For me hay bales do a good job as a backstop for my broadheads. I read sand makes a good broadhead backstop as well but hay bales are so conveinent for me. I buy 3 every year and wrap them in stretch plastic I get from lowes. The plastic does 2 things. Keeps the hay dry and holds the bale together when a broad head cuts the twine. Cutting the twine with a broadhead will happen, just a matter of time. I have a 3d target but hate pulling arrows from it. Doesn't matter if they are broadheads or field points.
I've noticed 3 blade heads can't be pulled out of the bale from the front. I have to push them out the back and unscrew the head. My 2 blade heads can be pulled from the front and is less of a hassle.
Anyone else using hay bales as a target/ backstop for broadheads?
I bought a Yellow Jacket BH target and all styles of BH's pulll right out. Works too good for me to change.
interests me as well, been thinking about getting me one.
I've got a yellow jacket broadhead target also. Works very well, think I paid 60.00 for it last season.
i shoot both hay bales and broadhead targets. I like to roam out in my pastures and shoot the hay bales (round bales) from unknown distances. When I just want to fling some arrows, I shoot a Morrell broadhead target I think 6 shooter is the name of it. The company is close by and you can buy the 2nds for $10 each. Smokin' cheap. If I were to buy 3 hay bales I would only save about $2.50, and 3 blades come out of the BH target with ease.
God Bless,
For broadhead practice, I use one of those foam blocks that you kick around. Been eying up one of those yellow jacket targets though.
I'm glad to hear a good report on the Yellow Jacket BH targets...been eyeing one. I have plenty of hay, but its alfalfa and is reserved for my horses. Plus, it costs $7/bale.
QuoteOriginally posted by Andy Cooper:
I'm glad to hear a good report on the Yellow Jacket BH targets...been eyeing one. I have plenty of hay, but its alfalfa and is reserved for my horses. Plus, it costs $7/bale.
Hay! Hay's for horses! Straw is cheaper, and grass is free.
I use straw bales. I just dedicate one arrow for broadhead shooting and rip it through the back side. Not too bad on the feathers. I do the unscrew and pull from the front to keep the fletches nice.
I'm with ya brother! a hole lot cheaper, and biodegradable! HA! Jason
Ive had a few ideas lately for haybales but never got around to trying them yet and dont even know if they will work. My idea was to get 2 or 3 bales and wrap them with a cheap ratchet strap and see if I couldnt get em a little tighter and that way help them last. Also been thinking of sqashing some down between long threaded rods with nuts and washers on 2 2X4s if they get loose maybe I could just re-tighten the nuts. Another was to wrap some bales in poly rope and use a piece of rebar or pipe as a tounequit and really torque some tension into em. Like I said I never tried any of these methods but will, they might work.
Don
I use a Rinehart 18-1 target.
I was just thinking today about bails. I had not thought of the plastic wrap. I shot a new Rinehart 18-1's and the warrantee target I got to crumbs this year since February or March. Love the target, but my Muzzy Phantoms really eat them up. I need a much better broadhead target.
DARN RAU!; good idea!
Live on sort of a farm and use hay as my back stop. Used it as a FP target for a while too and liked it. Never tried it with bheads...
QuoteOriginally posted by RAU:
Ive had a few ideas lately for haybales but never got around to trying them yet and dont even know if they will work. My idea was to get 2 or 3 bales and wrap them with a cheap ratchet strap and see if I couldnt get em a little tighter and that way help them last. Also been thinking of sqashing some down between long threaded rods with nuts and washers on 2 2X4s if they get loose maybe I could just re-tighten the nuts. Another was to wrap some bales in poly rope and use a piece of rebar or pipe as a tounequit and really torque some tension into em. Like I said I never tried any of these methods but will, they might work.
Don
I've got a straw bale sandwiched between 2X12's right now with a long ratchet strap around the whole thing. The 2X12's are along the strings so I shoot into the cut side of the bale. I tighten the ratchet a few clicks whenever I think about it. Seems to be a slight improvement over just the bale alone.
I use my Rinehart cube targetfor my broadhead shooting, and I have a rubber flooor mat behind the target just in case. I have shot the rinehart target for 4 years with broadheads, and it never wears out, and is a dream to pull any broadhead from.
I had 14 yrds of sandy dirt delivered that is not going to be used till spring so I have the perfect B/head backstop. Also have a big cardboard bale like you see out behind wallyworld. Stops any arrow good but after getting wet and a lot of shooting the arrows bounce off a lot and the cardboard makes a big mess in the yard.
My experience with round bails and broadheads hasnt been that good, the two blade zwickeys pull ok but any other broadhead like a three blade stick and are very hard to pull. target heads they work great.
Rick Butlers' "Stos" broadheads into my cheap styrofoam target! Worked for me! Watch out Rick...the "Predator" is on the prowl! :archer2:
:thumbsup: rinehart 18-1
Great for broadheads and it will go a long way!!!!!
I shoot into large square bales as well but have noticed one drawback. The grass hay around here is coarse enough to eat the finish off of carbon arrows. This becomes an issue when I make up "hunting arrows" and decide to test them. I have stripped Beeman's to solid black(no wood look) and eaten well into Grizzly sticks and Gold tips. Just a thought. Its not instant, but if you shoot much at all you begin to notice it. I now use foam mostly for hunting arrows. Random thought.... I have been saving family clothes destined for salvation army for several years and recently put them into large cardboard boxes. I tape it up and use it as great indoor fieldtip targets. When you shoot up the box, dump the clothes into another box and start again. Its virtually free and makes big targets.