Post by: 270Shooter on October 19, 2012, 08:25:04 PM
Post by: kglacken on October 19, 2012, 08:31:17 PM
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Post by: hughjorgan on October 19, 2012, 08:38:51 PM
Post by: lokidog on October 19, 2012, 10:29:29 PM
The ones I just bought for my home range the arrows will blow through them. The straw bales at the club I shoot at stop my arrows fine. The only difference between the bales at home verse the club is that the club uses steel bands to compress three bales together. You could do the same with ratcheting tie downs for home use.
:yeah:
And put a tarp over it to keep them from rotting.
Post by: SniperDanWA on October 20, 2012, 12:54:28 PM
The ones I just bought for my home range the arrows will blow through them. The straw bales at the club I shoot at stop my arrows fine. The only difference between the bales at home verse the club is that the club uses steel bands to compress three bales together. You could do the same with ratcheting tie downs for home use.
Most clubs buy specially compressed bales. The last ones I looked at buying we're near 350lbs and had 5000lbs of tension on the bands. The kind you get at a Farm Supply weigh no more than 100lbs and only have 500lbs of tension. They work, but I put them two deep and three high.
Post by: lokidog on October 20, 2012, 07:01:54 PM
It is a pain to pull broadheads out of straw though.
Post by: Fishstiq on October 26, 2012, 10:44:56 AM
The ones I just bought for my home range the arrows will blow through them. The straw bales at the club I shoot at stop my arrows fine. The only difference between the bales at home verse the club is that the club uses steel bands to compress three bales together. You could do the same with ratcheting tie downs for home use.
:yeah:
And put a tarp over it to keep them from rotting.
X2!!! Rotted straw bales suck!
I made the backstop you can see here...
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,101102.msg1314762.html#msg1314762 (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,101102.msg1314762.html#msg1314762)
It works well. Lokidog was gonna build one similar, not sure if he has had the time to build it yet or not or if he could post pics of his if he has...?
Post by: lokidog on October 26, 2012, 12:50:18 PM
Post by: 7mmfan on October 26, 2012, 01:08:33 PM
Post by: Kc_Kracker on October 26, 2012, 01:10:50 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg54.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv166%2FBobCo%2FStuff%2F000_0012.jpg&hash=5a766ff89ebb67fb9b208ba9a65583b3e7a64916)
Post by: WonkyWapiti on October 27, 2012, 06:21:06 PM
Post by: lokidog on October 27, 2012, 08:47:29 PM
A buddy of mine had a line on some really thick pieces of styrofoam a while back. These were like 4 foot by 4 foot wide and like 8 inches thick.
I can't use styrofoam targets because my chickens will eat them.... >:(
Post by: seansfire on October 28, 2012, 06:06:37 PM
i used straw bales but the arrows popped the strings and i had a helluva mess to clean up. :chuckle:
Post by: lokidog on October 28, 2012, 06:09:23 PM
dont recall who but someone told me carpet works well if set up right. lots of layers banded together i think it was. stopped arrows good.
i used straw bales but the arrows popped the strings and i had a helluva mess to clean up. :chuckle:
After strapping the bale, shoot in the side, if you are cutting strings then you have more issues than shooting at a straw bale. :chuckle:
Post by: hughjorgan on October 28, 2012, 06:09:59 PM
dont recall who but someone told me carpet works well if set up right. lots of layers banded together i think it was. stopped arrows good.
i used straw bales but the arrows popped the strings and i had a helluva mess to clean up. :chuckle:
Yes, carpet does work well, though from my experience can be tough to pull a carbon arrow out of.