Make the Perfect DIY Archery Target with Just Foam Board and Scraps - So Easy!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- If you're looking for a fun and safe way to practice your archery skills, this DIY archery target is the perfect solution! With no metal or wood components, it's easy to make and easy to repair as you use it. I added all my favorite parts of a good target into the best target I have made to date. So give it a try and see how you like it!
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Materials:
4' x 8' 2" Thick Foam Board
Construction Adhesive: geni.us/BRrplLL (Amazon)
Scrap Fabric or Plastic
Optional - String: geni.us/FpN7e (Amazon)
Tools:
Calk Gun: geni.us/uqSSQl (Amazon)
Utility Knife, Table Saw, or Circular Saw
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Paper Targets: geni.us/cPvEO7u (Amazon)
80cm Reusable Target: geni.us/KATkeH (Amazon)
Target Face Pins: geni.us/d51csjk (Amazon)
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If you want a target that you can shoot with broad heads and is a bit more durable while still being repairable check out my previous target build: ua-cam.com/video/3jH1nYfO-4o/v-deo.html
Thanks for the video. I used one layer of this insulation in-front of a hay bale. Works fine.
Sounds great and a nice r way to quickly get a flat face without so much work. I like it!
Love it!
Great editing, very easy to follow and a lot of good details covered. Thank you for the video 🔥🦉
This is amazing! I've been trying to figure out an ideal backdrop for archery since forever, and now Ima try this plan :) When I finish mine we all definitely need to go archery practicing.
Glad it was helpful! It would be super fun to go shooting.
Nice job. I made something similar. I used R- 5, 1-in x 2-ft Unfaced Foam Board Insulation. It's a smaller target, but that's by design. I feel if archers keep shooting at the 80CM target face, they focus more on hitting 10's rather than working on technique. I took two rolls of R- 1 Unfaced Polyethylene Roll Insulation 22.9-sq ft (5.5-in W x 50-ft L) used for roof sill insulation and glued them together (don't unroll them). Then I wrapped the two rolls in heavy duty packing tape to preserve its cylinder shape. Next I cut a hole through the center of each insulation board and inserted my roll through all three boards. This provides enough stability for the Genesis bows. The rolled insulation has a hole in the middle. I fill that with Great Stuff foam spray and let it cure for 48 hours. Most targets get the centers shot out. My center "grabs" the arrows rather than punch holes into the foam. When the center wears out, I only need to refill the center with foam or replace the center core. Any arrows that hit outside of the core on the insulation board get filled in with foam insulation spray.
That’s a great idea thanks!! I may add a foam insert to the center of the target like you described since the center gets hit so much. Thanks again for your info sounds like a great target.
Wow you should make a video showing us exactly how to do it! It sounds like a great idea
Thanks for the post. I made one of these. Works great! I used cut up sections of old carpet as filler. It required a lot more adhesive than I expected. I used 5 tubes.
Oh wow, that is a lot of adhesive, but glad it worked out. Carpet is a great idea.
Now this is the cheap target I was looking for. Thanks!
I’m glad you like it!
Thanks for the tip, what about if I use only styrofoam. I’m in the construction business and I have a whole bunch of this 2” sheets. Do you think if I glue like 5x36”x36” would hold arrows ? I’m shooting a 60lb compound bow
I have a target of 3 2" sheets glued together that I use for recurves (30 lbs and under) and it works great. I think you would want to make it thicker (like probably 16" total) but if you have the material for free then I say go for it. I think it won't last as long but my face piece lasted a whole season of practice so I think it would be a good idea.
To make it lighter and even cheaper as even those rags will cost, I would suggest using used pallet wrap plastic. A heck of a lot of pallets are wrapped and they just throw that stuff away. It is usually several layers thick depending what was on the pallet. ie, boxes would have a lighter wrap but potentially unstable load like potting mix will have a thicker wrap. Large stores like Home Depot (or Bunnings in Oz) are the best bet as staff would be more willing to assist with the request than say Kmart. If you ask what day gets the most deliveries, you might have a better chance of arranging to pick up that day. ie orders are made on Monday, but delivered Thurs/Fri. You can roll in large balls and compress it etc and much lighter than rags.
Dude that stuff is expensive! Old couch cushions are perfect. The arrows almost fall out and its waterproof. Depending on the foam.
2 rivers long bows bahaha you're awesome
Thanks! You are the first one to notice. Glad to see a fellow Wheel of time fan.
Nice.
