Lets See and Hear Other Home Made Target Ideas....

[ronp]

I like that broadhead back stop made out of 4x4s and filled with sand.  Great idea, and cheap.  I think I will make one this spring.  Thanks!

[Possum Head]

Hey Jerry, I'll shoot a target like yours if it will help me group like you!!

[Lost Arra]

If you have t-posts laying around get a burlap bag of appropriate animal size. Fill a plastic trash bag with plastic grocery bags and put the whole thing in the burlap and hang in the woods.

These are cow elk targets without head or legs     :

 

 

[Archie]

My IT department at work receives a lot of a particular computer, shipped in ethafoam.  I asked them to save the foam for me.  When I had enough, I stacked it all up to the size of a hay bale, and wrapped it like crazy with pallet wrap.  When it's all shot up, I just wrap it again with more wrap.  It works fantastic and the target has lasted 3 years, with a lot more left to go.  The only down side to it is that it is light enough for the wind to blow it around when it's gusting hard.  But it takes broadheads and field points just fine.  I've also shot judos and rubber blunts into it with no complications.

Last summer, I bought this spider target-thing from the local compound shop when they were clearing them out.  It says, "10,000 shots" right on the side.  It lasted about 2 months.  My homemade FREE foam target is putting it to shame.

[South MS Bowhunter]

Here one of about 30 “Carpet Targets” Me and Bubby “Possum Head” came up with.  Follow the link to see all of them for a fun filled backyard range    


 

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=105031#000000

this works pretty good,its about 2.50 a bag at lowes and its quiet and arrows pull with two fingers,i shot this with a 60# bow and stopped it just fine, its already compressed and covered in plastic so its weather resistant,its been out in the weather for three months and still doing good. a sigle bag would be very portable,and 4 of them would make a good sized target.
 

[jsweka]

Can't beat the bag type targets.  When they get shot up, throw another bag over them and re-fluff.  I've been shooting at my bag for about 15 years now.

[barebow17]

I use seed bags from the local grain store.I stuff them with old shopping bags.I also use my old turkey decoys.I fill them with foam in a can.

[joe ashton]

an empty gallon milk jug with plastic bags stuffed inside.  it will stop arrows and lasts a couple of hundred shots and is reactive when it is hit. talk about cheap!

[bow_man_66]

Ronp, that is just like I had only with cardboard in it. Works great and is very inexpensive to re-fill. I had mine in my basement so water damage from rain and such was not an issue. Allot of great idea's here, I too have used burlap bags filled with scrap fabric and used plastic grocery bags also.

[RkyMtn Joe]

I shoot bows in the 55-60 pound range and most of the targets I see posted above wouldn't begin to stop my arrows.  However, some of them are very good.  the plastic jug filled with cardboard sounds good, but what kind of point would you use with it?  Anything other than a judo would get lost under the grass pretty soon where I live.

Those stacked and compressed targets of cardboard and especially that foam target really looks good to me (along with the Robin Hood) LOL.

Joe

[highnoonhunter]

I save our dogfood bags and fill them up with my leather scraps that are too small to use for anything. It makes a very good target!

[AdAstraAiroh]

I have tried so many homemeade alternatives to targets, and they all have limitations.  Finally, I decided to spend a litte money and make a target that would last a long time outdoors with minimal care, and yet work for any arrow I shot.  Addtionally, I wanted it large enough to be used by my grandkids and to act as a backstop for 3D animals.

I ended up with a 48" X 48" target made of 12" wide, 1" thick, stacked plain fiberboard. It is long lasting and not difficult to make and cost me about $100. It swells and fills in arrow holes completely when it gets wet, and although arrows always stick, they are easy to pull with no damage what-so-ever.

I keep it pressed together with two 12" wide 2" thick planks on top and bottom connected by two chain and turnbuckles on the side.  If one area of the target face gets overly used, it takes 10 minutes to re-arrage the individual boards and make the target as new.  I expect that I will get 5+ years out of this initial investment.

Here is a source for the plain fiberboard...you may have a distributor locally.

  http://www.huebertfiberboard.com/archery.htm  

Mark