Crossbow back stop?

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Dsiwy

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I just got a EXOMAG for the fall hunt and need to sight it in.
What is the best target block to buy for it?
 
If you do not have hay......:rolleyes:

I bought a "commercial" bow target which is a very dense styrofoam cube. Cost me about seventy bucks IIRC a few years ago. It has been shot many hundreds of times with broadheads from a dozen different crossbows and bows and is still in excellent shape (1 side is pretty messed up, 1 is about half way through its useful life and 4 sides are pristine.) I think it was a good investment.

My buddy made a target using that dense pink styrofoam you see in building supply stores, comes in big sheets about 2" thick by 4 by 8 feet. He cut a sheet into squares and glued them together, about 4 squares thick. This is also a very good target and is adequate for your Exomag.

HTH.

Doug
 
For field/practice points from my Excalibur I use a feed bag target (50 or so used feed bags stuffed into one). I bought the used feedbags at a local farm supply store for $5 or $10. The beauty is how easily the arrows (bolts) pull out of the target. It is useless for broadheads, though.
 
ninepointer said:
For field/practice points from my Excalibur I use a feed bag target (50 or so used feed bags stuffed into one). I bought the used feedbags at a local farm supply store for $5 or $10. The beauty is how easily the arrows (bolts) pull out of the target. It is useless for broadheads, though.
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LOL, youd think you've been to the BRBR. (Bigredd bow range):D
 
For field tips use a feed bag or larger burlap bag and stuff it full of plastic shrink rapp. It is free and works better than anything else used.
 
I have one of the RedHead foam target blocks and it works fine. does the trick for $50...I think they are on sale for $40 this week.
 
ninepointer said:
For field/practice points from my Excalibur I use a feed bag target (50 or so used feed bags stuffed into one). I bought the used feedbags at a local farm supply store for $5 or $10. The beauty is how easily the arrows (bolts) pull out of the target. It is useless for broadheads, though.
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I've been using basically the same system for a few years except that I loosely stuff the large grain bag with used soft clothing...no zippers, or buttons .
It's not useless for broadheads, it stops them quickly, but what a ##### trying to remove the broadhead .
Field point tipped arrows/bolts can easily be removed ....usually with just thumb and forefinger
The grain bags are "self-healing"....sorta..
 
Doug said:
So why use feed bags and curse every time, when you can buy or make a stop that is broadhead friendly??? :p

Doug
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Cheap I guess .
I practice, practice, practice with field points into the feed bag setup then, to see if/how close they are on target, fire a few broadheads into a square of dense blue Styrofoam (5" thick) salvaged from a walk-in cooler .
I've tried most target butts(homemade)...compressed square hay bales, hanging sheets of mill felt,foam pipeline pigs(a round sausage-like device used to swab out gas pipe lines), and a few others, but the best that I've used is the feed-bag setup .
 
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