Targets

[Jeff PSE]

What's the best thing to make a homed bow target from??

[robhunt]

Hay bails

[briarpatch]

Hay bails work fine.....but I started making my own bag targets using old (corn) feed bags and filling them with old denim jeans...with the zippers and studs removed....closed up the bag top with duct tape.....

[runhunter]

I've also raided the plastic bag recycle bin at Shop Rite, Acme etc.. and stuffed a large plastic bait bag with hundreds of these plastic shopping bags. Once you get it stuffed pretty tight, the arrows won't pass through and remove easily.

[grtwhthunter/fisherman]

hay works for awhile but dont last.arrows blow through.try feed bags.i got a horse feed bag and stuffed it with bags i got from deercorn guy.works grt.

[steve-in-atco]

I have heard that old plastic/fiberglass screen material stuffed in a bag works great. Maybe you could get a local shop that does screens to save it for you. You would have to make sure that no old wire screen was mixed in.

I had a friend that worked for a company that made dental floss, he used the mill ends to stuff a bag worked great but was very heavy.


Steve-in-Atco

[fishhunter99]

I understand this is an old post . Has anyone ever tried Excelsior?
It is a wood product made from Aspen wood shaved to .021 thick and compressed in bales. Will not work for broad heads. I have them for sale in Phila. They also make a archery stop called Curlex same product larger bales not stocked in Philly.
Contact me I hope I am not in violation I am a Barner.

[Deer Nut'z]

I understand this is an old post . Has anyone ever tried Excelsior?
It is a wood product made from Aspen wood shaved to .021 thick and compressed in bales. Will not work for broad heads. I have them for sale in Phila. They also make a archery stop called Curlex same product larger bales not stocked in Philly.
Contact me I hope I am not in violation I am a Barner.

How is it with crossbows shooting at 350 fps?

[ACEarcher]

How is it with crossbows shooting at 350 fps?

Prob better than most vertical bows. Crossbow does not have the kinetic energy a vertical bow does. It's just speed. Never confuse speed for kinetic energy. Kinetic energy kills. Not speed.

[timbouy]

Prob better than most vertical bows. Crossbow does not have the kinetic energy a vertical bow does. It's just speed. Never confuse speed for kinetic energy. Kinetic energy kills. Not speed.
Most crossbow arrows are over 400 gr. and shoot their stated speed.That's a lot of kinetic energy.Not that you need that much for a deer.
Feed bags loaded with rags will do the trick.