Cheap, and easy. Long lasting also.
I built a box last year with 3rd hand faces and I love it, so far they have held up great!
I do a lot of work for a company that was building bag targets but the material used in feed sacks is now so biodegradable that they had to quit.
I've since replaced it with heavier used carpeting and it works great and lasts a long time.
The biggest reason I built these bigger targets is so I can practice at long distances with confidence. Shooting long distance at small targets tends to make me develop target panic.
I’m still in the process of cutting up the foam when it’s done I’ll post some photos...
I’ve used the same shrink wrap for years. Just need to fluff it up after it gets shot out in spots.
I like the bigger targets for shooting longer distances
Cheesehead Mike's is a good design...I made one like it for shooting in my basement, but used a load of Madison phone books my brother-in-law got ahold of. Placed the binder in the back and shot into the open pages. Worked great and held up for a couple years.
Heavy little bugger though! Lol.
I've since switched to the longbow, and stopped using the hockey net as a stand.
Thanks in advance
Yes, just stuff the inside with any old poly or plastic bags. You can even go buy a new roll of poly at Lowes, Home Depot, Menards, etc. its not very expensive. The poly lasts forever and doesn't rot or break down, especially if you put a roof on it to keep rain out. Sometimes you have to take the top off and repack or rearrange the poly
Wrap with old carpeting with the backing side out. It has very good stopping power and arrows pull very easily, sometimes with just two fingers.
I used old carpeting that was torn up from the office building where I work.
most of mine is pretty thick because that's just what I have but I don't think it really matters. Shrink wrap is very thin and works very well...
I don't have the dimensions of my field point target off the top of my head but I can measure it up and post.
Here's what the frame looks like. I slide another board under the top shorter 2x4's to help hold the plastic down and keep it compressed.
I shoot mostly FMJ's into the styro target and I don't have any problems. I also occasionally shoot some carbon arrows and they do get some pink residue on them. It scrapes off fairly easily with a dull knife blade.
bighorn,
It's 2" thick styro and arrows can be a little difficult to pull out but not too bad. I would say, not as bad as commercial targets that I have used.
dmann,
I would think a cardboard box stuffed with plastic sheeting or shrink wrap would work fine. I've use one for shooting my bow in the basement during the winter and it worked well.
Thanks for the pic. And yes, if you could measure it and let me know the dimensions, it would be much appreciated!
Just a little side note I use 2"x2" around the outer edge of these target, there is plenty of run to spare on a miss. Hey don't miss, LOL
My field point target is 40" wide, 36" high and 24" deep.
If I was going to do anything different I would make it 20" deep. It gets bulged out a little in the center after shooting it quite a bit and sometimes a 28" arrow will stop inside of the target with neither the point or the nock sticking out of either side. If it wasn't quite as thick there would be less chance of an arrow stopping completely inside of the target.
