Homemade Archery Target
Don't use $800 bows; ten dollar arrows; and expensive targets.
HOMEMADE ARCHERY TARGET
Since the 90's I get one 4' x 8' foam insulation board from the building supply store. (I measure, mark it, cut it, into 2' x 2' sheets and put them in the trunk, outside the store. Good for the non-pickup truck user)
I use four 2' x 2' cut up sheets(depends on the speed of your bow); put folded newspaper in between to add support and thickness; tape the ends with masking tape. (two targets out of each 4' x 8' foam insulation sheet)
I haven't priced it lately, but it came to less than $7 a target.
After using awhile I will rotate the boards in the target and thereby rotate the holes. And replace the old folded newspaper put between the 2' x 2' foam sheets. You have to do a bit of practice shooting to go through $50.
You'll find those foam insulation boards near the fiber insulation rolls of the big box building supply stores.
I forgot. For "targets", I use sticky florescent round stickers from a home office supply store. Instead of using a large target, sometimes expensive, I'll stick on a few small stickers, depending on the distance.
(I think they usually use them on file folders in an office. You don't need many. They seem to last forever. The small sticky dots are good for concentration, I find. (For the rifle range, I take half a clear white sheet with one or a couple of sticky dots.
I do believe in cheapness and less overhead.
Last edited by Valentine; 03-23-2010 at 02:17 PM.