A more durable target than Rinehart ???

[tyu888]

I bought a Rinehart block target mid January 2011 thinking that I can just replace the insert (cheaper this way) when time comes. However, As of today not only the inserts but also the part below the inserts are pretty much gone..

Does anyone use a more durable target ??
Or, Is there one exist...

I do about #150 to #200 arrows a day with field tip only..

[ti-guy]

In 60 days! That makes it close to 12 000 shots?

[awbowman]

google  "BLOB target"

The longest lasting targets I have are bails made from mill end rolls of the plastic made for bread ties.  I got them from Bedford Industries of Worthington, Minnesota.  They last forever, but they are very heavy.

[Stumpkiller]

I highly recommend U Stuff-It targets from Trendsetters. I believe in the review in Traditional Bowhunter some years back they hung one at a regional shoot and asked for volunteers for the demo and they figured 16,000 arrows went into it over several weeks.  I have three and they are affordable and VERY durable.  I shoot every day (6 to 12 arrows up to 36, not 200!)  And the arrows usually pull out with two fingers if you use nylon netting (ask a camper or boat canvas/upholsterer if you can dive their dumpster).

Kind of rustic looking but durable and relatively inexpensive.

http://www.gazlo.com/marketplace/businesses/trendsetters-inc/features/4951/  

 

Here's the "Doe" in use. She's been hanging around my yard for five years.

 

 

[coaster500]

Rag bags are very cheap !! Fill them your self with plastic or rags. Your arrows will pull much easier. Save your Rinehart for broadheads.

http://www.3riversarchery.com/Targets+General_c37_s173_p0_thumb.html

[ti-guy]

Stumpkiller,your doe target may look rustic but the turkeys looks real!!!

[m midd]

Thats what i was thinking...

[coaster500]

Stumpkiller U Stuff It Targets look great    

Thank for the info....

[tyu888]

BLOB target costs about the same as Rinehart but with 1 year guaranteed just not sure how easy to pull the arrow though..

[xtrema312]

I was thinking about the Rinehart square target with replaceable core.  Thanks for the report on that one. I think I will pass.  Would be ok if I could keep all my arrows in the core at all ranges, but I can't with the trad bows.

For the last couple years I have been shooting about 500 arrows a week on average.  I shoot up two 18 in 1 Rinehart targets last year.  Still two for about $90 is not bad, and they did a good job on the FP.  Broadheads did them in fast so maybe the BLOB.

I am thinking about a BLOB mostly for a durable broadhead target.  I hear the BLOB can very some on arrow pull; there are some reports of different density BLOBs out there.  They are very heavy and expensive to ship if they are not in your area.

I have gone to bag targets for most of my FP shooting.  I like the yellow jacket target.  I shot out two covers on one last year.  They take a lot and covers are not too bad.  Mostly I am now shooting plastic feed bags for $1 each.  I just keep stuffing the old junk into a new bag.  Even if I shoot up a bag a week it is cheap. I sure wish I could get my hands on a few hundred of those old burlap feed bags.

[Stumpkiller]

Originally posted by ti-guy:
Stumpkiller,your doe target may look rustic but the turkeys looks real!!!

The second in from the left in that first image is our Narragansett hen (Wilma).  The other three are wild bronze gentlemen "guests" she was entertaining.  Off camera to the left is our tom Fred having a full blown conniption fit inside the fenced yard.

     

I practice my slate call on him from the back deck.  Sadly, Wilma's wondering ways got her torn to pieces by a coyote and we now are on Wilma II.  I have to find another breeder to swap with as we have a young jake of Wilma's also and you don't want to start making copies of copies, so to speak.

PS - if you look close there is an Americana chicken chick beside her that she raised from an egg.  We allowed her two of her first brood and they succomed so we gave her a chicken egg.  Darned if she didn't successfully raise us a chicken (rooster - see also chicken & biscuits).  Fred accepted it as his own, which kind of surprised us.

The target in my yard is made from a soy bean seed crate bag it is box shaped four by four feet and made with a nylon weave that is much tougher and longer lasting than commercial targets.  I have them stuffed with plastic from a farmers silage pile.  Each seed bag last me about two years and it takes more than two hundered shots a day about 8 months out of the year to wear one out.  total cost-zero.

[ti-guy]

Cool! Also the U Stuff It is a good idea.