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Anyone making their own targets???
Mallorn:
I make my own targets, when I see a box about the size of a target I would like I stuff it with a mix of cardboard and plastic "wal-mart" bags. Usually I'll layer in at least 20-30 layers of cardboard to the front of the target, personally it is cleaner to pull the arrow out of the target this way, and back-fill with the plastic bags. I then tape on the front a sheet of marked cardboard with a crayola bull's eye and every few hundred shots or so I replace the front sheet.
Sorry that answered your subject line but isn't a solution to a 4' round portable target. I have considered making custom carboard "boxes" that are much larger, in the scale you are describing, but the weight would be prohibitive with how deep I make them (10-12 inches?). However, you could probably make one much thinner. I would think cardboard and plastic bags would have more stopping power than styrofoam?
Does the cold negatively affect the foam you sprayed in between the styrofoam, or just the styrofoam? Any chance you could skip filling in with styrofoam and just use several cans of foam? Maybe scratch that idea, based on your website example that would take a couple dozen cans or more, right? :P
Thesquirrelslinger:
5-6 inches of cardboard for broadheads.
I really like a few layers of old carpet.
Plus it looks decent too.
JW_Halverson:
Once upon a time in Jollye Olde Englande, they made those round targest out of rolled straw. I know they still make straw, string, and fingers. I have always wondered how to put them all together.
Anyone have experience and wanna do a tutorial?
JackCrafty:
I used to own one of those round straw targets. It cost me a pretty penny. I sprayed it with water every time I used it and stored it in a cool dry place between shoots. I worked great until....
Left it outside by mistake and that night it rained very hard and high winds blew it over into the mud. It deteriorated FAST after that.
Now I just use cardboard. It's free from select dumpsters. ;D
Olanigw (Pekane):
I learned some important lessons yesterday:
1. Epoxy and titebond are brittle at 30*F
2. When water gets into a large cardboard box filled with plastic bags, everything will freeze solid
3. My new trade points cut right through frozen cardboard and plastic bags.
4. Cane is tough as all get out. So is an old cedar barn. My points decided to stay with the barn :(
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