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BH Target Suggestions...

Started by Shakes.602, September 03, 2011, 09:43:00 PM

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Shakes.602

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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dragonheart

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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Shakes.602

I cant afford the "BroadHead Targets' out on the Market...... so I am Hoping.....
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MJB

Shakes.602,
Can't beat a good ole pile of sand   :thumbsup:
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Rob W.

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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Stump73

I bought some old 3D inserts from our local club at $2.00 each.
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Doc Nock

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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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!!!!!
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leatherneck

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Shawn Leonard

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
Shawn

Doc Nock

QuoteOriginally 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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joekeith

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.

Terry Lightle

dirt or sand bank works real good
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Onlyaspike

QuoteOriginally 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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Don Stokes

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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freeman

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.

Zenzele

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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mrjsl

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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