If any of you read my post about rekindling the passion (buying a recurve bow) you would know I just got a CenterPoint Aspen. All my archery target bags and blocks are up in PA but I'm wintering in FL. I was dying to shoot this bow so I grabbed a cardboard box at a local store (about 16" square) and stuffed it with a bunch of old rags and towels. Put a couple small pieces of masking tape on for an aiming point and started shooting away. The arrows only penetrate about 3-4" and are easy to pull out. When one side gets shot out I'll just turn it around!