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Ideas for indoor (basement) shooting range?

Started by rybohunter, December 17, 2007, 12:25:00 PM

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J Buck

i shoot at 14 yards in my basement. i couldn't bring in the hay bales so i shot into boxes stuffed with plastic. then one day i was looking for something to shoot into, against the wall were two rolls of insulation. the kind you can buy at menards or lowes. they come wrapped in plastic. i got back ten yards and shot. works great. arrows pull out real easy to. i set it up on a table and used and old blanket for a back stop if needed.

mrkbsm

I've got a yellow jacket bag target hanging from my ceiling.  Overall I can get a distance of about 10 yards, but I shoot a lot of 8 yarders just working on form.  Best piece of advice I've seen given so far is.... watch your ceilings!  With some extreme cant I can shoot standing up but I usually just take the time to practice shooting while kneeling, sitting, etc.  The winter is a good time for practicing form and ground-blind-style shots.  
Good luck!

Dan Chamberlain

My basement range is 54 feet.  It's just about perfect.  I have a big box stuffed with foam rubber squares.  So far I haven't missed, though on a couple of occasions, the upper tip of my bow has impacted with the heating duct work and man does that echo!

Dan

flat-lander

I've had an 8 yard from arrow tip to target range in the basement for about a year now and it's the best home improvement i've ever done.We have such a good time shooting any time of day or night.I'm a lot better shot for it.


chesapeakeblend

I just set up a 15 yard range in my finished basement.  Best thing I have done as far as archery goes.

I put up a small target then some of the durarock from Home Depot.  I do get a wild arrow every so often and it penetrates the durarock before the wall.  No damage to the cedars.

I would invest in a big packaged of nocks though!
Mike Norton

A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph, or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal.    -Aldo Leopold

Shawn Leonard

I shoot in the house, I can shoot through the living room and than thru the den out into the kitchen. I get 39ft. which is 13 yards. i bust up lots of nocks so I only shoot 2 arrows at a go. 3 and I break nocks, two and I only break them once in a while. My daughter who married Nomad88 on here just bought a house together and their basement has 9ft. ceilings and is 62ft. long so we can shoot 19 yards. We will have a range up right after X-mas. Shawn
Shawn

SuperKodiak38

I sandwiched the edge of a 4 X 6 horse stall matt(Southern states for 40.00) between 2 2 x 4's and hung it from the joist with eye hooks, hung a bad target in front and can shoot about 15 yeards or so, great practice.
"Go afield with a good attitude, respect for the wildlife you hunt and for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience.It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person."

Fred Bear

Boneyard Bowhunter

I have a carbon filled bag that I hung from the floor joists. It is on it's third season. I shoot at 1 1/2" circles. The best $30 I've spent in a long time.
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as long as it has a good tale.

Shakes.602

There ya go!! Those Little Avery Stick-On Dots come in  ALL  Sizes!!  :thumbsup:  Good Looking "Finished Basement" too!  :archer:
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rybohunter

I was shooting in the basement last night. I can actually get a solid 10 yards out of it. I'm excited to be able to shoot all winter.

Autumnarcher

Close range indoors practice is a great way to work on the little things that we often forget when outdoors on a 3D range.

I shoot a few dozen arrows at 2-3 yds only concentrating on one aspect of the shot at a sesion- release, anchor, back tension etc.

Other times I will put a piece of masking tape vertically down the bag target and focus soley on hitting the tape - this helps eliminate left-right misses.

I focus on very small spots- other arrow holes, dots made with a marker etc.

I can shoot outto about 12 yds in my basement.

Other times I'll shoot with the kids and play tic-tac-toe. I'm working on making a target face like a dart board, so we can shoot "darts".
...stood alone on a montaintop, starin out at a great divide, I could go east, I could go West, it was all up to me to decide, just then I saw a young hawk flyin and my soul began to rise......


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