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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: hunt4life on February 01, 2013, 10:25:00 AM
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My bag target is looking pretty bad these days so Im looking to get a new target. If it were up to me, Id build a sand pit for shooting, but its not possible with where I live now. So a portable target will have to do.
Im looking for something that I can shoot both broadheads and field points into, but it will be 95% field points. Not looking for a 3D target, but a deer silhouette would be nice. I shoot a lot so hopefully it can take a beating. Any suggestions?
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I just got a rhinehart block with the green spots and the two side with the deer main vital section.
The two large face's centers can be replaced so easily.
I shoot about 300+ days out of the year, and use it for 14 to 15 yards shooting in the basement during the winter. I can't believe that I've been shooting for 5 years in my basement like this and only got this target this year.
It is absolutely a phenomenal target, and will last me for years to come. It is on thhe pricey side, but boy, worth every penny spent.
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I have the Rhinehart block target and just recently bought the Rhinehart Woodland 3-D deer target. Very impressed with the foam they use in their targets. Easy to pull arrows and very durable. Highly recommended.
Ron
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I'm really liking my Bull Dog.Lifetime guarantee.
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I have found nothing that will take a pounding for long with broadheads. I would say get some burlap bags and stuff your old target insides into the burlap. I got two burlap bags out of my last yellow jacket. Use those for field points. Then get a decent broadhead target and use it only when needed.
The best combo target I have ever had was a 24x24 original block. I shot that for years until I finally cut the bands and restacked the best layers to make a smaller target, but usable for a while longer. I shot it sparingly with broadheads and used only replaceable bladed heads with practice blades and two blades with sloped backs so they pulled out with minimum damage. Square back broadheads, vented blades, and bleaders really tare a lot of material out of a target when you pull them. I got 6 years or more out of it before restacking it.
The Rinhart targets are great. I love them for field points. I have a wood land buck now. Small, but reasonable size vitals and low cost. I will not be shooting it much with broadheads. Just a little before hunting season at hunting range so I don’t chew up the main body.
The Rinhart 18 in1 is a great target with a 1 year warrantee. I shot up 4 in under two years using them as my only target. I then decided to slow down on shooting them due to cost. At about $125 target cost a year it was not too bad, but I didn’t see the need to spend that much. Now I get them and shoot them sparingly using them for tree stand practice, portable travel target, and for broadheads. I shot the last one on and off for 6 months from spring to end of summer with field points, and did most of my practice on the burlap bags. I then hit it with pre season and during season broadhead practice and that did it in. I got the replacement, and now I am going to do the same this year. That will get me a decent target for about $45 a year.
The best thing I have seen so far looks to be the blob target. I think that will take a major broadhead pounding, but shipping on a decent size one is a killer. And it is not portable at all. I would have one if I could find one local. Maybe you can find on in your area.
I just got a horse stall mat for a back stop in my barn. Very heavy 4x6 and about ¾” or a little thicker. $35 on sale. It really stops the field points. I am thinking seriously about getting another and cutting it in three sections and then trying to glue it together into a 2-2 ½” thick 2’x4’ block and then using it for broadheads. Maybe cut a deer shape or just put some cardboard deer silhouettes on it so I can move the kill zone around. Not sure yet how well it will work, but it could be worth trying it for the cost.
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Rhinehart 18/1, I don't shoot too many broadheads into it, but its seems to take them pretty good.
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I love my BLOB. Ugly but it stops an arrow and broadheads do not beat it up too bad.
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Originally posted by nrephil:
I'm really liking my Bull Dog.Lifetime guarantee.
Bulldog will not work at all for BH.
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I have a bulldog target and it's the best target I've ever had for field points.It's going to take for ever to shoot out. Broadheads chew up even the best of targets pretty quickly,so I just buy the cheapest block type targets I can find. I use paper photo targets of animals pinned to the bulldog with field points.
Just a thought for you.
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I received a block target for a gift a few years ago. about 24" square, cost was about $90 at a popular sporting goods store. Used only field points with it. At first the arrows (mostly cedars, some aluminums) had to be pulled out with two hands on the arrow and my boot on the block (oh my achin' back). After a short time it softened up. Then within about 6 months I'd shot it to pieces (both sides). Patched it with Good Stuff but it didn't hold up.
You may want to try another target. Rhineharts are good.
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Rienheart or blob and minimal BHs at it. Both will last a LONG time without too many BHs.
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The Rhinehart block target has held up well for me. No broadhead experience though.