bag target material question

[strum]

I know we have all talked about making bag targets using rags, old clothing , even fiberglass screening but what and where can the material for targets such as the Morrel bone collector be found? anyone know?

[newbie]

I know we have all talked about making bag targets using rags, old clothing , even fiberglass screening but what and where can the material for targets such as the Morrel bone collector be found? anyone know?

I am going to go out on a limb here Stan but maybe look inside the Morrel bone collector sorry couldnt resist i have no idea what material is in that.

[Pydpiper]

Can't help but think there are better alternatives to the factory stuffing. Thier goal is to stop arrows, and they do fine at that. But cost must also be a factor for them, and weight.
Last year I stuffed one with Ginseng cloth, sorta rubberized screening. It works awesome.
Then.. I scrapped the kids old trampoline, made a backseat for the golf cart with the steel, and covered my tractor with the mesh part. Middle of winter I went to move the tractor, and couldn't help but notice that everything on my lawn was crunchy, with the exception of the trampoline material. So, I stuffed a bag with it, so far it is the best material I have found. Marginally better than the Ginseng cloth.
If you have kids, you are just one pocket knife away from a great stuffing material. You and your arrows will thank me. Your kids, not so much.

[Mo wannabe]

I had a large stack of plastic feed sacks out in the barn I cut up in 6x6 squares and used . Not recommended . ! The bolts seem to melt to it and are hard to remove

[strum]

trampoline material huh?.. never would have thought of that.
how did you stuff it?
I mean folded layers or just cram it in there?

[Pydpiper]

I used the cram technique.
I had concerns about it being abrasive, so I put a thin coat of paint on a junk shaft and kept dumping the arrow in to the bag, it eventually showed wear, but no different than any other bag.
I always use a lube anyways.

[coli]

Great idea, now I want to rip apart my kids trampoline to make targets.

[Kegbelly]

Wow, and I threw an entire trampoline away last year. Never crossed my mind it would make good target stuffing.

[Bwnro girl]

I use the plastic shrink wrap and old feed bags.. It works great. Just roll the wrap as tight as you can and stuff into the bags. We have some that we have used for 3 years on our 3D course and they are still in good shape. They are also very cheap to make.

[Mo wannabe]

I use the plastic shrink wrap and old feed bags.. It works great. Just roll the wrap as tight as you can and stuff into the bags. We have some that we have used for 3 years on our 3D course and they are still in good shape. They are also very cheap to make.

Do u leave them out in the weather ?

[Kegbelly]

I use the plastic shrink wrap and old feed bags.. It works great. Just roll the wrap as tight as you can and stuff into the bags. We have some that we have used for 3 years on our 3D course and they are still in good shape. They are also very cheap to make.

Do u leave them out in the weather ?

I cover mine to keep them dry (you do punch them full of holes after all ) and I've found the UV breaks down the tarp style material I used for the bags pretty quick.

[Bwnro girl]

We leave them out all summer and bring them in for the winter.