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Author Topic: Made another indoor target for the basement  (Read 677 times)

Offline Archie

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Made another indoor target for the basement
« on: March 14, 2014, 10:00:00 AM »
I asked the IT department at work to save me their packing foam (ethafoam) whenever they receive a shipment of computers.

The other day, I turned this...

   

into this...

   

You might not be able to tell by the picture, but this thing is over 4 feet wide.
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2014, 10:05:00 AM »
this is an good example of the kind of idea a traditional bow hunter might come up with while sitting in a tree stand.
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2014, 10:29:00 AM »
Great idea   :thumbsup:
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2014, 10:46:00 AM »
This really is a great way to make a target.  It has saved me a lot of money, and it's by recycling what otherwise would end up in the landfill.  

Here's a thread I started a while back on the same topic, with how-to pics:

  http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=114666#000000
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2014, 11:16:00 AM »
Excellent idea!!!
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Offline Easykeeper

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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2014, 11:48:00 AM »
Nice target, good idea...   :thumbsup:
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2014, 01:16:00 PM »
I like it! BeauJ
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2014, 02:54:00 PM »
I Like It Too!... But why not just shoot at the computors?  :eek:

... mike ...  :archer2:  ...
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2014, 05:05:00 PM »
Great idea on putting waste to good use...GOODJOB wish I had one!
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Offline Mike Vines

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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2014, 10:52:00 AM »
Nice idea.  What kind of life do you get out of it till points poke out the other side?  Also, what weight bow and arrows are you shooting into it?
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Offline Shakes.602

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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2014, 04:23:00 PM »
Thats a Fine Job of Recycling!! Better a Target than Stuffed in a Landfill!! Great Work!!
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2014, 04:33:00 PM »
Mike, they last me a long time.  Of course, that's all relative, depending on how much a guy shoots.  I've been using the same cube now -- the one I made in the how-to on that other thread --for a couple of years, and I've never had an arrow poke all the way through it.  With a cube shape,  I can turn it around and shoot all 6 sides,  and the corners , too.

I'm shooting 740 grain 2419's out of a 65# recurve,  and 545 grain 2018's out of a 45# longbow.  Both arrow setups go in about 8 inches.

No broadheads with these targets though... broadheads tear the foam up bad and fast.
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2014, 07:23:00 PM »
awesome dude!
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2014, 07:27:00 PM »
Great idea
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Offline Mike Vines

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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2014, 08:36:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Archie:
Mike, they last me a long time.  Of course, that's all relative, depending on how much a guy shoots.  I've been using the same cube now -- the one I made in the how-to on that other thread --for a couple of years, and I've never had an arrow poke all the way through it.  With a cube shape,  I can turn it around and shoot all 6 sides,  and the corners , too.

I'm shooting 740 grain 2419's out of a 65# recurve,  and 545 grain 2018's out of a 45# longbow.  Both arrow setups go in about 8 inches.

No broadheads with these targets though... broadheads tear the foam up bad and fast.
Thank you for the good answer.  You obviously have developed a winner.  Now to start saving all the packaging I see get thrown out daily.
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2014, 01:55:00 AM »
Great idea.
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2014, 08:50:00 AM »
GOOD JOB!
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2014, 12:47:00 AM »
Great work, Roman!
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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2014, 08:46:00 PM »
Great thinking Roman! Way to be a conservationist!

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Offline don kauss

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Re: Made another indoor target for the basement
« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2014, 10:57:00 PM »
That foam looks like it would work well in bow quivers too...?
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