mschultz373
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wondering if there's a decent cost-effective DIY archery target anyone has tried? I am not against getting a nice Morrell or Rhinehard, just trying to be frugal and be able to practice more.
Basically used your schematic but filled the box with 1” foam board. Cracks filled with spray foam. Going to try it in the morning.
$36 total.
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Be careful....lube your arrows....I did a similar project with 2" foam core and my arrow got stuck so tight I had to cut away the target to free the arrow. Long story short, I skewered my hand trying the remove the arrow (with sharpened Magnus stinger)Basically used your schematic but filled the box with 1” foam board. Cracks filled with spray foam. Going to try it in the morning.
$36 total.
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Old rags and clothes is all I used in the 80's before I had money for targets. They would stop any field point with no issue and do it forever. The only trouble was if you left it in the rain. I never used a box but used old feed sacks like @JC3.For field points I made a 40x40x16 inch box, filled it with old clothes (buttons and zippers removed), wrap in chicken wire, black landscape fabric, and third hand 48x48 inch target cover. Lifetime target
Crap, can't believe I spelled Piggly Wiggly wrong!!!!Old rags and clothes is all I used in the 80's before I had money for targets. They would stop any field point with no issue and do it forever. The only trouble was if you left it in the rain. I never used a box but used old feed sacks like @JC3.
Another great target but not real practical is using flattened cardboard boxes. I took the old cardboard boxes that I got from stocking Piggly Wiggles shelves at night. I stacked them horizontally on a pallet until it was about 4 foot high and ratchet it down. That thing lasted forever, with tin over it.
Heck, I may do both of those type targets again.
What he said X2. I’ve made them with plastic Walmart bags and repurposed plastic wrap.Old rags and clothes is all I used in the 80's before I had money for targets. They would stop any field point with no issue and do it forever. The only trouble was if you left it in the rain. I never used a box but used old feed sacks like @JC3.
Another great target but not real practical is using flattened cardboard boxes. I took the old cardboard boxes that I got from stocking Piggly Wiggles shelves at night. I stacked them horizontally on a pallet until it was about 4 foot high and ratchet it down. That thing lasted forever, with tin over it.
Heck, I may do both of those type targets again.
This sounds like a moniker that will get you less time in the woods!!I call my fiancé Piggly Wiggles…
This foam target is loosening up a bit which is nice. I may make another with rags and all.
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Where did you find that foam board at??Basically used your schematic but filled the box with 1” foam board. Cracks filled with spray foam. Going to try it in the morning.
$36 total.
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Where did you find that foam board at??