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mmattockx:
Here's perhaps the stupid question for the weekend. In the past I have used the small rectangular straw bales for my backstop and they worked fine. Local supply of those has dried up, though. I have a neighbour that will sell me a large round bale of straw for a reasonable price and I am thinking about switching to that.

Does anybody here use round bales for a backstop? Any problems with them I should know about? Can I shoot into the flat sides without losing arrows into the core of the bale or do I shoot at the outer round surface?


Thanks,
Mark

Selfbowman:
They work great. A bowyer friend has used one for years.

Bob Barnes:
it will work...turn them at a slight angle so the arrow won't penetrate as far, and move the target when a spot gets too soft.

Zugul:
I've used them for years, the ones I have are a lot more hard to penetrate from the round side so I shoot that instead of the flat part, never had an issue exept the fact that after a cuple hundred shors you have to shoot into a different spot on the bale because the net that keeps the straw tight breaks a bit and you start getting more penetration (and losing straw)

mmattockx:
Thanks for the info, gentlemen. It looks like a round bale is in my future for my next backstop.


Mark

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