homemade targets
 

i want to see everyone's homemade targets. since my block 4x4 $h!t the bed i need a new target and im kinda wondering if i can do it myself. ive been doing some looking but i dont really know what to use or where to get it.

please try to include what the material is that you made it out of, how much it cost, and where you purchased it.

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me and my cousin just used sheets of styrofoam insulation and cut them to about 2-2 1/2 feet wide and stacked them untilwe thought it was tall enough and put a rachet strap around them and tightened it up. i dont have a picture right now. you can probably get some at lowes or someplace like that. they do pull kinda hard so i put some silicon stuff on my arrows and it works better.

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What kind of problem did you have with your block? I used to just use a cardboard box filled with old cloths. It seemed to work out alright, but I used a block last year and I liked it. I didn't get to shoot as much as I wanted to though, you probably shot a lot more than I did.

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well i got the 4x4 and ever since i shot broadheads into it, the foam on the outside and the foam layering started to come out in big pieces. the layered foam on the inside would come out after every shot with a broadhead. ive only had it since like august of last year and i need a new one very soon.

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My brother in law and I made the Best home made Target, we basically got a bunch or styrofoam sheet cut them all 36"X36" used the strapping machine at work to compress it all togather nice and tight, oh yah we put peices or 1X2 wood in there so it would hold it's shape and the thing works great for us,had a slow day at work and got bored good thing I have a cool boss who also hunts just had to make him one too LOL

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heres one that i made.....i used an ac box and inside it contains cut up clothes like pants and shirts....also contains grocery bags.... it works good for field points i wouldnt reccomend broadheads though...and also mke sure it is thick enough if you are shooting a high draw weight

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For an old target me and my dad made back when dinasoars roamed, we took a big corn bag(50lbs.) and then started stuffing bags in it like shopping bags and any plastic bag that we could find. It only works well with field tips

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I use the feed bags also but I stuff them with old clothing and material!! They last forever! Once the bag gets shot up to much just stuff everything into a new one!!!

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I tried to make one last year by stuffing about 500 plastic grocery bags into a 24" X 24" X 24" cardboard box. The arrows stick in there so tightly you can't get them out. Bought a Block 4X4 - I was somewhat disappointed given all the advertising hype that goes with this unit. Those endorsers must be well paid. Field points pull out of it pretty hard. My 14 year old son can't do it at all. I often have to put the target on the ground and place my foot on it to get the arrows out. Broadheads and particularly expandables come out pretty easy - but they bring stuff out with them that has created, in only about 30 shots, a tennis ball size hole in the target. I still have a 20 year old Morrell Eternity that is so shot out the the arrows that hit the middle often bounce out of the target. Still works though. I think I would buy another one of the these before I would try to make one.

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I make from the skrin wrap form pallets and traps from bunks of lumber and stuff them into a box real tight....arrows only go about 4 inches in.

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Try the morrell yellow jacket target. I've had mine for 3 years and it still looks new. Pulling field points is a bit tough though.

Tom

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understatement of the year LOL. great for broadheads though.

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I put old outdoor seat cushions in a box and use that.

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I made a great field point target out of tons of feed sacks and grocery bags and anything else soft and stuffable. I just throw it all in a burlap sack or similar, tie the top,and use a marker to put a target on it. They last me for several months with no pass throughs and cost me NOTHING. That's the way to go.

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Made the same target 3 months ago. When it starts to wear-out I'll just get another burlap sack, slide the old one into it, mark some spots to shoot at and I'm good to go. The only expense in my set-up is the PVC pipe stand I made ('bout 6 bucks). Now just need to find a way to make something for broad-heads.

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Ihave a 3X3 cardboard box filled with old clothes. Only problem is half of the clothes are jeans so the thing weighs like 30lbs. Not much fun luggin' it around.

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My father and I found some packing styrofoam and we cut it into squares, duck taped the edges and it worked great!!

you should give it a try!

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I use shrink wrap stuff it in a corn sack and paint turkey,deer,bear on it and they last forever and most supply stores beg you to take that stuff

CQQL

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I went to a landscape company and got some scrap pond liner, for those backyard garden pond's, and cut those in squares to fit perfect inthe box I had, it works similar to the block, but not as compressed. So the arrows come out easier.

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Our local club has made several carpet bales that work quite well for field points. Just find 150 each 16x32 carpet pieces and use all-thread and plywood to pinch them all together. The gives you a huge target that you can tighten down as your shooting wears it out. The arrows pull easily and will most likely never see a pass-through. As a design note, use 4 pieces of all-thread, instead of 2, located in each corner to achieve an even compression; this will give better stopping power and easier arrow removal. I'm planning on making one for my home shooting because it's cheap and works.