Posted By: Irishguy
Target? - 11/22/18 09:54 PM
So I've got 2 traditional bows now. Both Bear Montana longbows. 30# and 50#. I'm going to start with the 30# and work up to the 50# with the long range plan of eventually hunting with it. But I've got to practice, so I want to put together a nice looking target that won't look like crap in our suburban neighborhood.
I'm thinking about building about a 6'x6' frame with feet and a little roof on it to keep off the rain. Brace it so I can move it around the yard if I want to. i will probably hang the target in it, and hang a nicely trimmed up piece of carpet behind the target as a backstop. (I read on an archery forum that if you just hang the carpet from the top only, it will give and stop the arrows.) I'll stain the wood with deck stain so it won't look bad.
As I get better with the bow I plan on working up to 3D targets and I'm thinking of building an archery course on my cabin property with trails and several 3D targets that I can "stalk" and shoot from different distances and elevations for practice, but for now I just want to get good with the longbow.
Does that sound like a decent solution, or do you guys have better ideas.
I'm thinking about building about a 6'x6' frame with feet and a little roof on it to keep off the rain. Brace it so I can move it around the yard if I want to. i will probably hang the target in it, and hang a nicely trimmed up piece of carpet behind the target as a backstop. (I read on an archery forum that if you just hang the carpet from the top only, it will give and stop the arrows.) I'll stain the wood with deck stain so it won't look bad.
As I get better with the bow I plan on working up to 3D targets and I'm thinking of building an archery course on my cabin property with trails and several 3D targets that I can "stalk" and shoot from different distances and elevations for practice, but for now I just want to get good with the longbow.
Does that sound like a decent solution, or do you guys have better ideas.