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Title: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: Bullfrog 1 on March 13, 2015, 09:56:00 AM
I am looking to get some new targets. Iam thinking about a Big good bag and some kind of target for broadheads maybe a Blob? Thanks for any thoughts. Bill
Title: Re: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: DanielB89 on March 13, 2015, 10:00:00 AM
I just got a blob a few months back.. man is it dense!  it is some thick stuff!!  Great target, very heavy.
Title: Re: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: reddogge on March 13, 2015, 10:03:00 AM
I do 100# feedbags from the feed store for .70 each and stuffed with old plastic. The sun will eventually degrade them but I just restuff. I hang them out in the woods.

For broadheads you can't beat a sandpile. You can build a 3 sided enclosure for the sand. It will never wear out.
Title: Re: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: GreyGoose on March 13, 2015, 10:25:00 AM
If you include shooting blunts in your practice sessions, maybe consider some hanging targets.  I suspend empty plastic bottles from bungees.  Granted, I have more open space to allow near misses and richochets than may be practical for you, but it's helpful to be ready for squirrel hunting etc.
Title: Re: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: Bldtrailer on March 13, 2015, 10:42:00 AM
Or you can build one or more of these   :readit:  
http://archeryreport.com/2011/04/diy-lifetime-archery-target/    :thumbsup:  

(http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/bloodtrailer7/78bc3c72-7627-4666-a5bd-61cf356c4274_zpswyzvsou2.jpg)   :archer2:  
easy to build CHEAP and maintain(and no chix wire does not hurt arrows ,you have a steal tip) nobroad heads
Title: Re: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: Bullfrog 1 on March 13, 2015, 11:11:00 AM
Whats better the Blob or the Rinehart block for the BH side? Thanks
Title: Re: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: Bldtrailer on March 13, 2015, 12:24:00 PM
(http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/bloodtrailer7/DSC02276_zpsus8uywab.jpg)
My blob 100 pounds I use a hand truck to move it    :archer:  25x25x10
Title: Re: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: Bob Moran on March 13, 2015, 04:35:00 PM
I use a feed bag stuffed with folded feed bags or plastic shopping bags and hanging from a tree limb or rafter in my basement. I also have a couple of plastic bottles hanging on a length twine. I use field points and it is surprising how the hanging targets absorb the impact of the arrows and the arrows never penetrate anywhere near the fletching.
Title: Re: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: Firstlight on March 13, 2015, 04:58:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by reddogge:
I do 100# feedbags from the feed store for .70 each and stuffed with old plastic. The sun will eventually degrade them but I just restuff. I hang them out in the woods.

For broadheads you can't beat a sandpile. You can build a 3 sided enclosure for the sand. It will never wear out.
This is what I was going to suggest, it's what I do.  And a stall mat behind the bag...
Title: Re: Help me with my backyard range
Post by: Bjorn on March 13, 2015, 07:20:00 PM
 (http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/bjornweb/IMG_0233.jpg) (http://s139.photobucket.com/user/bjornweb/media/IMG_0233.jpg.html)

There is carpet in the back and I just put 3D targets up front. Right there I am shooting BH's into that target. I pull a tarp over the backstop when I'm done for a while. Bales last 4-5 years-I rotate them.