 10 paces by 15 wide. Back of the house has windows every 5-6 ft. This weekend After the final movein I'll scout out the woods behind us. We have a dog, so just taking the fence down is pretty well out of the question. From what I can tell there's about 50-60 yds of really REALLY thick woods between our subdiv. and the one back there. Maybe I can cliear a lane lengthways down the strip of woods. Its a thought.