Archery | Can I Shoot In My Backyard?
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Many people want to practise archery at home; others have no choice. We discuss the legalities and practicalities of shooting in a home environment, the safety considerations, and previous incidents.
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Common sense is invaluable. I own 22 acres of heavily forested land in Texas. I was out shooting one of my pistols. A neighbor and his friend came out to see what I was up to. After talking for about five minutes, they proceeded leave the area by walking down range. Basically, they left in the exact direction I was shooting. That was that. I knew they were out there and I couldn't see them, so for safety's sake, I stopped shooting. Common sense, folks.
Wowwwww!! So theyre walking towards or in the direction of your targets saying, "Bye, see ya. Bye-bye" and never thought, "maybe we should walk that way"
Lmfao! So much stupidity out there.
Where the fuck were they going? Assuming you're shooting away from people's houses, why would they leave in a direction away from their house? The fuck
Common sense would have been for them to not walk in that direction.Common sense would have been for you to tell them not to go there.
@@redgreen6436 You assume I continued shooting.
@@Vaille32 I didn't assume shit.Assumption is the mother of all fuckups.
notice how his archery targets have the center shredded but nothing else
mine are the opposite. center barely even touched
Niko, your not the only one
He doesn't shoot at the outer edge LOL
Mines the same way except I used an ice pick because I hate the color Yello.
The Amazing Goldfish 😂
I've had arrows bounce or skim off a target or back board and then go flying up into the air, resulting in the arrow landing in neighbors gardens. I now fire into a shed, at a target inside.
you should use a heavier draw weight if your arrows are bouncing off your target
use hay bales for backdrop
Anedime Gaming - to add to what you're saying, it's still never a bad idea to plan for freak accidents. Sure, a heavier draw weight or hay bale backdrop may reduce the bounce percentage to 1%, but that can't beat the security of just shooting at indoor targets (if you have the option, as OP does).
Same happened to me (new archery here) when I was trying a new carbon arrow. It went way high, skimmed off of a wood compression board, doubled it's normal flight range ending up in my neighbors yard. Scared me to death.
that used to happen to me but if u get a harder draw or if ur arrows are dull get new arrows but as u advance u will get better!
To add onto this, you can create a projectile curtain to help catch wayward arrows. Get a yoga mat and put it up onto a frame. Make sure the top is secured, but the rest of the mat is unsecured. When the arrow hits it, the mat moves, which absorbs some of the energy of the arrow. If an arrow makes it all the way through, you have your backing material as a backup. In addition to this, it all but eliminates the chance of a ricochet.
This is a really good advice.
You can do this with old blankets (if they are thick). My set up is: I'm shooting toward my terrace. I have a thick blanket lowered from under the gutter, target set up front of it. So if I miss the target the blanket will stop the arrow. If I miss the blanket the arrow will hit the wall of the terrace 2 meter behind from the target so ricochet is no problem. (but it also mean I missed the target by 2 meters to the side which is pretty unlikely from 5-15 m distance.
I happen to hang out these green plans in two layers with 20cm in between.
What I used to do when I lived in a house with an empty 10 meter long room. I had a foam block, like yours, and behind it I had a cheap carpet hung over a coat rack. I was using a 40lb long bow with field points, and with the carpet folded over the coat rack, arrows never went further than about 8-12" deep. For a $25 investment from IKEA, it's not too bad.
I remember the first time shooting in my back yard. Little did I know, my cat was hiding in a shrub off in the back drop, and I only missed it by about a foot after going off target. It was quite the shock for both of us. I never shot arrows in my backyard again.
Poor thing must’ve been spooked as hell
I am sorry to hear you missed it 😜
I put my pets inside when I shoot
That would be my biggest fear. My cats are indoor only, but we have so many strays that like to hang out in our yard.
My older brother made a crossbow from a railway sleeper, car spring and wire cable. He made an arrow in woodwork class. He thought galvanised iron enough to stop the arrow. When launched, the arrow pierced the iron, crossed the yard, through the fence, across the neighbour’s garden and through their other fence, and stopped in the street adjacent.
My mum then pulled it apart.
Are you a family of Shreks
OMG the chirping birds
It's so peaceful.
@@justinvzu01 and Delicious too
@@covenmorgana1571 NOOOO
@@covenmorgana1571 I'm putting this on r/cursedcomments btw.
That is what suburban Australia sounds like all the time.
