What is a good broadhead target. I have tried them all but when shooting my wide Simmons heads or my Snuffers my broadheads keep coming off inside the targets. I have tried all type of glue for glueing on my heads to my woodies. I do not think there is a good commercially made target. May have to go to a truckload of sand.

Blueboard insulation in a cardboard box works pretty well. Just cut to fit snug inside the box. You will get a little target burn but it will scrape off.

I built a small sand pit love it!!!!?

This is what I use doc but I didn't buy it. It was a friend's,he was throwing it away.

go with the sand

Have you tried the Stanley Dual Melt hot glue ?

That's what I'm using, and I have not lost a broadhead in a target since I started using it.

2-blade, 3-blade, none of them pull off, and I'm shooting into a rhinehart 18:1 that holds onto them real good.

Rick

I used wood mulch before. Probably get bags of it now on clearance.

I have the sand pit 15+ years and still going strong, just use 1 or 2 heads for practice -works great and NEVER wears out.

yea sand pit at the farm nothing else will hold up as good

For those with sand pits what do you use for a target? I have plenty of sand just wasn't sure what to use to aim at

I just aim at dark/light spots on the sand

could get fancy and put a paper deer target up in front on 2 sticks?

Cardboard box about the size of deer's chest. Fill the box with spray can foam insulation. I think it takes 2 cans. Place that in front of the sand pit.

How big you guys building your sand pits? And can I use the Stanley dual melt hot sticks with a torch or do I need a glue gun. Thanks for the info guys

I used to stack a bunch of old phone books(when they still made them) and then duct tape them. Shoot into the pages from the side.

Jack, you can use the Stanley with a torch. That's how I do it.

Rick

Those heads shouldn't be pulling off off your wood shaft like that.

Are you getting enough taper up into the ferrule of the head?

Good Shooting->->->->Craig

I have an older black, portable target. It's 12" thick. When shooting broadheads, I just pull them out from the back. If they don't shoot deep enough, I push them on through until there is enough to grab and pull. But be careful because you're dealing with the pointy end.... Had a few close call over the years. Once is all it takes.

There's a tapered wire brush for a drill that cleans out and scores the inside of glue-on heads. Have you tried that on yours? Got mine from Lost Nation.

They shouldn’t be but they are. Yes on the taper.

For many years I have used my dremel and a file to sharpen the back edge of each blade. I originally was doing this so that when inside a deer, if arrow didn't achieve full pass through (like hitting an opposite side bone) it would do additional damage cutting if it is forced back out. I have also done it on all my target broadheads so that it comes out of the broadhead targets it cuts and slips out easily. It is no guarantee but essentially eliminates the head pulling off.

Built a sand pit at club quite a few years ago.

The field logic block target works well. I have one and shoot broad heads at it all of the time. It holds up about as good as the next one. Broad heads chew up every target known to man, with the exception of a good mound of dirt or sand.

For targets on the "sand pits" ? Maybe some various colored ping-pong balls? Might be a lot more interesting??? YMMV??

Our club used to use straw bales..three bales stacked and compressed with four threaded rods..hay bales work also but deer eat them or they rot. Codjigger

Big Red R, Tractor Supply, Rual King and others get large foam spacer for shipping trailers. The foam blocks are about 18x12x12. I ask manager if they are for sale. Sometime they are free sometime they are $1.00. 4 blocks will last a season or two. The store will just trash unused blocks. Good for recurve and longbows, compounds will shoot thru very quickly.

might do that bosteldr. At least they will be easy to dig into to get my broadhead out.

might do that bosteldr. At least they will be easy to dig into to get my broadhead out.

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