[Archers] Custom Target Advice

[Craig Dooley]

I have a target backing that I built using the sheet insulating foam from Home Depot.  It's the pink stuff that folds up accordion style.  I take a batch of it about 2 inches thick and sandwich a layer of cardboard in there, then wrap it with black duct tape to keep it all together and make it not so glaringly obvious.  It will last for quite a few shoots.  I wouldn't do more than two layers of cardboard, because then the arrows get tough to pull out.  One usually suffices.
I also attach two pieces of pvc pipe on the ends and secure them with duct tape.  I have fiberglass poles, about 3 feet long, that I got from tractor supply.  I drive those into the ground, and the pvc pipes on the target slide over them to hold the target in place.  I put a 5 inch piece of pvc on each pole before putting the target backing on, so that the target is sitting off the ground.
My targets for an event are done on poster board.  Fits perfectly, and easy to swap out between shoots.

-Cian

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> On Sep 8, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Rick Ferrell <marylandgreenman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Noble friends of the bow,
> 
> It has been a quiet year for my bows sadly (except for some nice Combat Archery).  However, a light on the horizon is that next month I will be helping our good Baron and Baroness select my replacement as Baronial Archer Champion of Highland Foorde.
> 
> To this end, I have a theme in mind and don't mind working on the targets but I beg your advice and suggestions:   I have never actually painted archery targets.  While I have some modicum of artistic skill (enough to only be mildly embarrassed) I am not certain of the actual logistics involved.   I understand I will need a large target backdrop or, if that isn't possible with one month's notice, I may need to use individual bales/butts which we have a few of.  I am aware of the cardboard layered ones but welcome advice on how to maximize those safely and efficiently.
> 
> The pattern I have in mind is much like some of the targets I've seen at On Target and Royal Archery shoots, basically a 3'X5" board.  We do have a wonderful huge archery backdrop net that is about 6 feet high and easily 15 feel long ("The Green Monster" as I call it in honor of the stadium of the same nickname) and a ludicrously clear backfield so the main concern is really just where do you get the huge rolls of paper and is there a certain kind best used for a day's shooting for 15 or so people?
> 
> The target I have in mind is a scattering of our Highland Foorde award animals (Lark, Golden Hawk, Hart) as well as a few Stars in the "sky" above them.   And of course the main target images on this paper will be various natural predators which are trying to attack our Baronial animals!  Negative points for hitting our noble animals, positive points for the mean old bear, fox, mountain lion, etc.
> 
> Anyway, advice welcomed and with the fact I basically only have about three weekends to make these things!   Many thanks for all your help good archers!
> 
> P.S. - Baron Fergus already knows about this, I just figured many minds are better than just two.   :)
> 
> Lord Rycherd of Caistron
> Baronial Archer Champion of Highland Foorde
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