Target Question.. Help
#1
Target Question.. Help
Hello all. Santa blessed me with a new Horton Hunter 175 this year for Christmas ! My brother and I also got a new Morrells broadhead target to share. I had a Horton Exporer that i shot into the Morrells target and had problem with removing. However, when i shoot my Hunter into it, it completely balsts the target. The bolt goes almost all the way in, and when i remove the bolt (it actually slides out relatively easy) my broadhead has cardboard and foam all stuck in it so i know this is bad. Obviouisly the 320 fps and 106 pounds of energy is a little too much for this target. I also saw that Morrells makes a crossbow target but heard it didnt get good reviews. Anyone have any opnions on what kind of target to get. If i keep shooting the one i have now it will be butchered in no time, and my brother needs it too? Does the Morrells Crossbow target work?? Anyother crossbow targets out there?
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: arkansas
Posts: 3,147
RE: Target Question.. Help
Imho, layered foam targets start dieing a slow to fast death w/ b-heads right off the bat. I've ruined a Block and two McKenzies so far. What I have now is a bag target for field points and a Rinehart 18-1 for bheads. At one time about a year or so ago I had an 18-1 and could NOT pull GT carbons from it. Recently, I tried another and it works great. Can only assume there was a composition problem w/ 1st one.
#3
RE: Target Question.. Help
What awshucks said is right about a fast death. There is no foam target that last very long when broadheads are used. The best one I've used to date is the Block 4X4. It has 4 sides to shoot, deer vitals on two of the sides and the out side has a skin on it that slows down the loss of the slivers that come loose and fall out. I only use broadheads to test the arrow broadhead combo before hunting and then only a couple of times per arrow. Other than that I shoot it a couple of times during the year with broadheads. Bag targets last a long long time with field points.
#4
RE: Target Question.. Help
I agree with your previous posters. If you're testing BHs for accuracy, then using a foam target is the only thing you can do. Once you've settled on a head, then switch to field tips and bag it (In fact I make my own using grain sacks and discarded plastic bags etc).
I also found that using a smaller, four sided BH, like Slick Tricks, makes my arrows fly the same as using field tips thereby doing away with the need to practice with BH's.
I also found that using a smaller, four sided BH, like Slick Tricks, makes my arrows fly the same as using field tips thereby doing away with the need to practice with BH's.
#5
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ne Pa.
Posts: 76
RE: Target Question.. Help
http://www.pacificbowbutts.com/crossbow-target.htm
I also kill targets, I just ordered this, Will post when I test it!!!!
I tried 4 or 5 foam, even cabelas with no luck,
Good luck, Stan
I also kill targets, I just ordered this, Will post when I test it!!!!
I tried 4 or 5 foam, even cabelas with no luck,
Good luck, Stan
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: arkansas
Posts: 3,147
RE: Target Question.. Help
ORIGINAL: Stan00
http://www.pacificbowbutts.com/crossbow-target.htm
I also kill targets, I just ordered this, Will post when I test it!!!!
I tried 4 or 5 foam, even cabelas with no luck,
Good luck, Stan
http://www.pacificbowbutts.com/crossbow-target.htm
I also kill targets, I just ordered this, Will post when I test it!!!!
I tried 4 or 5 foam, even cabelas with no luck,
Good luck, Stan
#8
RE: Target Question.. Help
thanks guys.. but has anyone had any experience with the Morrells' Crossbow target? It seems like they would do much better, but i read their reviews on Cabelas and they didnt do very well.
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Mn.
Posts: 3,399
RE: Target Question.. Help
I have the Morrell magnum and its still going strong,but like any target bag/block if you keep shooting one spot they wear out fast....thats why I like the morrell,16 spots on one side and deer vitals on the other......