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stoop14 12-18-2008 06:34 PM

What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
Looking to get a target for my new Equinox, what do you all recommend I'm new to this whole thing.

Pydpiper 12-18-2008 07:09 PM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
Deer, turkey and the odd sharp toothed critter are on the top of my list.
Here is one of my faviorite targets.




Urban Legend 12-18-2008 07:11 PM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
Are you looking for a field point target or a broadhead target?

stoop14 12-19-2008 07:00 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
field point

RLoving1 12-19-2008 07:20 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
the cheap bag target from Academy works fine!

stoop14 12-19-2008 08:43 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 

ORIGINAL: Pydpiper

Deer, turkey and the odd sharp toothed critter are on the top of my list.
Here is one of my faviorite targets.



show off, but man i would love to go hunting them.

Urban Legend 12-20-2008 06:58 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
Morrell makes a crossbow bag target which is really nice.

Cossack 12-20-2008 07:39 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
More specifically, the Merell Crossbow Target (bag). I made te mistake of leaving my two out in the weather (rain) all summer, made arrow removal harder but still stopped the 350 fps arrows at less than 1/2 their length at 30 yards.

awshucks 12-20-2008 07:48 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
I've had a BUNCH of targets. Tried to get by cheap w/ layered foam types, as they take both types of points. Bheads chew them up fast. I'm on my 2nd Morrell bag target for field points and will gladly get another when this one is shot up too much. The best bhead target I've seen is the Rinehart 18-1. It's hard to pull carbons from w/ field points or I'd use it full time for all.

907Alaska 12-21-2008 12:27 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
I use one by Morrell (bag target)

wheelie 12-22-2008 06:23 PM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
I use sm board, isulation from work sites or from hardware store and cut to 3x3 and bought a bail of hay from a farmer for 2 dollars' and put it behind the insulation board.I print out targets off internet and hang them oh the board to shoot

mjn 12-22-2008 07:33 PM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
I use the Cabellas blue block...works great with my flex shooting targets at mid setting...haven't shot it at full strength, so not sure how it would hold up, but I'm happy so far.

coyote170 12-23-2008 03:39 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
Morrell for me to!:)

Planter 12-23-2008 08:25 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
I really like the big Morrel but I find most of the bag targets work pretty well and take alot of shots.

I still have a couple of feed bags stuufed with rags hanging in the woods. Not real pretty but the price is right.

For the BH's I have been using a Reinhart 18/1 and I can't kill the thing. It stops a short crossbow arrow better than the "block" for me but I sure like shooting at target with a deer vitals on it.

TRG3 12-24-2008 09:44 AM

RE: What crossbow target do you guys recommend?
 
For everyday practice, I've got an oldwoven plastic "burlap" bow target that came stuffed full of cotton ball-looking stuff which stops the arrows from my Parker Buck Buster (150#). It weighs about 25#. I'll be stuffing the innards into another burlap bag soon as the outer covering is about shot up.

While it's not a target, I needed something to shoot into after getting back to the truck from deer hunting. I took an empty Old Roy 25# dog food sack and stuffed itfull of old clothes, etc. and wrappedthat tight with duck tape. I just pop it out of the truck when I get back and shoot a practice arrow into it as a way of uncocking my crossbow. I got the idea off of this forum. It's got me through 30+ trips to the deer woods this year and is good for at least one more year before I'll need another Old Roy sack. By-the-way, this first year of using the crossbow brought five deer home, one a nice eight-pointer, successfully shooting deer from 15 to 35 yards. Alas, I've onlytaken the recurve out one time to date.


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