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What do you guys shoot at?
Eric Krewson:
All the tournaments I go to used to sell shot up or broken targets after the tournaments when they got new ones in.
Used to be they auctioned the targets on Sunday evening after the tournaments, usually most of the folk had left by then so there were few people to bid on them.
The last tournament I went to where they auctioned off the worn out targets they had the auction after dinner on Saturday when there was still a big crowd, the biding was much more active and the targets went for between $50 and $100 with some people buying a half dozen at a time.
Eric Krewson:
Well I forgot one; I made this target 20 years ago, I can shoot out to 15 yards in my basement. I never shoot at the same place and pick an ear, eyeball, base of the tail, black dots or any other place I can "pick a spot". That is why the kill isn't shot out, the bag is stuffed with sheet plastic, I have never restuffed, it is two sided with a deer on both sides.
I don't shoot the target much anymore but at one time I had it outside and put thousands of arrows into it.
Ames made this "you stuff it" target, they are out of business now but I think I saw a similar bag target with an animal face in one of the archery catalogs recently. I have seen these bag targets on eBay occasionally, new old stock. Three Rivers sells a you stuff it square bag target for around $25.
My target is bigger than the picture would suggest at 38"X38". The bungie cords keep it pulled tight.
Gimlis Ghost:
Haven't tried it yet but seems to me a loosely woven burlap sack filled with tightly packed batting might make a durable target, if used with field points only of course.
A loose weave would encourage the point to slide into the material without breaking the tough woven strands.
I've seen African armor worn by ceremonial horse guards that was made of cloth and packed tightly with cotton several inches thick. It worked a bit like a European Gambeson . It was of course most effective against sling stones but also provided some defense against arrows from traditional Africa hunting bows and javelins.
Eric Krewson:
Burlap coffee bags make good targets, you can find them online plus I have seen them farm stores and big box craft stores for $4 each. They are course weave and take shots well.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184725378296?hash=item2b027d94f8:g:EUEAAOSwJEZgW2zT
This one is stuffed with polyester bats that once filled a large commercial archery target, I salvaged the filling after the covering rotted off. I have it in my shop now and use it for exercising a bow when I am in the tillering process, I prefer short draw shots rather than simply pulling the string back.
I have made a bunch of these over the years, most were crammed full of sheet plastic. These targets need to be covered when not in use if left outside, the burlap will deteriorate if left out in the rain.
Fox:
I have a black hole target which is fine, but they come apart after a year maybe... now I mostly use compacted straw or hay or any other compacted bail that you can find at a tracter suply, I think there for feeding and whatnot, ussually wrapped in a white plastic bag. they only cost 15 dollers or so and have lasted just as long or longer then the black hole target, and its not so bad for the planet with all that plastic for the black hole one.
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