Whip Fellow Wisconsinite what do you do in the winter? I assume this is not a functional winter target for us correct?
Looks to be a good 3 season target thanks for sharing.Jerry

I've been thinking of the same thing for shooting my broadheads. I remember Fred Bear using deer silhouett targets made from cardboard and staked in front of a sand trap. Thought I would do the same.

Thanks for sharing... Jack!

how much sand did you use and what are the diminsions

Why wouldn't that work in the winter?  When it's covered by snow, put some tennis balls or something on top of the snow (on top of the target butt) and shoot at them.

Should work just fine.

The winter concern for me would be if moisture permeated the sand/dirt and became frozen. I've muffed up a couple of arrows hitting very frozen ground.

How are the dirt type targets when it has been rained on? Do they get the arrows pretty gummy?

Thanks for the responses!  I will be giving this a try    

Jack is that sand or a sand dirt mix,

Kurt

I've got a permanent shooting platform same height as I usually hunt from with 4 sand piles,10, 15, 20, and 25 yards. Build it in 1972 and just as food today as it was then. It even has lights so I can shoot at night.

100% sand left over from installing a pool    

Frozen ground would be a concern in Wisconson but not really here .

There's always a better mousetrap! I just finished my new target/backstop with used carpet and plastic filled feed bag. Feeling pretty good about it and now this.... Now, that's the next one. I like the broadhead comments too. I've got just the place for this one - where my new carpet one is!

I found that saw dust is much less abrasive on arrows and broadheads than sand.

QuoteOriginally posted by Hot Hap:
Will it draw cats?

thank god YES!    

Pounding sand for a year with no ill effects?
 
This idea is illustrated in the first Archer's Bible by Fred Bear. Worked then... and now!

Killdeer  

What a great way to "turn" the compost!

BobW - too funny.  Glad someone shares my love of feral felines as well!

Oh Killy I had to think about that for a second or two .

Sawdust, wonder if it will stop an arrow? What do you do wet it down , then let it settle to compact it????

Did you place anything under the sand to keep from losing it to the ground beneath?

God bless,Mudd

No, Mudd nothing goes through this red clay  we have as top soil, but you could if you need to. Possibly a piece of discarded silt fence from a construction project .

Jack

I used to have access to an old sawdust pile from an abandoned sawmill. Arrows penetrated about halfway. It was damp and compacted from just being out in the elements. I imagine you could do the same thing on your range with wetting and tamping as you build your pile.

The sand pile I shot at "once only" was at the family concrete plant next door. It took the finish off my wood arrows and half the paint off my Zwickey's.

Sorry, wrong thread

Where do I buy one of these?      

Seems like they might be expensive to ship.      

Are they made in America?