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Title: making squirrel targets
Post by: ericmerg on August 31, 2012, 03:00:00 AM
so with squirrel season 3 days away here some pople are stumping i made 4 5" bag targets with the old bags from work that we throw away and i covered them up with CAMO duct tape really makes you pick a tiny spot and focus hard to see it, im amazed with how well they stop an arrow i shot a 800 grain arrow out of my 80# howatt bow and got 3" of penetration on it i shot one WITH A BROADHEAD (arrow weight on this arrow 637 grains)  and just barely poked through it (targets about 4" thick) so i think i found my cheap new roving targets/baseball pitch practice
Title: Re: making squirrel targets
Post by: FlyGuy758 on August 31, 2012, 08:34:00 AM
Could you provide a few pics?  Sounds like something I would like to try.  THX
Title: Re: making squirrel targets
Post by: Looper on August 31, 2012, 09:12:00 AM
I use a tennis ball and field points. On a good hit, the shaft will go through a few inches.  I just toss them around the yard.
Title: Re: making squirrel targets
Post by: Wallee on August 31, 2012, 11:18:00 AM
I like the tennis ball idea!
Title: Re: making squirrel targets
Post by: huntin_sparty on August 31, 2012, 01:27:00 PM
Pics Eric!
Title: Re: making squirrel targets
Post by: ericmerg on September 01, 2012, 03:26:00 AM
its just a bag filled to the max with other bags, heres the one i made today to simulate a deer midsection i shot this with 3 bows here a 63# a 70# and an 80#  none of them got past 6" of penetration, i also shot it with a 45# but the insert was visable and fell out under force of the 800 grain arrow hitting the spot next to it out of my 80# bow


 (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7904764314_1047b8a740.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32969666@N08/7904764314/)