How many of you shoot in your basement?

My basement is 70 feet long give or take, allowing me to practice 20 yard shots. What would be a good back drop in case the arrow decides to stray? Letting it hit the block wall is not an option

 

I have my Morrell 6-shooter target followed by a big piece of dock foam thats far larger than the front target along with a sheet or two of 3/4" plywood. The dock foam is probably enough but im not the only one shooting at it, very novice shooters are also. And the arrows with broadheads are really hard to remove from the foam so thats why I shoot at my Morrell.

 

How do the arrows fare when/if they hit the plywood? Break or shatter?

 

Hasnt happened. But Ive done it somewhere else before and the arrow just lodged in the wood, no damage to the arrow. That was with a fieldpoint.

 

I shoot in mine now. I don't have anything other than the block wall behind my target. (It's a big bag) BUT, the new house that we are building is 68 feet long and I won't be taking any chances in the new basement. I have a line on some wrestling mats that I plan to line the wall behind my target with a few layers of the mats.

 

Those wrestling mats aren't a bad idea.......

 

I have 6-8 yds to shoot in the basement. I have a Morrell bag hanging with a wood door backstop. Not much distance but I can concentrate on form, check arrow speeds, papertune, etc when I can't get outside (like today).

 

I only paper tune in my basement....

 

The basement at MY house, I can get 20yards. Could get more but there's a jog in the foundation.

Basement at our farm house, I can get about 40yards.

 

Your basement is 120ft long?

 

It would have to be more than that (120' long).

I just put plywood behind my bag. I can barely get 20yds, shooting through 2 doorways. Honestly, I haven't shot 20yds down there since I stopped shooting spots. With the recurve, I shoot 10 & 15yd "games", down there.

 

I shoot at 10 yards in my basement quite a bit during the winter while I'm competing in indoor spots leagues. I just have a Morrell Outdoor Range bag hanging from the rafters, no other backstop.

 

Approximation.

Questioned whether he has 120feet between him and the target face, which then, yes, would obviously require the overall length to be greater than 120ft.

How about this,

"Your basement is 120+ feet long?"

 

Yea..but it's also a 7000 square foot house.


I'll actually be there tonight or tomorrow. I'll get an exact distance for which a clear shot is possible.

 

i shoot 18 yards had to cut 2 holes in the walls but it was worth it

 

If I had a basement I would.

 

Dang.. I see that number and all I can think of is the heating and A/C bill and I'm glad I don't have to pay it.


I'm lucky to get 30' of shooting space. Not that I'd want to as my rafter are just over 6' and I'd hit the bow on the rafter.

 

I use to shoot in my basement when I was younger and was only shooting 15'. Now I go to the basement of our town hall which is 30 yards. Last winter me and my dad made a archery range down there for people to use. Its pretty handy during the winter.

 

I shoot in my basement

I shoot in my basement at 17 yards but had some custom made 5 spots reduced to compensate for the distance. When I shoot at them they look like they are at 20 yards. I had our artist at work do the work and he did all the measurements and the reduction rate was to 82.5% of the actual size. You could probably do it yourself if you have the capabilities and put them on 8 1/2 x 11 sheets and just use 5 of them.

 

I also shoot in my basement !

I can shoot at about 12 yards at a bag target with a 5 spot paper target on it . You just better be a god shot to miss things , such as the block wall or the sparks will fly !