I had my first archery lesson yesterday. Everything went pretty great, but I managed to accidentally hit a tree (it was a 3D-parcour). I was using a beginner's recurve bow, max 18". The arrow ricocheted, flew 15 feet to the side and still had enough force to get stuck in another target. I am glad this happened to me right at the start, because now I have great respect for the sheer cinetic force of a stray arrow.
I love it that I live nearby open fields of NOTHING but grassland. Clear field, huge visibility and I even have a rived dam to stop arrows. Nothing could go wrong :D
Phate that sounds beautiful
That's surely better than cramped backyards and overrated forests.
I once lived on a farm, about 10 miles from a city of 2,000-ish. I could shoot my gun in my backyard.
I envy you. I have nowhere to shoot, unless I go out to the range which is way out in the boonies & I don't have a car. So I don't get to go often. Wish I lived out in the woods.
Same ^^
I even live next to an open field where it's cut grass.
So you will never lose your arrows (or spend minutes searching for one).
But i also live in Sweden so in 3 months there will be snow (if it's a snowy year).
And finding arrows in the snow is.... Not that fun.
Lots of really good points, some I haven't thought about. As someone who is about to start learning thumb draw this summer and wants to set up a short range practice line in the back yard, this is very helpful.
Thanks! Very important video. The most convincing aspects of your video were the practical examples of what actually had happened, like the video of the guy that got a bouncing arrow coming back at him, and the story about your arrow finding that tiny hole and almost going through except for the feathers. Great video!
Sound advice about everything mentioned. Especially thinking about selecting a shooting lane way. I once lived in a city in Ontario Canada. A young man was shot with an arrow by friend when they were messing around with a bow and arrows. At that point the city made it illegal for anyone to shoot any type weapon within city limits. This included air weapons and bow and arrows including crossbows. Always know the law, always know your backstop and what is beyond it. It is a weapon not a toy.
Thanks for scaring the crap out of me 😱😲.....
But that is what will keep us from setting up for a backyard shoot that could ruin someone's day completely.
Good no nonsense explanation
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please continue to make videos they are extremely helpful I honestly can't find videos like yours
nusensie is that nigga. No one gives this much info .
In my backyard, and my neighbor's, there is no fence between the two and our driveways are connected. Going from west to east, I'd say that the combined driveway space is about 7 to 9 times as much width as your driveway. I also have a few options for backstops already present. There's a concrete or cement wall, which, given the space available to me, I can put a lot of distance between the target and the wall. The wall's about 7 or 8 feet tall and, if I manage to shoot over it, then the arrow's gonna get lost under my deck, but it won't leave my property. There's also a dirt hill that's steep up to about 5 ft, at which point it becomes a shallow slope up another foot or two over a longer distance, and then there's a 6 or 7 foot tall wooden fence back there. Should the arrow go through the target in front of this hill, then it'd partially bury itself in dirt.
Now, going north to south instead, that'd be shooting towards the neighbors behind my house, who seem to be racist. All that divides our yards is a chain link fence. As far as I can tell, their kids grew up and moved out quite a while ago and never visit, but they still have dogs and shooting that direction would be a bad idea because I might hit the dogs, so I'm not really considering this direction. Another issue with it is the very uneven terrain, and the distance available to me is relatively shorter than if I were using the driveways.
The reason I'm not considering south to north is because I don't own the house yet, and I'm not considering east to west because that's downhill past the driveways and going through three neighboring yards with only chain link fences dividing them.
One of the absolute safest set-ups is in my basement with a particle board backstop as it's a closed lane with the only entrance being behind me and nothing of value I could hit.
I have no choice but to practice at home as there are no clubs anywhere near me. Luckily I have a drive leading into a 6m wooden garage which gives me up to around 15m to the target with brick walls on both sides. The target is a big cardboard box stuffed solid with more cardboard which sits on a heavy wooden box to get the right height. Behind the target box is a straw target and behind that a full size 25mm thick wooden board then the garage wall. This stops everything! Any rebounds which are very rare are kept within the garage. Also as I only shoot at home my bows are only 30and 35lb- more than enough for home practice. Oh yes, both my neighbours are happy for me to practice...I think they find it quite amusing! Good video keep up the good work!
