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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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good target for stone tips?
« on: July 11, 2013, 02:05:49 pm »
What is good to use for stone broad head tips for practice?
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Offline kid bow

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2013, 02:10:22 pm »
I've used Target mats made from cattail reeds they are very good witx
h stone points
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Offline Ed Brooks

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2013, 02:17:22 pm »
I shot mine in the river and had my son swim for them. Ed
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Offline RBLusthaus

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2013, 03:06:58 pm »
I shoot at hay bales with paper target faces.
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Offline CORIUS

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 03:24:19 pm »
Cardboard box full of soft squishy stuff or styrofoam
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 03:59:18 pm »
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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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2013, 05:40:05 pm »
A box of soft, dry dirt with duct tape covering the holes as I make them.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2013, 09:33:54 pm »
Quote from: jackcrafty on July 11, 2013, 05:40:05 pm
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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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2013, 10:19:40 pm »
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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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2013, 12:21:47 am »
OK, who left the door open?  I'm all outa JW fly paper... :P
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2013, 06:19:21 am »
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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Offline oldhippy

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2013, 10:13:44 am »
A bale of peat moss
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2013, 01:05:50 pm »
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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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2013, 08:45:44 pm »
  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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Offline Huntinfool

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Re: good target for stone tips?
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2013, 02:12:19 am »
Quote from: crooketarrow on July 13, 2013, 08:45:44 pm
  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?

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