Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: gene roberts on December 17, 2007, 10:01:16 pm
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Hey yall.I was just wondring what the best back stop is.I prefer something that may just be laying around in the garage or something
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I like conveyor belt
wvflintknapper
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I've never heard of that.
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I like round bales of hay. Probably not laying around your house or garage, but there's tons of them rotting away in at the edges of fields. Don't pay for this year's hay because it will cost you an arm and a leg especially with the droughts and cost of diesel. If you have a flat bed trailer, you may get a farmer to load one of his bales that's been sitting in the field for a few years for you. To unload it, tie off to a tree with a loop around the bale and drive out from under it. As it falls apart from use, you can mulch you garden with it.
Otoe
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Ive seen people use old carpeting. I bought a big arse foam target from them boys down at Pappys last year and it works great.
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Wow,thanks
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I have conveyor belt behind my target also.My field points bounce off.
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Hmmm,where did you get it?
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Anymore people.
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Gene,, The conveyor belt or also known as mining belt is a thick rubber belting material and works good to put behind straw bales to keep the arrows from passing through,,, thats what I consider a "Back Stop" something behind the target.
Mullet, do they come completely off ? Might need some new straw or get a ratchet strap and put around the center of the bales and crank it tight.
wvflintknapper
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I am currently using a cinder block wall. It stops the arrows great and I get lots of practice making arrows. ;D I better get some crusher belt. Justin
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Cool
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I've been shootin into a pillow backed with a bale of hay :). Have two four hundred pound rolls of crusher belt - that give's me some idea's. They work great for knapping hand pads too ;).
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Yes they do cowboy,, and you can cut a V notch in them so the flake comes off clean,, good technique for eden points.
wvflintknapper
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Gene,I work in the phosphate mines.There's plenty of old belt laying around.
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Oh,well that explains it.How many layers of carpet would it take to stop a broadhead.
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If you suspend it with a couple of ropes so it can move with the arrow, it doesn't take much to stop an arrow. If you put the carpet or belt against a hay bale it would penetrate. Justin
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Like Justin said,My broadheads will go through the belt and half inch plywood.
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O.well I guess that's ok.
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A sheet of corragated plastic,like cardboard,except made of plastic.
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I started using regular haybales with blunt tips instead of field points, and it works just fine. You can get a new haybale or $3-$5.... I just keep a few fieldpoints handy for tournaments.
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Ok,I met a man who said to get fertilizer or feed bags and stuff them into another until it's full.When that one is shot to pieces put it into another bag.
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Actually the best id a deer ;D
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:D
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i get cardboard boxes and cut 8 to 10 inch circles glue six or so circles to gether . they are just right for rolling on the ground throwing in the air for flu flu's and put on a bale of hay about the right size of a shoulder
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If you can get hold of an old mattress,get the cotton out of it ,then stuff either a burlap or nylon feed sack full.It'll stop arrows great,and it's mighty easy to pull em out too. It'll stop broadheads too,but you'll have to change out feed sacks pretty often. God Bless, PeteC
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I use the stuffed bag method you mentioned.A feed sack or a U-Stuff It archery target.I save all our Walmart grocerie sacks to stuff in there.I've never shot through it.However,I use it for field tip practise.Not broadheads.tradrick
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During a scrounge session at local landfill, I came across the leftover felt-like material from stampings left by large boot and shoe manufacturing company. When you stuff this material into a large burlap bag or one of the plasticized grain bags you have an almost indestructible target - works well with field points - have used broadheads but is quite tricky to remove if embedded in centre of material. When bag is done you just restuff the insides into another one - FREE!!! I've been using the material I scrounged now for about fifteen years and supplied many others - a little bulky and heavy but works.
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In my basement where I have a 12 yard range the conveyer belt thing turned out to be a little dangerous. My kids arrows bounce off wildly when they miss the target completely. Layers of hanging carpet, and burlap coffee bean bags (free at the roasters) stuffed with refuse packing plastic from any large box store (again free). These targets are weather proof and take a serious beating.
Dave
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The feed bag and some dog food bags stuffed with plastic bags from any store will work and last indefinitely. I attach burlap targets to them to spice it up a little. Also, you're doing your part to keep those plastic bags out of the landfills and environment.
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My favorite backstop is the ground behind the cats' fuzzy toys. >:D
I also use a hay bale with a canvas drop cloth sitting on top (not folded - just crumpled loosely). The canvas cloth stops arrows from ricocheting off the top of the bale and terrorizing the neighbors. ;D