"Someone on reddit posted a freak-out message where they shot an arrow over the fence... for the second time"
Obviously they didn't learn their lesson the first time. The fact that the person shot an arrow in to the neighbour's house, accidentally or not, is bad enough when it happens once. Any more than that and I'd consider that wilful and gross negligence and disregard for others' property, health, and life. You can actually kill someone like that.
After this video I am so glad to see how immensely safe the shooting place is. Shooting at a distance of up to 30 meters, behind which is a 15 meter high hill.
Shoutouts to my dad living in a former mill.
I recently shot at my club's local indoor tournament, where a freak shot of me passed through the edge of the foam target, through the edge of the wooden stand, through the arrow net and stuck in the wall of the hall. I have only a 28# bow, so better be safe.
My backyard range looks a bit like 15:22 but the wall is a tad bit higher, out of brick and the clothesline rope thingy is a pergola with fairly thick bars from which I suspend a curtain behind my target block. It's a thin curtain and only slows down arrows somewhat but prevents ricochets. _Behind_ that wall is a small and not busy parking lot.
But, come spring, I will probably try to set it up in the other direction, towards our house.
Ok no more backyard practice on my property then. Glad I saw this video. My backyard has a 20 yard shooting lane facing the street. There's a 6 feet high wooden door and I'm shooting at the bag target on the ground and arrow won't penetrate the wooden door because I've had several occasions where an arrow tip is buried into the door but there's no pulling it out which means the wood stops the arrow pretty well. But now that I think of it, the thought of a stray arrow flying across the street into my neighbors house gives me the goose bumps. Plus I'm never relaxed when shooting at it feeling like someone walking by would have seen me shooting the bow so it doesn't help my form anyway.
I have it set up in my back yard where my target is in front of a big stack/pile (About 5ish ft high) of wood logs (we cut down a tree a bit ago) so that if I miss it hits those, the fence or if it's really bad or bounces/goes through the fence all that is behind it is the brick wall of a building. That gives me my whole back yard distance wise and some extra security in case I mess up.
there's an article by Bega archery club that at least in NSW it is not illegal to do archery in public land, provide reasonable and adequate measures have been taken to ensure safety.
You can put a large piece 4'x8' of 3/4 inch thick plywood infront of brick wall, shed, or your fence to help prevent ricochets or pass throughs. Also it would be relatively easy to build a shooting roof that prevents arrows from going too high if you have a roof out infront of yourself.
I needed this! I was going to set up shooting in my backyard. My neighbours have just built an extension so now between our properties is a wall instead of a fence and at the bottom of my garden is a factory wall, I was contemplating setting it up to shoot, I would put up an extension that could be removed when not in use to make it even higher but as it goes towards the garden end is a wooden fence so would have made a change to that too but as you mention you can't stop people from going in the path, we'll that bit I can as I own my house and live alone but I can't control any cats coming into my back garden and that is enough for to not do it! I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I hit a cat! Only need to look at my user name to know that. You have good advice where others may or will over look. I will be moving in about a year and this will be one more thing to add to the list of requirements, a big enough garden where I can have a something organised for shooting in safety. Thank you
I built a wooden frame that hangs 3/4 rubber mats for horse stalls from it and it works like a charm. It's 8 feet tall and 8 feet wide. Lumber cost and stall mats combined cost me around $200 used
Your background looks marvelous.
dude not sure if your going to read this or not, but holy crap thank you so much for explaining this. i recently got one for early christmas, and i was wondering if i i could do this in my backyard, but after seeing all of this, i could understand why a archery range is much of a better choice. then again my hard had a break house in the backyard, only has access for the second kitchen and restroom, which no one is ever there, and got my brick house on the left, small kitchen/restroom house at the front, and wooding fence on the far right. the small kitchen/restroom is basically a second house, is tall enough that i don't think i can shoot the arrow over, plus is not as big as your yard, in fact it looks a little more like the ideal archery you mention in the last video. so i might do this, or most likely not. but your video did put a lot of positive thoughts on why i shouldn't Thank you so much!
can anyone recommend me a canvas to use as a backstop to catch arrows? i'd hang it from an overhang outside or from the ceiling in the winter
it just really needs to stop arrows
do you recommend any good block targets I need a new one.
