Need ideas for large archery target

[Bud B.]

Originally posted by Kamm1004:
I've always wondered about the bundled up bales of old cardboard boxes you will usually see at your local groceries stores or other large store that uses a lot of boxes. They look good and you could probably get them free by just asking. Anyone ever used one?

Most stores sell those for recycle. They weigh several hundred pounds too. Some as much as 1,000 pounds.

I went to the local grocery store and asked for the manager and he gave me their cut off shrink wrap for free. Three HUGE bags of it for stuffing burlap sacks.

[gonefishing600]

Find the biggest bicycle dealer in your area, and find out when their next shippment is coming in. It's unbelievable how they wrap all of those bike up for shipment.

The last time I went by my local bike dealer, they had enough plastic bags to stuff 3 of the targets your talking about.

[Kamm1004]

I am very very much considering making one of those clothes targets. They look great and I have the old clothes to spare! The only thing holding me back is how they hold up to broadheads. I imagine they'd either shoot straight through or get twisted up and stuck when you tried to pull them out. Anybody have any experience with this?

[Benjy]

You do not want to shoot the targets stuffed with cloth or plastic bags with broadheads. The target stuffed with plastic bags will not slow down a broadhead and you will not be able to get your arrow out of the target filled with the cloth with out tearing something up.

[Kamm1004]

thats what I figured. Thanks benjy

[Knawbone]

I'm in the process of making a back stop out of an old mattress. 2x4 frame on legs to hang the mattress. For a target I always use my empty chicken feed bags stuffed with plastic bags. Shopping bags work real well, but old plastic sheeting or packaging plastic ect. will work. I just re-stuff a new bag when bag gets shot up. When not in use I will cover the mattress with a sheet of plastic or a plastic tarp.

[Knawbone]

Like Benjy said, field tips only.

[Chester Thompson]

The gymastics gym behind my house replaced a lot a their mats recently, so I went in and talked with the owner and he said that I could have anything that I wanted. It is really to bad there is a 12' fence with barded wire on the top between my house and there, it would be about a 50 yard drag, otherwise it is a 3/4 to mile drive. They have a huge 10'x12'x2' thick target that I could cut up into quarters and I would be set for life, but I just have to redneck it home.

[Friend]

4' X 4' X 1' frame
Horse matt backing or similar type material
Stuff with Mattress Shipping plastic covers
Mesh front - Lowes
Removable or hinged lid

**Extremely durable and long lasting

Simply add more readily available and most likely free plastic from mattress outlets when required.

[Benoli]

I use a couple of coffee bean burlap bags stuffed with plastic grocery bags. Both materials were free just took some time to accumulate the plastic bags. Very light weight so they can be moved around easily. Will stop and target arrow Trad, compound, wood, aluminum, or carbon. With daily use my targets last about a year before the burlap starts tearing. Simply take the same stuffing and put it in a fresh sack. The best part is that all arrows pull with very little effort. NO BROADHEADS!

[shirikahn]

I love the build link provided by Bldtrailer...now what if we used to lengths of all thread, and blocked it inside, so we could tighten the allthread, and compress the fabric even more?  Just saying...I'm gonna get some graph paper and draw this up... (I'm one of those tinker's lol)

[shirikahn]

2, not to lol my bad

[greenbear]

When shooting into plastic bags, do you find that it melts onto your arrows?