Cheap! Homemade Archery Target?

Not sure just what your question is, but I'll give it a go anyway...

Idea #1: Cardboard box stuffed (tightly) with cardboard. It will stop target tips from bows up to 90 lb.

Idea #2: Cardboard box stuffed with plastic bags. The bags are "grabby", and will slow down even some broadheads.

Idea #3: Burlap bag stuffed with plastic bags.

Idea #4: An old over-size pillow. Be absolutely sure your mother/wife/sister/ etc is ok with you ruining the pillow.

Idea #5: Cruise the local dumpsters outside any home-renovation project. Free carpeting, and nobody will care of you shoot it full of holes (although the heavier carpeting will stop most target tips and slow most broadheads - whether from 30 lb or 90 lb bows).

Idea #6: A firm stack of sod, with no rocks or stones in it.

Idea #7: A stack of newspapers or phone books. This kind of target can last a long time.

Idea #8: Hay bales, if you can get them In some areas they cost upwards of $4 each, and sometimes they are "loose-packed" (meaning the bale itself is loose, and the arrow will go through too easily)....make sure of the quality of the bales before you buy them. And do NOT accept bales made of green hay or alfalfa -- make sure it was baled up DRY (moisture in the bale creates heat - and heat can become fire...).

Idea #9: Put a "Judo" point or an "Ace" hex-head on the arrow and go roving. Pick a tree, a stump, a leaf on the ground, whatever; pick the targets as you walk around (but not if it is not legal to do so!) and have fun with it. Just be absolutely sure of what is behind the target, so you don't hurt or kill someone (or somebody's pet) if you miss.

There are other ideas for inexpensive, easy targets, but not enough room to list them.

Homemade Archery Target

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Diy Archery Target

I made my own target out of a second hand foam filled cot mattress. I made a simple wooden frame to go around it for rigidity, packed the mattress in a coulpe of layers of cardboard to help slow the arrows down, then put a layer of old carpet on the back to stop any arrows penetrating fully. Taped the whole thing together with duct tape and then painted a picture on the back of an offcut of wallpaper. We've had a few different pictures now as they soon get shot to pieces, but we've had a knight, a viking, a zombie and we're now onto another knight. Easy and cheap and hard-wearing. Took about 2 hours to make and another hour or so to paint a picture to go on the front.

I've used cans of insulating foam, bought them at home depot for $3 a piece. I used up 3 of them to fill a wooden frame, about 24"x24". Now here's the key, when you're spraying the foam, set the frame face down on top of some newspaper or some such so the foam don't stick to the ground. Add another layer of newspaper on top and put some weight on it so the foam don't expand too much. You want high density foam. Let it cure overnight. It will stop arrows up to about 30# bow. I wouldn't shoot at it with a compound.

Some places, you can get 80# haybales for about $15. Friend of mine drove to Ojai, CA to buy those.

Compressed cardboards, if you have old cardboards laying around. I've seen someone make some sort of a gigantic vise to compress them. This is what we used to use at the range years ago, we now used stacked phonebooks.

build a frame to what ever size you like. Cover (4) sides with plywood. Cover (1) side with old piece of carpet, turned upside down. (Be sure it is pulled tight). Through the one side left open, pack full of old rags, ( I use clippings from a clothing store, They usually give this stuff away.) Put last piece of plywood on and start shooting. Lasts for a very long time and arrows pull out easier than anything I have ever used.

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if you are a good shot use this target,grab a family size tide or sunlight soap box slide in news papers till full and tight. you will shoot this target many times before your arrows go through, even with that ipo.good shooting,