I shoot in my backyard, you have watched my video of me speed shooting like bo krause, you commented on it! it was the most exiting comment I ever got because you are like the go to archery guy on youtube
Nu Sensei, thank you for this. I shot a carbon arrow with a 33 pound bow at 15m through a 0.8 mm thick steel plate. It went 15 cm in, no problem. So those warehouse walls made from two aluminum plates with some sort of insulation between them, those are dangerous to shoot at. Behind my target is just a mount of earth and grass or my old garage door made from solid wood with steel reinforcement behing it. So far, so good.
I always shoot towards the brick wall of my house, when I first started shooting I use to shoot at the ground and the arrow deflected of a rock and went into the neighbours fence.
I read face instead of fence lmao
I have found that old carpet works well, I have a 50lb bow and 2 layers of thick carpet stops the arrows and they only get about 3-5 inches of penetration, so it is probably safe to say that 4 layers of thick carpet with a little gap between the layers would be pretty solid so long as the carpet is still in decent shape.
Our rubber tipped arrows that we have been shooting in the basement very commonly bounce back towards the shooter. They do not have enough energy after the bounce to hit us but they do land in front of our feet sometimes which is actually a nice feature... Obviously it would suck if they bounced with more force...
If you are able to do so, there are backstop materials that can be used to keep arrows from going where you don't want them to go.
Brilliant as usual.
I live in Alaska, where most of us have a few acres. I was thinking of purchasing archery cloth to hang outside, mostly because that's a lot of land to be looking for lost arrows in. Do you have any advice or things to know about it. Maybe you could do a video on that stuff. I've seen it online, but I've never had a lesson, or been to an archery club. I will soon, though.
About your favorite shooting spot shown near the end of your vid--if someone walks from around the corner behind and to the left of your target, they could be skewered. You wouldn't be able to see them coming until it was too late. My wife, a teacher of academically gifted children, says that "Common sense is the NEW gifted." They actually say that at her school. Also, in my seaside town very near a major metropolitan area, you can't get away with much of anything--unless you are a bum. Recently bums living on the beach, behind my house in the alley, and elsewhere, are harassing citizens passing by and telling them to "Get off my property." Seriously. By the way, I learn a lot from your bow vids. Thx!
What if i direct my shots inward? I.e. in my room, there are two doors, one of them goes into my bathroom where no one but me goes in anyways, with an empty wardrobe with a cemented wall as its back.
Will that suffice if i stuff that cabinet with unused pillows and shoot it from the other side of my room?
I am currently looking into targets that will be suitable. Part of my property backs onto a creek. From where I intend to shoot from to the target will be around 20m. I then have an additional 4-5m to the edge of the creek, 10-15m of creek and then parkland on the other side of at least another 20-25m before if goes to road. With the angle of the land of the park, any stray arrow would probably hit a tree first or missing that, it would end up in the ground because one the elevation. I'll be speaking with the local Police shortly for their input.
I second this (I'm also in australia, Adelaide to be precise)
Not even a week ago, an arrow from my 70lb compound went through my target, through 10cm of styrofoam, and buried itself 90% of the way through a 3mm thick corrugated iron fence, only being stopped by the fletchings (which were half torn off) and it took both me and my back neighbor 15 minutes to get the arrow back though the fence (he knows I shoot in my yard he lives alone, and is ok with the risks)
And although I like to fire heavy arrows because I use my bow for hunting, you have to be very aware of what is behind your target, as even lightweight arrows can and often will go through even those older heavy duty fences that would seem damn near impervious to anything short of a nuke
I have since placed some 4 ply plywood behind my target, to reduce the chance having a repeat of that experience
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What would you recommend for a beginner in archery.I wanna shot for the fun of it and do something outside and what kind of traget would you suggest. I have a good size back yard to do it in . I'm around 5' 8 height wise I think I got a 28 inch draw leagth wanna work my way up in draw weight. Thanks for your reply and answer one other thing I live in the USA.
Many layers of spaced loose hanging shade cloth or sheets of canvas as a back stop might work. Works for golf balls and sling shot bulletsy. Just needs to be very loose to decelerate and catch the arrow. I was out western qld and sky shot in a paddock with my compound. Went 300m so pays to be careful.
I have a fence which is ok at stopping low arrows. I reccommend your target have some sort of wall with it. And some thick soft material to prevent arrows from bouncing.
I have a 15 foot cement wall between me and my neighbor I think that’s good, just might need something soft like you said with rubber mats to prevent arrow damage and bouncing off the wall
How can you make the backstop stand?
wife..." why are these holes in the car and wall of the house?" well, because the hallway inside the house wasn't long enough, of course! Good video, shooting a bow requires a measure of common sense, thanks for explaining the process.
