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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Shakes.602 on September 03, 2011, 09:43:00 PM
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I have the Chance (Thank You John!!) to REALLY do some Hunting, and I am AMPED!! :thumbsup: Any and ALL Input is Appreciated!!
Got until October, so My Time is Ticking Away faster than I like!! :pray: :goldtooth:
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I am interested in people's thought on material for BH. I have used big styrofaom in the past, but looking for something better. Thoughts?
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I cant afford the "BroadHead Targets' out on the Market...... so I am Hoping.....
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Shakes.602,
Can't beat a good ole pile of sand :thumbsup:
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A good thick old couch cushion allowed to swing by ropes will usally stop one. Works better with screw on heads so you don't have to pull your arrows through. Rob
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I bought some old 3D inserts from our local club at $2.00 each.
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What MJB said! Or a ditch bank.
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Living in upstate NY, a guy found a big block of dock foam floating in a small stream. He about had a hernia getting it to the truck, being water logged, but 4 of us shot that thing all summer long w/ broadheads or field points.
Never shot out! It was BIG and THICK!
I think the durability came from being water-logged! We had to keep a old towel beside it to wipe the water off the shafts each shot from 'static cling'. Worked good though...but where do you find old water logged dock blocks?
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Go to Tractor Supply and ask them for the foam blocks they have for the trailors they get in. They will give you them for free. I liquidnail 4 together and it makes a great BH target. It's FREE!!!!!
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In the river Doc!!!!!!!!!!!!
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After hurricane Irene we have them(foam from boat docks) all over the Hudson River!! I have to agree about a pile of dirt, you can usually get a couple yards delivered for under $50 and it lasts forever, just turn it over now and than. Shawn
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Originally posted by leatherneck:
In the river Doc!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sage advice there, bub! :biglaugh:
Our River, Susquehanna, has too many power damns on it and dock blocks would never hang around! Side's that, the access is very, very steep and I'm not a marine and I'm also not man enough to haul one up to any spot I could park! Maybe a life jacked and a paddle and I could ride one to a boat launch, eh? :)
I STILL haven't found a Tractor Supply around here! But thanks for reminding me!
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A pile of dirt is good....but put a couple of sandbags in front of it to shoot at. You can always put the sand in new bags once they're too shot up.
I also use some of my older bag targets that I stuff with plastic. It'll go right through one, but if there's one placed a couple of feet behind it it'll probably stop it. And if ya have a new bag handy you can load all the shot up stuff into it.
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dirt or sand bank works real good
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Originally posted by leatherneck:
Go to Tractor Supply and ask them for the foam blocks they have for the trailors they get in. They will give you them for free. I liquidnail 4 together and it makes a great BH target. It's FREE!!!!!
These work GREAT....I saw them sitting off to the side at the local "TS" about 3 months ago....picked up 6 and they work GREAT.
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I've salvaged dock foam a time or two- I found that thick pieces will tend to hold so tightly to the shaft that they were almost impossible to pull. I sawed my blocks to about 10" thick and they were perfect, except for the mess.
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Rhinehart Rhino Block
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The pink insulation board will make a decent and cheap target. Drawbacks, it will melt from friction and glue itself to your arrow (hard to pull). I used to use a doubled up 4'x4'x 2"(sheet cut in half) as a backstop behind my target. I'd also use it to test my broadhead arrows. A little acetone on a rag cleaned up any residue left on the shaft. There are better choices for a broadhead target, but if you already have the materials it will work to make sure you're getting good flight with your broadheads.
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Large milk bottle with spray foam - the stuff you use to fill in gaps in pipes or masonry. (we call it builders foam) one can usually does about 5 targets.... to stop the bottle going to pieces I duct tape it once the foam is set, simply paint a red dot on the side....
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I gotta say - I spent $80 on a "blob" target off the back of a trailer at a bow shoot - best money ever spent on targets
This thing is made of foam similar to a 3d target, but is bigger and weighs 200+ pounds. - around 4 foot tall and 3 foot wide
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I use a bag of wood shavings.Like they use to
put under cattle or horses,You can buy them for a few dollars,after you can rebag it or just spread it around the garden to help protect plants from winter damage.most co-op or
livestock stores carry them.
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Almost like Lawn Edging Material?? I cant think of the "Official Name" of the top of Me Head right at the Moment. Dang It... :banghead: :banghead: :goldtooth: