NiteRunner Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Anyone make their own targets? I've heard of some that are from Plastic bags, cardboard. Has anyone tried the one out of old NewsPaper? Looking for Ideas! Thanks! Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I make my own sometimes. My family owns a Mineral Plant (minerals for livestock). We use a lot of 100lbs bags of Rice Hull. They look like the old burlap bags but they are plastic. We stuff one full with the other left over bags. Run it through the bag sewing machine. Spray paint a few black dots... Baaaam. Target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets Have used cardboard for targets before. It works ok. Have also tried construction type foam insulation, that works ok too. Never tried newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I have heard of guys going to their local Tractor Supply store and getting some foam that they have out back in the dumpster. Apparently certain items get shipped to the store and are packed with big pieces of foam and I guess they make great targets and best of all......FREE! Just got to go dumpster diving! Usually the foam is white too so all you have to do is add circles or draw vitals on it. Good luck! I got a nice Delta Bag target at Dunham's for $14.00 before. I made a stand for it and it stops my arrows easily! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagobbln Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets A cardboard box filled with a can or two of "Great Stuff" (spray on expandable foam insulation) works pretty good in a pinch. Makes a good target to just leave at camp or your hunting spot to shoot a few warm-ups before hitting the woods. Even if somebody swipes it, you're only out 5-6 bucks. I used to wear out a softball-sized hole in my McKenzie deer targets. Spray in a little Great Stuff and then cut it off flush after drying. Hit it with a little brown spray paint (when it dries its a light yellow color) and you're good to go for a couple hundred more shots. Cheaper than a new midsection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer10 Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I have used cardboard before ..But its not the best.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whitetailarcher Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I thought about doing that last year, but it seemed to me like making a good one was a lot of work and they never lasted that long anyways. I figures with the cheaper prices of the new foam targets that last a long time I would just buy my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBUCK Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets Bass Pro has the black hole on sale right now for $29.88. Just don't use broadheads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets When i was younger and there wasnt any black holes of blocks. I used to use a bail of hay and I also used a clay bird box the kind the clay pigiens come in for shooting trap and skeet, i would pack them full of news paper just stacked in there and they would last until the rain got to them. My brother used cardboard layers and strapped them together with a bander that works well also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I have seen someone use layers of old carpet cut into 8' long by 4' wide then drapped over a railing of a 2x4 stand. Kind like an big quilt rack. I suppose you could nail a 2x4 between trees if you have the tree to do it. I think they had at least 6 or 7 layers but doubled over the 2x4 rail made it twice as thick. They left it hang loosely so it would absorb impact. Then they would just pin a card board pic of a deer or wahtever to shoot at. Great thing about it is the rain did not damage it like hay or card board and because its hanging loose, it would dry out fairly quickly where a rag target will not at all unless built to prevent rain getting to it. But then again thats a lot bigger and more expensive. Used carpet can be had for free if you can find it. I have also use a burlap sack and grocery store plastic bags stuffed in but thats with a trad bow. I think a compound would blow right threw mine unless it was really packed hard. JMO Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets If you can find a 3ft X 3ft X 1ft box, then see if you can go to a boat factory or a fiberglass shop and ask how much for a few sprays of the high density expanding foam. Works really well for both gun and arrow. Yeah you will blow through with a gun but the deeper the box the better stopping power you will have for arrows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzorp Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I've tried building targets with cardboard compressed between some plywood as well as other ideas, they didn't last very long and of course I made the mistake of leaving them outside in the rain. I found it better and less trouble to simply buy the Cabelas block target,, Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jayjaysin Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I've made mine with good results, but it's not weather resistant. I took a stack of newpapers, maybe 18" - 24" high. Took two ratcheting straps and tightened it up real good. Then take the extra strap and tie them to the other ratchet as a handle. It work great with field points, never tried broadheads. I carry it outside and shoot, then carry it back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckblaster Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets [ QUOTE ] I've made mine with good results, but it's not weather resistant. I took a stack of newpapers, maybe 18" - 24" high. Took two ratcheting straps and tightened it up real good. Then take the extra strap and tie them to the other ratchet as a handle. It work great with field points, never tried broadheads. I carry it outside and shoot, then carry it back in. [/ QUOTE ] dumb question....do you shoot in the layered part (between the sheets) or into the front page..LOL.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAbowhunter86 Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I found a few foam blocks put them in a box and shoot. They work pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washi Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets [ QUOTE ] I have heard of guys going to their local Tractor Supply store and getting some foam that they have out back in the dumpster. Apparently certain items get shipped to the store and are packed with big pieces of foam and I guess they make great targets and best of all......FREE! Just got to go dumpster diving! Usually the foam is white too so all you have to do is add circles or draw vitals on it. Good luck! I got a nice Delta Bag target at Dunham's for $14.00 before. I made a stand for it and it stops my arrows easily! [/ QUOTE ] I went to the local Farm & Home (similar to Tractor Supply I think), and they said they had to send all the foam blocks that came between their trailers back. They get reused for the next shipment. I bet the trailers get built fairly close by here so it's cheaper to send them back. I have bought a few bag targets and just keep rebagging them with soybean seed bags I get for free. I have put two of the bags I bought together and made one big bag. Works great for all the kids shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revhard Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets i would like to se some pics of others old targets. i own my own flooring company and i took carpet padding and wrapped it up real tighta nd duct tapped it all together, stood it next to a tree. i painted some rings on it and wham... target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatecsteve Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I,m extremely lucky in this area. I'm a leadman at a plastics packaging plant, we make all kinds of foam products..including 3" thick plank, the 4# is best. We also make the same foam that is the BLOCK targets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODH Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I've made mine with good results, but it's not weather resistant. I took a stack of newpapers, maybe 18" - 24" high. Took two ratcheting straps and tightened it up real good. Then take the extra strap and tie them to the other ratchet as a handle. It work great with field points, never tried broadheads. I carry it outside and shoot, then carry it back in. [/ QUOTE ] dumb question....do you shoot in the layered part (between the sheets) or into the front page..LOL.. [/ QUOTE ]you would shoot into the layered part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets i have an awesome target, its a piece of foam from under a dock found it at the lake, ps it was free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I've got one that's homemade. I took a large cardboard box out to a local boat manufacturing place and had them fill it with the flotation foam that goes in boats. Peeled off the cardboard and was left with a really nice foam block. Arrows come out of it pretty easy too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets [ QUOTE ] A cardboard box filled with a can or two of "Great Stuff" (spray on expandable foam insulation) works pretty good in a pinch. Makes a good target to just leave at camp or your hunting spot to shoot a few warm-ups before hitting the woods. Even if somebody swipes it, you're only out 5-6 bucks. [/ QUOTE ] That is what my best friend does! Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets Here's what me and my father built for targets... 3' x 3' x 2' Box Rag targets, with removable steel roofs.... They work great for a cheap and economical target.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo_hunter Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets I've been to tractor supply and used some of the foam blocks from trailer packing. Works good and free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoytbowhunter Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Re: Homemade Targets i guy i know took an old wrestling mat and cut about a 2 foot strip off the end and rooled it up ots the best homemaid target i ever used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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