Are those bow staves in the back ground if so what type of wood, having trouble finding affordable staves
in the shed with the tweety bird you can see it flying in the shot
Is it legal to buy a bow in canada?
I am glad I watched this.
I'm very nervous to shoot in my garden as I have a lot of pets and I also live next to a sheep field and I am so so scared of accidentally missing the target and backdrop and hitting an animal
When I was a kid, I tried my very first bow in our back yard. (No supervision those days) i missed the target by a large margin, arrow went over my skate ramp and into the neighbors yard, I looked up and my neighbor stood up in her garden at that exact moment. Scared the recklessness right out of me
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I just started archery yesterday and I’ve already thought “omg, what if a cat runs in front of me and I shoot it?!” Lol.
And all this us why I love living in the country. Rural rocks!!!
I live in NSW and shoot in my back yard. My target is inside a shed with a backstop of blankets, boxes, and a mattress. The arrow would have to travel through all that, then a layer of tin then the wooden fence (that is about the same height as the shed), if it were to be a threat to anybody's safety. My neighbour once complained but i take care not to shoot anything besides the target, in the shed, with a very solid and huge backstop. Like you said, unless sky drawing i feel like its safe. Oh yeah, id usually shoot at about 10-12 metres and going to a range isn't An option for me at the mo-Jo.
3/4 inch rubber stall matt comes 4' x 4' or 4' x 8' for back stop
With the death of my beloved grandpa this January my parents inherited a big plot of land, so as I'm a teen living with my parents I have been blessed with a pretty big range to drive and shoot. Here in the Netherlands it's totally legal to do that on your own property.
In my country (CZ), you can shoot only on range legally. But, bow under 33LB are not considered as weapon by law so you can technically shoot it everywhere with it.
The knots in the fence is VERY common. I've been shooting 2 months and already hit 3 of them. Luckily, the first one was the only one facing another property
We practice stance and release inside our closed garage, (6m) into a foam target backed by stacked cardboard, chipboard and a cupboard.
I shoot in my backyard, i bought a Reinhart Block Target. I can't get down to my local club on Saturday's which seems to be the only time it's open.
What if you use foam tips?
I want to get into archery, and already paced out a shooting range in our backyard. 70 meters fits nicely, if I make something behind the target so any stray arrows don’t go over the road.
But when googling for the nearest archery club, I realised that any stray arrows may even land on the grounds of that club!
These guys need better advertisement!!!
I shoot at 10 feet in my basement using a box of rags for a target. It's about 18". I have to replace the front now and then.
i have 2 miles to my neighbor. my question is can I practice while driving tractor.
NUSensei are arrows waterproof I have a pool.
Yes.
Just about to set up 20m into a large double door shed with 3 large straw bales at the back, gonna hang some old carpet behind just in case one finds a gap
I agree with all you say here. I cringe when I watch RUclips archers in their backyard shooting a target bag against a fence and the fence is about 10 feet tall max. A decent archer won’t shoot over it but in a freak accident it can go over or thru and hit someone. It’s like the fence you have towards the end of the video. Fences with busy streets or houses behind them. Not worth taking the chance.
I shoot in my backyard but the arrow path goes parallel to my neighbor’s house so I am not going to hit their home. The back stop if it goes thru is similar to your setup toward the end of your video with your block target on your trash can. Very safe.
luckily there's a free of charge outside archery range where I live
Yeah I'm just not going to do it.
One morning, i found an arrow stuck at the edge of my roof above the front door. It was almost at a 45 degree. Scary.
Imagine being some old ass guy who lived his life for 80 years dodging death through out them just to be nailed to your porch by a zoomer with a bad shot there's something morbidly silly about that
The trouble I see with your favorite arrangement is someone could walk out from the other side of the building just as you fire your arrow. Reduce the Hight of your target to avoid a death shot.
Exactly. That's a driveway, and from the street, you can't see that you're walking up right behind a target. Unless he's putting some kind of barricade or caution tape across the driveway, it would be very easy for someone to walk up the driveway and right into his shooting lane. Unless there are other precautions we're not seeing, that's absolutely NOT a safe practice arrangement.
the birds in your yard are like "no i ll not let you make that video"
i really want to practice archery but there are no lessons avalibla near me witch means my family would have to drive like a hour to the location witch is not the problem the problem is that to go a hour away for a day may cost a 100 dollars just the food the toll and the lessons its too expensive. if anyone has recomendadtions I'd appreciate it.
