If you shoot something small and durable like blazers then you can take two bales of hay or staw and place them standing up so the arrow would stick out both sides if all the way in(this is important so you don't lose you're arrows). Place both of them together so that they can be separated in the middle if it goes all the way in so your arrows don't get lost. If that doesn't stop your arrows(they go all the way in and you have to retrieve them by separating the bales) then take away one and put two big but dense pillows behind it and compress it so that your fletchings would stick out even if it went all the way to the backstop(use a sheet or two of plywood). The hay will take most of the arrow's energy but the pillow will dampen it enough so that the arrow only just taps the backstop. it won't even penetrate the pillows. this worked for me and i put thousands of shots into the straw before replacing it because it got really worn out.
scape the pillow part. tried it with my new bow, it didn't care it was there. my old bow was 40lbs and <180 fps. try the two bale thing.
Well, if a company made a target that was nearly indestructible, they'd be out of business rather quickly. I just bought The Block and I like it. I'll let you know how well it holds up. I generally purchase a new block style target and a new 3-D whitetail every few months as I destroy them by shoot mechanical and fixed broadheads into them.
I have been using the Black Hole for about a year now and it has held up very well.......the only problem is the white marks on the target wear away after many shots but i just spray painted over em so its good as new
i have a rineheart deer target and a cheap block and they are about done! the deer can take a new inserts so thats fine but the block is gone and ive had expensive ones and they just get destroyed too...ive shot bales before but i dont like how your arrow goes inside the bail because i always think its going to tear them up. Thanks for all the replies guys!!
the rinehart 18-1 looks awesome...itnt it really small tho? i shoot lots of traditional archery and im not the best if you know what i mean ( i miss) so i dont know if thats the best thing for me haha
It is a little smaller then a block target. Personally I love the 18-1. I was reluctant to spend the money on it at first, but glad I did now. It is a very durable target.
If you're shooting a trad bow.....you have a couple of cheap options: 1. Make your own bag target. I have a HUGE target I use for blank bale shooting (in one of my bldgs). It's probably 4'X4'. I paid $3 for the bag (big grain bag) at the salvage yard and stuffed it with a roll of poly someone gave me. Stops my arrows (and arrows from my son's compound) just fine. 2. Check with local 3D ranges and try to buy their old targets. I have 7 of them in my yard.....and I paid $25 each for them. I'll be shootin' 'em for years to come.
I made some burlap bag targets this year. I paid $3 for the targets and just filled them with worn out clothes, cardboard, old material from old archery targets, etc. I shot all year on targets I made by myself for less than $10. I would like to get a 3-D deer target. It would help me with my confidence in certain hunting conditions.
I use the Mckenzie Crossbow Shotblocker. Works great for me and is holding up just fine with my wife and I shooting it. Been using it for 2 months, shooting almost everyday. http://www.mckenzie3d.com/products/20860_mckenzie_crossbow_shotblocker_target.php
If shooting field points a good quality bag target will last 1000's of shots and is well worth the money it saves you in arrows. Shot broadheads only to tune and double check sights before crunch time. There really is no broadhead target that will take a daily pounding without a lot of damage. After all broadheads were designed to kill! Dan
I have a rinehart block target and it is great! holds up very very well, It has lasted me alot longer than my friends block has
Ill echo Rinehart!! I got a Rhino block for Christmas and it has about 20 shots in it but im very happy with it so far. I can see it outlasting all of the other targets Ive ever used!!
The best solution that I've found for targets is FREE!!!! I stop at either a Tractor Supply or a Rural King every now and then, and ask them for some of their blocks that they pack their trucks in. They're probably 18x12 and maybe 12 inches thick. They give them to you for free and they'll give you as many as you want. I built a small wall out of them (3 wide and 4 high, put up against an old shed) and spray painted dots on each one. I shoot at all of them to make them last longer, but if one wears out, I just throw a new block in place. I shoot broadheads and field tips both at them.
"I stop at either a Tractor Supply or a Rural King every now and then, and ask them for some of their blocks that they pack their trucks in." GREAT tip, I am going to check that out Englum. Is there a specific name of the type of blocks I should be asking for at the store?
It'll be the ones they pack their trailers/implements in. They've gotten smart, around here. They charge $5/ea for them!
