What kind of bow are you using?
i would build 2 4x4 target that you could compress to shoot at and if you want the appearance of a full wall fake the top and bottom in with extra cardboard to have a floor to celling wall.

 

Thanks for your response.

I'm using a PSE Stinger compound, only set to 50#.

Also have my son shooting a compound at about 25#.

I just wanted the extra area for my son til he gets more accurate. We have up to 15 yards across basement to shoot.

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Any sort of foam panels at a home depot or lowes ? I'm making a scouting trip tomorrow morning to see what I can find !

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Have you considered hanging carpet behind the target for a back stop or the horse mats ?
And look in to a life time target they work great and you can build then to have a clean finished look and to be almost any size you want.

 

I've read about the carpet idea. I don't have extra around but could always pick some up. Carpet stops arrows that we'll??

I read somewhere that the horse mats ruin arrows that they don't come back out well.

I was just trying to make a large wall stop and tack up paper targets to it but maybe I'll have to change my ideas.


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I use the following from distances of just a few yards up to about 260 yards.
They are just standard 2"x 12" box frame, filled with rags.

GRIM

 

I have an old foam from a floating dock. I have used it for years and it has help up just fine. It is light weight and very portable. It is 8 feet wide by 4 feet tall and about 16 inches thick. It stops all my arrow. I only use it as a backstop with the target in front and it has lasted for years. If you live near a lake or the coast you may be able to find and old piece of foam that you could pick up. I will post some picks once I get home and show you what I have.

 

Plastic wrap used on pallets.
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Very nice tote.:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:tongue:

 

Here is my backstop. It is portable and gives me a lot of confidence when shooting at long ranges.

 

Thanks for all the advice. Here is what I built for now

Have 14" bales of cardboard on bottom for my son. Have bags for me on middle shelf.

Would like to replace bottom with the clothing filled variety I see made at sometime.

I can do up to 16 yd in my basement so good practice for me and my son.

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those bags are suppose to swing to work properly and take the momentum of the arrow.

 

This is the back stop I built for the back yard. Maybe overkill for a basement

Two 4'x6' horse stall mats to make 8x6.

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How well do arrows come out of those mats ?? I've read some places you can't get the arrow back out ?

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I don't have any problems with field points or broadheads with my back stop. Telling ya, even if you can get a foam back stop from floating dock that is at least 4X4. That will stop anything you throw at it and will last long time as long as you only use it as a back stop instead of a target.

 

we use these at our range. Very effective... And easy to maintain.

 

we use these at our range. Very effective... And easy to maintain. View attachment 4670953

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Tote!!!!

That is an awesome setup !!!!!!

 

Just have to watch for wasp nests between the foam inserts when doing range maintenance in the spring...


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will the horse matts stop an easton full metal jacket?

 

Thats out of a 70# bow? will they pull out of the horse matts?

 

Yes they pull out. But it's not real easy

 

It's a 4x4 wood frame with a plywood floor. We cut sheet of dense foam into 4x4 sections and simply stacked them i inside the frame. I will find out the foam source if interested. We hold the sheet in with a couple of 2x4s in the back. We move the layers around about every six months because the "center" gets shot out.

 

it'd be real easy to get a pipe or stiff pvc and hang that from ceiling and girth hitch the target to it. That is if you cared about them swinging to prolong target life. I just found out that a kissing booth i built for my wife photography business fits by bag target perfecty. now I can practice form and perfecting my release at 10 yds inside i could go to 15 but don't trust my kids won't come around the corner without warning. I just hung my other bag target between two trees from a piece of 1'' pvc and its struggling to hold it up. it say if you went with pvc you'd want 3''+. some eyebolts in the floor joist would work as well. and hand them all individually.

 

I have used carpets for a a while now. They will stop an arrow, but it the next arrow is shot at the same hole it will go right through. I would go with the horse stall mat.

 

I was at range that was using 1/4" thick felt cloth. It stopped everything great.

 

There is also a commercial option specific for our sport. https://www.bupsports.com. I've had one for a long while as a backstop for a portable target at home or when shooting in a field. Works great with a PVC homemade frame...


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You could do as Grim did, but instead of stuffing with rags stuff it with shrink wrap. If you have a Lowe's, Home Depot, or any other manufacture in the area that gets pallets of goods ask them if they would collect the pallet shrink wrap for you.