Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Prarie Bowyer on July 11, 2013, 02:05:49 pm
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What is good to use for stone broad head tips for practice?
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I've used Target mats made from cattail reeds they are very good witx
h stone points
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I shot mine in the river and had my son swim for them. Ed
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I shoot at hay bales with paper target faces.
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Cardboard box full of soft squishy stuff or styrofoam
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I like round bales of hay. It is heavy, bulky, and hard to move, if you don't have equipment, but for around thirty bucks you have a target that lasts years. I put one on a pallet and put a piece of tin over the top of it. I have been shooting into it almost every day for two years and it is still holding up fine. Stone points do fine with it. As it finally breaks down I add it to the compost pile and replace with a new one. Probably not for everyone, but I have lots of room.
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A box of soft, dry dirt with duct tape covering the holes as I make them.
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A box of soft, dry dirt with duct tape covering the holes as I make them.
Make sure you keep copies of the Material Safety Data Sheets on that dirt and be sure to properly dispose of it!
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JW, can a guy obtain some dirt thats been pre-approved by the EPA and Osha and just skip the MSDS. I hate keeping all that paperwork on file and on hand at the shooting site. ;)
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OK, who left the door open? I'm all outa JW fly paper... :P
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I'm on my second Yellow Jacket Broadhead target. Believe me it is ultra soft and is excellent for stone points. Arrows will remove with 2 fingers. It has to be the BROADHEAD target block by Yellow Jacket and it's very reasonably priced compared to others. I do use 6 square bales behind the block for a safety backup because if you miss you probably will chip or shatter your point.
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A bale of peat moss
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I put a piece of blue foam board about a foot in front of my reg target .
Slows em down enough they barely stick in the target !
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No matter what you use. Knapp your heads with out barbs. I make all of mine with a slanted corners like zwicky's Eskimos.
I can get 32X50 foam blocks. I use to use a sand pile alot also.
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No matter what you use. Knapp your heads with out barbs. I make all of mine with a slanted corners like zwicky's Eskimos.
I can get 32X50 foam blocks. I use to use a sand pile alot also.
Hey CA where you get the foam blocks?
~HF~
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A box of soft, dry dirt with duct tape covering the holes as I make them.
Make sure you keep copies of the Material Safety Data Sheets on that dirt and be sure to properly dispose of it!
;D ;D ;D Wayne
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A bale of peat moss
I need to try this, Lowe's here has it in big compressed plastic bags. Thank's for the idea oldhippy.