aim small miss small

[JamesV]

I get the orange stickeys you see on bread in the stores "2 for $2" catch the delevery man and he will give you a roll.

[Eugene Slagle]

I hate those multi dot bags myself & the 5 spot indoor target face is no difference, you give me a single spot & I'll either scare it to death or hit it.

I have 2 bags that really could use some new coverings but wish I could find one that has nothing on it.

[trad_in_cali]

We have hay bales... I tend to semi-hide a 2" bright colored circle of cardboard under a few twigs. It forces me to look for it and keeps my concentration. Marco

[canshooter]

I dangle a crab apple off of a string about 18 inches in front of the bag. I am thinking of driving a small screw into a golf ball and hanging that for durability. I only have 11 yards at home so the small target is good. I have always found that shooting a 3 dimensional object is way better than 2d. I really have to concentrate on paper to get good groups.

[c'ville]

I turned my target around so that the blank back was facing me and I put a yellow wal-mart smiley on it.  Made my shots much closer to my spot regardless of range.  Even if I change distance with every shot.  I like the golf ball idea a lot.
Always hated those smileys.

[S.C. Hunter]

I agree I don't like the big targets at the indoor range. I often pick up the fletching from the floor and put one in the foam wall and watch the compound shooters jaw drop. It is great, I can shoot the big targets just harder to pick a spot to many colors to many sizes.

[Cottonwood]

I use a 3-D insert on top of a bale target, backed by another large bale target.  Yesterday morning I decided to hang a tennis ball in front of the kill zone.  I ruined that tennis ball with 6 arrows without stacking my arrows ie robinhooding them.

On another forum board ie The Green Screen, we do what is called First Shot Friday (FSF) meaning the first arrow for the day.  You get 1 arrow, at a single small target for the event.

It hones your skill.

This weeks event, a grape suspended from 12" of string, to be shot from just 12 yards.  Last weeks event was a foam plate with a 1" circle cut in the center placed at 12" out from the target bale at 20 yards.  The winner would be the closest to the hole in the center.  I shot it, I got it, but remeasured my yardage and found that I was just at 19 yards and a few inches so I DQ'd myself.  I could have said that I was at 20 yards, but its a game of honesty.

Very fun to do.

[RocketDog]

That FSF sounds like fun.  I know a guy that sticks playing cards onto his bales or targets for a smaller and more interesting spot.

I think the 3D idea hanging in front of the target is a great idea.  I have a couple of small 3D targets, a turkey and a raccoon and have noticed it is always a little trickier to judge distance from them (they aren't near a regualr target)

If you want to try a cheap 3D target, get one of Walmarts turkey decoys and stuff it with plastic bags or something -- about $10)