Favorite broadhead target

[bowhunterforever]

I'm getting a new broadhead target in a couple days.I have been using the foam block target for a few years now. Just wondering what your favorite broadhead target is and why?Thanks

[PolarBear]

I make my own out of expandable foam.  It lasts for years, stops broadheads well and repairs in a jiffy.

[yousowise]

PolarBear,
Would you elaborate on how you make your target?
Thanks,
Ben

[Big10gauge]

Buy a 5 in thick 4x8 ft urethane foam insulating board about 80 bucks or so cut in the appropriate size glue a about 3 together. Use expanding foam in a can to repair it. One board can last for several years. Or find a guy that sprays urethane foam and have him spray you a pile of it, they usually test spray before doing a job.

[PolarBear]

PolarBear,
Would you elaborate on how you make your target?
Thanks,
Ben

My target is still in great shape after 6 or 7 years.  I get that 2 part expandable foam, mix it up and pour into a garbage bag in the bottom of an old water pressure tank.  Fill it a little less than 1/2 full.  After it expands to about 3/4 of the way, tie the bag off tight and let it do it's thing.  I let them sit for a few days just to make sure it is all cure.  Pull out of the tank, rip off the bag and let er' fly.

[GreenHunter]

Polarbear, I am unclear on what a water pressure tank is so can you tell me the rough dimensions? How far do the broadheads penetrate?

This sounds like a great idea and easy on the wallet too.

[Machias]

How about a couple of photos, you know we all love photo editorials.   

[Kain]

A photo tutorial would be awesome!  That sounds like a great idea.  you could even make a form like concrete and just line it with plastic.  Or even better would be a form shape like an animal.  Might have to experiment with this idea. 

[GreenHunter]

Gotta love youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA7RocP92cQ

This shows how to fill a storage box with foam. That seems exactly like what I want for a target. 1 cubic foot from the 1 quart size.

[PolarBear]

That video sums it up perfectly.  Here is mine that I have shot for many years.  It aint pretty and is a little beat up but it still stops every arrow.  That aint bad considering that I blow completely through hay bales and then some.  Broadheads will only penetrate about 4".  I just stick 1" & 2" target dots on it at different spots.

[kirkl]

Polarbear, where did you buy the stuff at? i looked at home depot and they didnt have anything like that stuff in the video. had to buy that stuff online.

[PolarBear]

I think that I ordered it through Van Dykes Taxidermy Supply.  You might be able to get some at a craft store like Michael's.

[dog killa]

I make my own out of expandable foam.  It lasts for years, stops broadheads well and repairs in a jiffy.

Are you using the spray foam? Like the stuff from Home Depot?

[PolarBear]

I use the Great Stuff foam that you get at Home Depot to fill in the holes and repair the target after it gets beat up a bit.  You can make a whole target with those spray cans but it takes a bunch of them to make a decent sized target.  I have a javalena sized target that I mage by spraying a bunch of foam cans that only had half or a little left in them into a feed sack and tying it off at the top.  It works fine but you need to tie it off so that the foam compresses more as it expands to make that target more dense.

[bowhunterforever]

Any of you guys try the new block fusion?