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Making archery range/practice place?

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FilipT:
This is something that has been on my mind for some time, but I never put plan in motion. Bottom line, I must have some place near house where I could regularly practice archery, otherwise it doesn't make sense to build and have bows but shoot them just occasionally.

I am looking for very durable way to secure the target, a some kind of protection from arrows and a good target.

My idea was to put two poles in ground that are couple of feet apart from each other and that between them suspend the target. Target would be suspended using ropes and they would never allow target to flap around and it would always stay in air, roughly in belly or chest height.

I am not sure though what kind of protection I could put behind the target. I don't want arrows to fly past the target and hide themselves in some bush, or worse, hit someone. The place I would make all this is near road. What kind of protection is cheap and durable?

Target is the third matter for discussion. What is the cheapest way to make a good target?

At the end, does my idea make sense and what do you use as a practice place?

Stoker:
Suspending it is a good idea. For a target. Use a grain sack fill it with plastic bags. For a back drop suspend a old chunk of carpet over a rope or cable giving you two layers
Thanks Leroy

DC:
Easy target is a plywood box with a heavy plastic tarp(or tote bag) face. Fill it with plastic bags. This one is 2'x2'x1'. Start collecting them now it takes a lot. The backstop is another thing. I use a stall liner but after a bit you start to punch a few holes in it and the arrows are hard to get out of them. You can buy ballistic net(I think that's what it's called) but it's pricey. I tried carpet but the arrows went right up to the fletching. If you are a good shot the backstop kind of becomes redundant unless you live next store to a playground or school and then you should shoot the other way.

Hawkdancer:
Straw bales stacked 4 high between 2 end posts, and covered with 7 mil construction plastic will work.
Don't miss, don' need a backstop >:D.  The carpet is good, heavy canvas tarp will work draped over a rope.
Hawkdancer

FilipT:
I figured that backstop would be most expensive piece of equipment here. I'll try not to miss then LOL. The road in question is very rarely travelled by foot, is about 90 feet far from my supposed archery place and has not much traffic, I live in a village after all.
Backstop was supposed to actually prevent arrows stucking in grass behind target. Regarding its possible prevention of someones injury, arrows can't possibly travel that far in horizontal line to injure someone I think?

Stoker and DC, you gave me good ideas for targets. I prefer DC idea more, because I could make hinges on that plywood box on which I could suspend it, or even some handle to carry it around.

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