What do you use as a backstop ,practicing
09-25-2004, 09:51 PM
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Savoy Texas USA
Posts: 219
RE: What do you use as a backstop ,practicing
I have my target in my garage when I shoot(I shoot down my driveway, into my garage)...if I miss, I usually break something (my stuff of the arrow)....I can only add that I tend to really concentrate when I shoot. And as a plus, I never loose an arrow or risk hitting someone, or someone's stuff while shooting(I live in town).
09-26-2004, 01:14 AM
#13
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location:
Posts: 108
RE: What do you use as a backstop ,practicing
Don't use anything.
Fortunately, I live where I can just shoot of the back deck, and not worry about missing the target, which happens from time to time from greater distances in heavy winds. I also am very fortunate in that my black lab loves to watch me shoot, and can retrieve most of my misses.
The Trashcanman
Fortunately, I live where I can just shoot of the back deck, and not worry about missing the target, which happens from time to time from greater distances in heavy winds. I also am very fortunate in that my black lab loves to watch me shoot, and can retrieve most of my misses.
The Trashcanman
09-26-2004, 04:36 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
Posts: 3,171
RE: What do you use as a backstop ,practicing
I have a delta target but doesnt seem to be enough to stop my arrows usually go through up to the fletch, so behind the delta target i put a burlap sack full of tightly packed saw dust, behind that I have a 4'x 4' piece of 1/2" plywood with carpet draped over it incase I miss which doesnt happen to often but alot more then I would like.
09-27-2004, 07:21 AM
#16
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Georgia
Posts: 263
RE: What do you use as a backstop ,practicing
Here we go.... Go to wal mart and buy a plastic container fill it with an old comforter (or you could use your wife's favorite but don't blame me
). Put a piece of card board over the front and spray paint a dot over it. Every hundred shots or so change out the card board. It will cost maybe $15 and it will stop hundreds of arrows safely. 
If the arrows start to hit the back of the container take out the comforter refold it and put it back. Then your ready for another couple hundred shots. Word of caution Muzzy Broadheads will pass straight through!!! Found this out the hard way. But field points stop quickly and safely. Good luck.
). Put a piece of card board over the front and spray paint a dot over it. Every hundred shots or so change out the card board. It will cost maybe $15 and it will stop hundreds of arrows safely. If the arrows start to hit the back of the container take out the comforter refold it and put it back. Then your ready for another couple hundred shots. Word of caution Muzzy Broadheads will pass straight through!!! Found this out the hard way. But field points stop quickly and safely. Good luck.
09-27-2004, 07:41 AM
#18
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 387
RE: What do you use as a backstop ,practicing
I have a target that is about 2x2. I RARELY miss it even at 50 yards in the wind. However, I always make sure that there is a backstop. I use a sheet of plywood. I am not as concerned with damaging an arrow as I am with it hitting something it shouldn't......
Here's how I look at it: If I shot the arrow correctly and it was that far off, I don't care if it is destroyed as it is worthless anyway.
Here's how I look at it: If I shot the arrow correctly and it was that far off, I don't care if it is destroyed as it is worthless anyway.
09-27-2004, 10:25 AM
#19
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: What do you use as a backstop ,practicing
I use small children and/or the occasional Bald Eagle ...
I have a piece of carpet hanging over the fence behind my 3-D backed with a sheet of 1/4" luan plywood .
I have a piece of carpet hanging over the fence behind my 3-D backed with a sheet of 1/4" luan plywood .
09-28-2004, 12:57 AM
#20
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Imler, Pa
Posts: 63
RE: What do you use as a backstop ,practicing
i have a box that is about 30" wide, about 5' tall and about 20" deep. i had it filled with a foam that we use at my work. it's kind of like the insulation foam in a can, but it's an industrial grade, 2 part mix. after trimming off the outer edges that are uneven, i have a 20" deep flat facing that arrows only sink about half way into, for several hundred shots. i keep flipping it around till there's not any good target areas left that will stop an arrow and when it's worn out, i'll dispose of it at work, and have another one made up. oh yeah, just a cheap burlap target with a pic of a buck for something to aim at. it wears out long before my backstop does.