Shooting into sand
07-18-2009, 06:28 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Middletown PA United States
Posts: 3,625
Say what you will fellows, but sand is what we used long ago. All these expensive broadhead targets haven't been in production forever, you know.
Brian, if you got the itch just give it a shot. If you have a back yard just puilt you a 3 sided box out of flakeboard and a couple 2x4's. Sand will cause some wear on the heads, mostly just removing the anodizing and will definitely dull the blades.
Just two more things you'll need. First is a bicket of water to rinse the heads after each shot. This keeps sand from building up in the cracks and crevices of the ferrule. The other is another set of replacement blades, which you probably aready have.
The arrows will drive in pretty deep. Us old guys here used to mix in some top soil and plant grass with the sand to help holt it together,
Hey, give it a try. The worst it can do is cost you a couple bucks. Then you'll know.
Brian, if you got the itch just give it a shot. If you have a back yard just puilt you a 3 sided box out of flakeboard and a couple 2x4's. Sand will cause some wear on the heads, mostly just removing the anodizing and will definitely dull the blades.
Just two more things you'll need. First is a bicket of water to rinse the heads after each shot. This keeps sand from building up in the cracks and crevices of the ferrule. The other is another set of replacement blades, which you probably aready have.
The arrows will drive in pretty deep. Us old guys here used to mix in some top soil and plant grass with the sand to help holt it together,
Hey, give it a try. The worst it can do is cost you a couple bucks. Then you'll know.
07-19-2009, 05:20 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Adirondacks
Posts: 1,305
I've been doing it for years.In the spring the town road crews clean up all the sand they spread over the winter.I just asked them to dump a load for me out back.Works better than anything else,cost free and is not hard on arrows.I use Magnus heads so I'm not worried about damage here either.If I were using those expensive replaceable jobs then it might be another story.
07-19-2009, 07:04 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Lake County, Florida
Posts: 3,313
back when i was in highschool 10+ years ago, i could not afford a target. so i leaned a ladder up to my house and climbed on the roof. from here i would shoot at premeasured distances. this worked out well for 2 reasons...saved money by not buying a target and made better accuracy for treestand hunting by sighting in from up in the air.
by the way, this never messed up any of my arrows either. i have shot aluminum and carbon this way.
by the way, this never messed up any of my arrows either. i have shot aluminum and carbon this way.
