Blank bale

[Redux]

So I'm trying to work out a good arrow tune and finally built myself a good blank bale. 6 bales of straw, stacked up on some skids to get airflow under them, I have them tarped and 2 ratchet straps to hold them together. I'm running into issues of my arrows just blowing through this and it feels like something is wrong and counter productive. I'm shooting a 55@28" praire predator I draw almost 29" after expansion.... shooting about 600 grains of arrow with 24% FOC. Any ideas gang?

[Cory Mattson]

I put a second set of bales 6 feet behind usually shoot through first set and retrieve the arrows from the second set piece of plywood over top of each set lasts long time
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[northener]

how about hanging carpet behind target to stop arrow and put 1/2 built rite as a target face. That should help

[Possum Head]

Carpet is a great idea as northener pointed out. 5  
to 6 layers of it alone make a nice bale.

[nek4me]

I've been shooting at the same box of old clothing in my garage for more than 20 years and haven't shot through it yet. A burlap, old pillow case, or similar type bag of rags hung on the back of your bales should stop your arrows as well as my backstop has.

[Jbseitz]

Compressed bales from tractor supply. They are around $12ea and you will not shoot them, i put one on top of a straw bale and strap it to the skid seems to be a good height. Forgot to tarp it one night when we got a lot of rain now i have grass growing on top:)

[LongbowArchitect]

I suspend a section of rubber conveyor belt behind my bales of straw.

[ahab78]

You can try blunt points instead of field points. And if you are shooting a really heavy point, you can use steel adapters glued into Hammers or other similar small game blunt points.

[Sam McMichael]

I went to Tractor Supply and got a horse stall mat to use as a backdrop. It works well. Arrows very seldom stick into it.