Target Ideas needed. Help?
 

Well, I cant really afford to blow 80 plus bucks for a decent sized blocktarget so I was wondering if hay bales would stop an arrow very well(Field point)? I would just come up with a way to hang paper targets on them. Otherwise if you have any better ideasPlease.

Thanks Guys

RE: Target Ideas needed. Help?
 

Find someplace that gets pallets of "stuff" wrapped in the industrial saran-wrap. Wad that stuff up into a burlap sack. It's AMAZINGLY effect. Lasts a decent time and it can be next to free.


You can also take cardboard or layers of foam and press them together with 2X8 and all-thread rods That one's heavy and will cost you the 2x8 and all-thread rod. Lasts longer and is easy to "repack".

With todays bows I don't think hay-bales are gonna do it. But we can still get by on the cheap. Both those targets ^^^ work as good as any "bought" target. They just don't have the durability. (They'll still be the tar out of a hay bale though!)

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save your money.i shoot a morells carbon six shooter.its not the best target but its like 50$ an will do fine. It will hold up purdy well to my 70lb bear element HD is has six sides to shoot4 Bhead an practice tip sides. an 2 sides just for Bheads/ http://www.bowhunterssuperstore.com/morrell-shooter-target-22x22x22-p-3370.html.

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go with the plastic burlap bags and the shrink wrap plastic . works great and very cheap to make. you could also stuff it with old clothes or shopping bags . as it wears out just put in another bag and re stuff

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Hay bales work great depending on the distances youre shooting from. I have had no problem using bales at all.

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Get a bag target, they are cheaper and work better in my opinion. I'm not all that impressed with the block type targets for the money. A good bag target should last a while if you take care of it. One good pointer is to try and keep them dry and out of direct sunlight. You can shoot with them in the sun, just put it away when you are done. It will help it last longer. If you leave it out in the elements all the time it won't last as long.

Paul

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Hay-bales with somemining belt asbacking, works great.

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Get a couple bails of hay and hang a old telephone directory on it it should last a whole season of shooting. Drill a hole through the phone book and hang it with a piece of rope, right on the bails. It even stops crossbow bolts

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Thanks for the help guys! I would never have come up with any of those things. We get alot of industrial wrapped pallets at work so I will try that one first.

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My favorite target is a bale of hay. I don't use square ones though I use the big round ones and usually shoot at the sides of them instead of the front or back. Arrow removal can be a little tough sometimes, but you can't beat a free target and you have a target big enough its almost impossible to miss:) I've usually got over a 1000 bales so I can keep swapping them out all year long. I've used numerous things for targets on the bales such as just a small piece of duct tapeon theside of thebale. It doesn't have to be anything fancy you just need a spot to aim at. If you aren't a farmer I wouldn't recommend them though because hay is getting really expensive.

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Yeah a round bale of hay is around the $50 mark. Just as well buy a target.

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The last targets I built, I used 2X4's to build a frame(square or rectangle)your choice---Cover the front and the back with carpet, leaving the top open to put in the stuffing, Which I got at theGood Will Storeold clothes they could not sale--I think the big box full was 5or6$--Stuffed it at tight asI could thennailed the opening shut. After a while therags settle just flip it over and they will go back in place.

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I used a rubbermaid tote. I cut the middle of the lid out so that it was just a frame. I stuffed the tote with old carpet and whatever else I had on hand. I put cardboard over this and then snapped the lid in place over the cardboard. I print out free targets from the internet and tape them to the cardboard.

It has held up well. I just have to change the cardboard out once in a while. This might make me incredibly cheap, but I would rather put money into the bow.