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Author Topic: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?  (Read 520 times)

Offline duck'n

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Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« on: July 07, 2007, 11:15:00 AM »
I rounded up a couple of large burlap sacks from a local coffee house to make targets.  It is taking a LONG time to fill them with platic sacks...I only have one about half full!  I am looking for a cheap alternative to the plastic grocery bags.  Any tips?  Thanks in advance.

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2007, 11:47:00 AM »
Any plastic sheeting will work. Usually furniture stores have bunches of it near their dumpsters. You could also fill it with straw or hay but they would deteriorate with time and weather. Pat
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Offline **DONOTDELETE**

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2007, 11:56:00 AM »
Go to a moving co. or a pop distributor. They use a LOT of shrink wrap. That stuff stops arrows better than any free stuff I have found. They just throw it away. If you talk with a guy that loads and unloads trucks they will set it aside and call you when they have some. Usually they have it everyday.

Offline Hot Hap

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2007, 12:22:00 PM »
Clothes?

Offline R H Clark

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2007, 12:36:00 PM »
If you use old clothes,take time to remove all zippers and buttons.They will ruin carbon arrows.

Offline Big Dave

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2007, 06:20:00 PM »
Old painters drop clothes work good too.  :D    :D
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Offline Barney

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2007, 06:25:00 PM »
Go to a lumber yard and ask if they have any of the tarps the lumber comes wrapped in. Been using it for years.

Offline SCATTERSHOT

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2007, 07:06:00 PM »
Window screen material.
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Offline Kodiak Man

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2007, 07:12:00 PM »
Small strips of Carpet or the foam under layment. On the side on the road all the time.(house re-models/ new construction).
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Offline geno

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2007, 07:20:00 PM »
if $15 is cheap enough for ya, wallyworld has there foam targets out. I used one last year and it lasted a long time for $15. I just bought a new one yesterday.Not good for BH.
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Offline Dick in Seattle

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Re: Bag target-Alternative to plastic groc sacks?
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2007, 07:22:00 PM »
Go to a boatyard or dealer if there is one near you.  New small boats come wrapped in a heavy shrink wrap that works, and in the yards, they hang plastic around the larger boats when they paint the bottoms, then roll it up and throw it away.

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