RE: stoping the arrow in straw
I have 4 bales...2 in front and 2 in back strapped with ratchet strap with cardboard from a stand I bought last year covering the front. The target however is a burlap seed bag with an old couch foam cushion inside of it hanging in front of the bales.
Took black spray paint and painted 5 black circles on feed bag, so my target is the bag, and the hay is my backstop. If Im missing the burlap bag and just hitting the hay Im giving up bowhunting.