Great idea. I'll have to give it a try. I made something similar with Styrofoam left over from Christmas but it's what to hard to get the arrows out and I keep breaking my fiber glass shafts.
Oh yeah breaking arrows is the worst. We are happy with this target and pulling arrows is sooo easy.
Tam approved.
How is this foam on bowing arrow shafts?
It has been fine on my arrow shafts. There sometimes is a little residue but it wipes right off.
What about using chip foam instead of clothes?
Blood and ashes , I need that!
if you have land... Use a comforter or sheet. Paint animals or targets on them. *Only tie 2 sides
What do you think of a combo of your two techniques - using the insulation foam from this video in the same stacking technique from the other target you made? I'd have to price it out but am wondering if you think that would work.
I have done the insulating foam as a target before and it certainly worked. The downside is it broke down faster than the mats, and it was pretty hard to pull put the arrows. That is why the fabric works well, good stopping with easy pullout. Staking the insulating foam would be nice for easy of repairing so that could be really nice, and since it is thicker, it takes way less layers to build.
Did the target with all insulation foam stop broadheads?
How much did the final target weigh?
It was about 70 lbs. it will depend on how tight and your type of fabric
So easy? Wtf man 😂 that insulation is at least $50 and who has a truck bed full of fabric or a 3D printer? I like how big it is though
Yeah you can use other things like plastic grocery bags in place of the fabric. Insulation has gotten crazy expensive these days.
@@BuildItMakeIt I'm about to start making them out of carpet but I literally have enough of that exact insulation board to make one haha so I'm about to try 😂
Carpet stops arrows great. Gets real heavy and moldy when wet.
Hahahha exactly, it costs more than my 50lb archery set 🤣🤣🤣
Exactly. Foam board is still the cheapest to get started, though. Imma cut into squares and glue them up in a single stack, just thick enough to stop my arrows, which on a 28# bow should only be a few. Quicker and easier, no bags or cloth needed
Isn't it heavy?
What if you use bean bags filler? would that be enough for stopping ..maybe with a few pieces of cardboard in between.
I did not see the price for it.
I think this form of target only works in you area. For me the foam boards are quite expensive.
It much cheaper to actually buy a foam target from an archery shop.
Yes, it is quite heavy. I am not sure if bean bag filler would be sufficient. You could make a small target and see if the arrow penetrates. I know plastic bags work if they are compressed enough, plastic is what a lot of similar commercial targets use as the filler.
Instruction were unclear.
I shot my 120lb compound bow through the target, penetrating the fence.
I haven’t seen my neighbour in 3 days.
Comment unclear, are you blind or just really bad at hide and seek?
Where do you get that much fabric without having to use old clothes?
I used some old clothes but with no buttons or zippers, some old blankets, and also some fabric quilting scraps. Others have done it with plastic grocery bags that they said works really well too.
I just tried to replicate this and had an awful time, just use the power tools. Trying to do this with an exacto knife just ruined the edges and butchered the whole thing, I don't doubt this is awesome, but it is also just a waste of 36 dollars if you screw it up. So don't be like me! Do it properly
Sorry the edges messed up so much. I wonder if your foam was a different density than mine. I did have some ragged in the center but the edged were pretty clean when i used a knife. That is a real bummer on the foam being so problematic.
@@BuildItMakeIt the foam I used was more like really dense packing styrofoam that falls apart, most likely why it didn't work as well. But I still think this is a good design!
Ah that make sense. That’s still a bummer to lose the 36 dollars.
@@BuildItMakeIt haha, I'm gonna try to make it work still! Just letting it cure before messing with it again. If that doesn't work, I'll go buy a hay bale
Yo, where the hell's the hauberk video?
Yeah, I need to get on that. I am really dropping the ball there.
Easy? I need to rob a nearby Goodwill store first for that much fabric.
You can use lots of other options for filler like plastic bags or old carpet. If you are watching this you have a bow so I guess the goodwill robbery might work too.
3-d printed screws, yeah I got one of those on hand lol
A hay bale works just fine. That there is just trying too hard.
clothes is the worse thing to use should use all foam
Thanks for your comment. Why are clothes bad for archery targets? I am honestly asking if there is an issue I am not aware of? Thanks!
Respectfully, this is not "So Easy!". You need a quite bit more resources than the primary materials. I certainly don't have access, space or money for all those more expensive steps.
The only tools you need is a box cutter or other knife and something to extrude glue if using adhesive from a tube. I showed some alternative ways of cutting to make it faster.