Building a Target
 

Im buying bow soon and I need a target but I'm a bit tight for cash right now, so I'm thinking of building one, so basically I'm going to take scrap cardboard (which I have access to for free) and pstack them one on top of each other thentape it together with duct tape, how dow you think this will work?

RE: Building a Target
 

that might work, but i dont think that duct tape will compress it enough. i would recommend something like a wrachet strap or something along those lines to make the cardboard tight enough to shoot at.

i just made my own target. it was made out of carpet instead of cardboard. didnt cost me anything, carpet stores usually givescraps away for free.

RE: Building a Target
 

My first target was two layers of pile carpet tied over two bales of straw stacked one on top of the other. I think I paid $2.50 each for the straw and picked up the carpet for free. It lasteda good long time. I have a book that was printed in the early fifties by Popular Mechanics that has instructions for a cardboard field target. It says you cut the cardboard into strips 12-16" wide then roll it as tightly as possible. They used rope with a loop tied in one end to compress the target, but the ratchet strap idea would be even better. Use duct tape to attach each new piece of cardboard then duct tape the outside when you have the roll compressed. The nicest thing about the design was, you will wear out the center first. When it wears out you cut out the center then roll a new center and fit it in.

RE: Building a Target
 

I used cardboard stacked 2 feet high by 13 inches deep. By using a 2x6 on top and bottom ,I would compress thecardboard by using threadedroads top and bottom . Stopped anything but was really hard to get arrows out of . Alsoo was so hard to get arrows out, my broadheads would pull the inserts out of my arrow.[:@]And target was really , really heavy.
If you can keep your target inside get a big cardbord box and fill it up with old rags and clothes. Its cheap and should work with fieldpoints :D
Good luck.

RE: Building a Target
 

Ifyou get a burlap sack stuff it full of old clothes (remove zippers, buttons, metal snaps and such), plastic bags and so on, is a good cheap target.

RE: Building a Target
 

I used a feed sack or burlap bag and stuffed it with three old folded blankets.It works great.My 2 year old pulls the arrows out with ease,and it last along time with field points.

RE: Building a Target
 

I put one together with a woven plastic construction bag and an old carpet that was being removed . I work in construction and i come across this stuff all the time so my cost was $0
works great I've seen old clothes and shrink rap and they work fine as well. I come across these huge 4' x 4' woven bags that they ship rolls of insulation in i am tempted to make a huge target out of one







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RE: Building a Target
 

for field points just fill a feed sack with garbage bags and foam and crap. It works pefect. For broadheads I don't have any suggestions

RE: Building a Target
 

put a board on top and bottom of cardboard and use a ratchet strap to compress it