Best archery target for the least dough?

[KyStickbow]

I have done the feed sack and it worked great...actually keep one at the lease to shoot before going to the stand. Just plain ol hay bales r my target of choice when i shoot one...but most of the time I just rove around my yard shooting at random stuff.

[Crittergetter]

If you have little kids you can take their stuffed animals and throw them around the yard in various places. Makes great practice and is a real hoot! Now if the wife finds out it can be a real bummer! (Don't ask how I know)

[bowberry]

I took a grain bag and stuffed with 5 wally world pillows.Arrows out of a 55# long bow bounced off like it was solid rubber.

Do-over; I placed 2 pillows in a grain bag nice and neat like a pillow case. works great.hang them from trees all around my property.

couch cushions work great even for broadheads.

tractor supply sells burlap bags for cheap

[overbo]

If you have a CO-OP or Tractor Supply? Buy a compress bale of straw. $12, I 've been shooting mine weekly w/ 60lbs+ bows for 3 years and hasn't shown any sign of wearing out. If you can't roof it, set off the ground and a waterproof mat on top of it. Rubber door or shower mat works great.

[Msturm]

7 months ago I walked into a thrift store with a 20$ bill. I walked out with a pretty solid target.

6$ - old style canvas suitcase with zippers and wheels.
12$- 4 old quilts/blankets. 2 big fluffy ones and 2 wool type ones (military maybe?).
2$=Tax.

Stuff the blankets into the suitcase. Stand on it so it zips closed.  Target done!

I shoot it with broadheads as well as field points. when the suitcase rips completely on the front. turn it around.

[Bldtrailer]

Just build one of these
 http://archeryreport.com/2011/04/diy-lifetime-archery-target/

 

[bunyan]

I'm using the cardboard box stuffed with more cardboard right now. It's simple and free and has worked well, but sometimes my heads hang up when I'm removing arrows. I'm cheap and hate spending what they ask for commercial targets. I want to try the bag full of plastic bags next.

[CoachBGriff]

I love just shooting a big round bale.

[UMLarcher]

For about $4 I filled two empty windshield washer fluid jugs with Great Stuff foam. I drilled 10-12 small holes in the jug first. I filled them about halfway, then filled the rest after letting them dry for a day or so. The can of Great Stuff had just enough to do both. So far I have a couple hundred hits on the first jug and it's holding up really well. You can shoot them on the ground or hang them by the handles.

[COMPOUNDLESS IN CONCRETE]

Making your own with a feed sack and shrink wrap will always be the cheapest, but if you're looking for the cheapest commercially made target I'd take a look at the Buck Commander bag target.  It's not as big as some on the market, but it's big enough.  Mine was a whopping $19.99 on sale, regular price is $25.

[wjk]

I think Kam is right. Using ratcheted hay bales now. It works well for a 50" longbow. I have them set-up on a table made from scraps. 4x4 legs. Stacked three hale bales, lengthwise. A plywood roof is ratcheted down as hard as I can. The cheap part is this, menards has cheap and short ratchet set for like $4. I use mule tape, got some in the shed, as an extender for the ratchet straps. Like $16 bucks, and it is still solid in its second year.

[Montanawidower]

Just a word of caution.... I shot into compressed hay for years.  It does degrade the finish on your arrows.   It would sand off the finish down to the black carbon on some arrows.  It sanded my woodies down to raw wood in very short order.  

 I use coffee burlap bags (free from local roaster) and fill them with grocery plastic bags and thrift store bound clothes.   Can't get cheaper than $O.

[Longtoke]

Thanks for all the help guys! Some terrific ideas in here. Right now I have a feed sack stuffed with rolled up carpet padding and I spray painted a few spots on it for aiming points. Got 2 set up about 20 yards apart so I can shoot, walk over to pull my arrows, turn around and shoot again.

Having too much fun today

[Friend]

Large,used foam filled, plastic encased dock float....quickly and easily removed plastic covering from one side with a skill saw...lasted 5X longer than a significantly smaller well known commercial $75 BH target...has seen approximately 500 BH rounds and numerous field point rounds....note:3 blade BH removal is tough on targets and 30% EFOC arrows dig deep...cost me $10....encasement permits repair options