Looking for a new one and wondering what you guys use?

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=061905    :D

ELK   :D  

Seriously, I use floatation billets (styrofoam made dense) from the building supply store nearby.

I nice mound of dirt or sand is my favorite, it stops arrows quick and they come out easy. I would just dig up a 5 by five spot in the yard and shoot at it in a big clump, when you have shot for a few days fill in the hole. Shawn

american whitetail "the cube" aweesome broadhead target

The Rinehart 81-1 Target works great for Broadheads also....

A live whitetail deer, preferably a buck of 125" or better...   :D  

As for practice, whatever cube/block taget is cheapest when I make a Cabelas run. When used as a dedicated broadhead target, the most expensive on the maket has about the same usuable life (actually quite short) as the cheapest, so I don't see any sense in sinking big bucks into them.  You can make them last a bit longer by shooting all sides, but once that hole gets blown in the center, they aren't worth much.

The last couple 3D deer targets I've gotten were Deltas ( I think they were backyard or treestand bucks) with replacable core.  When I get a target like this I buy at least one extra core.  I've found if I limit broadheads to maybe 20% of the shots on this type of target, I can get 2-3 years out of a core...

If you want foam targets like these to last, particularly 3D's, don't leave them out in the weather.  When you get done shooting, store them indoors.  I hang mine in the barn, as if I leave them on the floor the cats use them as scratching posts...

I've been using a Block target for going on 6 or 7 years now and it is finally starting to give out.  I probably shoot more broadheads in practice than field points year round and I shoot every day.  I figure that since thats what I'm hunting with, thats what I should practice with.

Rinehart 18-1       Been shooting this side for over a year and still stops um. I have seventeen more sides to go. Money well spent, HIGHLY RECOMMEND
 

I shoot pinecones scattered around the yard they are cheap (free) and there are always a buch of them laying around.

It all depends how much you shoot. If you shoot a lot, as i do, i like the sand pile idea. I got a 18-1 and shot it to peices in 6 months, (no broadheads). Not bad mouthing the 18-1, I like the target a lot and it did last as long if not linger than most of the targets i buy, but i shoot any where from 1500 to 2500 arrows a month and that many arrows will take its toll on any target.

The Rinehart 18-1

If you shoot out all 18 sides within a full year, visit your authorized Rinehart dealer and well replace it guaranteed hassle-free!

Thanks for the replies. For me the best way to practice is to shoot at 3d targets with the same set up and arrow I use hunting. I generally get up in the morning and shoot one arrow before work and then shoot anywhere from 12 to 15 in the evening when I get out of work.

I personaly use a 3d deer target and shoot about 90% broadheads to 10% field points at it. I average about 12-15 arrows a day at it and get about 2-3 years out of a target. The target I use has a replaceable kill zone area and I also use the expanding spray foam to make my own repairs when and where neded.

Broadheads are all I shoot. Riverbottom 3D buck outside and a The BLock target inside.

Both work perfectly.

John III