I also enjoy the DIY process in and of itself, but for me the biggest benefit to making a DIY target is that I can (affordably) make a much bigger target. My current target is 3 ft x 3ft. I hate ruining arrows, so I usually shoot each arrow at a different dot. With this target I have 9 dots to shoot at without any of them being to the edge of the target. Also, it's big enough that I could put a full size outline of a deer torso on it for practice aiming (planning to do this on the back side of the target this summer).