burlap target filler

[graybarkhunter]

was going to buy a burlap sack deer target(unstuffed) from a magazine and was wondering what you all had best of luck as a filler that would stop an arrow.. thanks graybark

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Stuffing from wally world, the stuff for pillows and I also use bags from the stores, old clothes. Just remember to stuff them loosely.. Don't pack it in tight...

[saumensch]

ask in any shop for plastic stuffing. they get it when they receive stuff in the packages and throw it away, theyll give you as much as ou can transport.

[Jim Dahlberg]

I get my burlap bags from a coffee roasting shop in the closest big town.  They give them away to whoever gets there first.
Go to your local grocery store and have them save their shrink wrap for a couple of days.  There will be plenty to stuff even the biggest burlap target!  Great for field points and some blunts but will not stop broadheads.  For broadheads I buy 2" pink styrofoam, 4'X8' sheet, and cut into 4 - 6 equal pieces and glue together.  Hope that helps.

[hvyhitter]

El-cheapo plastic tarps.... anytime anyone was trashing one I would take it and use it later to stuff targets. Also pretty cheap at some of the close-out/surpluse stores.

[LONGSTYKES]

I usually just hang mine on some hay bales as a target face. Works for me.

[Teach777]

If there is a furniture store and/or furniture rental store nearby, the white styrofoam sheeting used to cover the furniture in shipment works well for me.

[Jack Skinner]

Empty wood/corn pellet bags, the ones for pellet stoves. Also shrink wrap or plastic drop cloth for painting.

[Stumpkiller]

I found a bunch of old plastic/nylon screening that a local tent manufacturer was tossing.  Works great.  I also have one of the U Stuff It deer targets filled with old woven plastic feed bags.  Also works great.

[Doug S]

Old window screens.

[Mike Mecredy]

Stash all your used plastic grocery bags and fill them with those.  

-Mike

[bobman]

Dan Quillains indoor range used ladies underwear LOL he told me it was seconds from a mill

worked great so my vote would be old clothes

[saumensch]

Originally posted by bobman:
Dan Quillains indoor range used ladies underwear LOL he told me it was seconds from a mill

worked great so my vote would be old clothes

and afterwards you can ask "did you hit a undie or a bra?" instead of "did you hit the kill?"
   

[thump]

Go to Lowe's ask the dept.manager in lumber for the plastic sheeting that is used to cover the white wood during shipment. They get a truck once a week.

[BWD]

What Mike Mecredy said. Plastic grocery and walmart type bags, etc. Pack them in there real tight. Once you shoot up the burlap cover, and need to replace it, you can use the same filler plus a few fresh ones.

[graybarkhunter]

great ideas guys thanks, on the plastic grocery bags or plastic sheets do they need to be packed in tight or loose or just enough to be snug??

[BWD]

The tighter I pack mine, the less penetration I get. lol

[bofish-IL]

I replaced all the bags (24) for the local archery club last year on the bow hunter range.

The Pres of the club works at K-Mart and brought truck loads of plastic bags and shrink wrap.

The shrink wrap works best to stop arrows. I stuffed the burlap bags full of plastic bags and compacted them with my feet. I filled the bags until I had just enough material to sew the top of bag shut 3/4 of the width of the bag. Then finished stuffing and sewed the remainder shut.

These bags were out since March of 2010 with hundreds of people shooting them. Some of the compounders are starting to shoot through them now but I still only get a few inches of penetration with recurve.

If you use shrink wrap and really compact it tight your arrows will bounce off sometimes.
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[BlacktailBowhunter]

Originally posted by saumensch:
ask in any shop for plastic stuffing. they get it when they receive stuff in the packages and throw it away, theyll give you as much as ou can transport.

Shrink Wrap

Any heavy plastic. Like Black plastic and the plastic bags used for potting soil work well.

[BowHuntingFool]

Originally posted by Mike Mecredy:
Stash all your used plastic grocery bags and fill them with those.  

-Mike

Ditto!