My brother and I used to stack a wall of hey bales behind our targets
I live on a farm and shoot all most every day I have a foam target the same size you get at most clubs and i have had bad shots when setting up sites and otherthings bounce off the side and go 60 to 80 meters to the SIDE of the target. I'm on a farm and i have 200 meters all round clear so I can do what I like but no way in hell will i shoot in a small back yard with a modern compound bow. just look at any indoor range and see the crazy placed arrows have hit! we have holes in the roof walls and even the back wall from when someone was checking draw length and had a misfire.
It's pretty difficult to have an accidental discharge with a recurve bow and a finger release but a half drawn bow can still shoot pretty far. So you never know.
Negligent discharges are caused by shooter/equipment Negligence.
Obviously that backyard shooter did not have an adequate backstop/didn't keep the arrowtip pointing downrange/wasnt trained for his equipment. Did he prior, inform his neighbours of his shooting activities?
At 20:35 uncontrollable corner right behind the target is a risk factor. Some one may walk out of that corner right into the flying arrow.
Locked gate/driveway on private property. I know what's around the corner. Not that I shoot there anymore.
Yesterday I shoot in my backyard , the arrow hit the wall and come back to me so fast.It fly away 1 feet from my head.God save me.
I just learning to shoot the bow and thanks for your clips.
at my dads house, i have a large backyard and the house is so far from where i'd shoot that it'd be completely fine. but the problem is that my dads girlfriend does not allow me to shoot at her house because she thinks it's going to hurt my half sisters, however, where i'd shoot it is so far from the house that that would not happen. so i have to shoot at my moms. at my moms we live in a small town and there isn't much room to shoot, but i have an idea to set up a backdrop on the playground no one uses, and place my "target" in front.
longbows don't have releases. what was this kid shooting?
Hmm ... what if somebody comes from around the corner ? There's a drive way between the wall and your bin+target ... same problem as the door you mentioned at the start.
I explained this in a deleted segment. There's only two people on property and I am able to notify the other person when I am shooting. Both inside and outside doors are closed (three of them) and the driveway cannot be entered without opening the (very loud) gate, so it is reasonable to assume that it is not an open passage and movement is controlled.
This is why I always set my home targets up at a downwards trajectory for the arrow. So I'm up high shooting low, so any rebounds hit the floor.
Londinium Armoury but then you have the reflecting problem, it gould glance up a tile and go over the neighbours fence
Even a buried rock will deflect an arrow.
just bought a field bow as my first bow and iv set it up but should I keep the bow string attached or take it off when I'm finished with it?
Always remove the bowstring once you are done. Some bows can be left strung but it is better to not take any risks. Only coumpund bows can be reliably left strung for a long time.
Elliot Stjernqvist ok thanks :)
I have a scar 5mm above my right eye, in my eyebrow, from shooting a youth bow at an inflated wagon tire when I was maybe 13. The arrow bounced directly back at me and the nock split the skin. I thought for sure I shot my eye out. Do not mess around with safety. Do not let ignorant children shoot without observation.
If anyone is wondering... Whether an arrow can go through a metal colourbond fence...
I can confirm that a 30 pound recurve bow can put an arrow through a fence with no problem. Luckily the fletching stopped it from going all the way through and no one was on the other side of the fence. So be careful. (I missed my target don't judge)
It depends if you're using AP rounds or HE rounds
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same my brother used 35 bound bow and it went through the aluminium door it did too deal good damage to a brick wall so its dangerous
It won't stop a 60lb compound. I don't even think it slowed it down. Stripped the fletchings and kept going, never to be seen again.
Germany is nice, any string weapon as long as they are drawn by hand are considered sport eqiupment, and can be carried and used in most public places, obviosly most would feel uneasy shooting in your local park but for me its not much as an issue as my park contains a hill at wich i can shoot without having to worry much about other people and if someone decides to go there i just take a break. It does scare some ppl though and the cops were called on me a few times but all they are allowed to do is to ask me to do it somewhere else and in that case I just take a break as well.
Shame here in the UK, an object that is strung such as a bow, is considered a weapon, especially in a public environment. The reason it’s this case is because idiots use them for violent use and that’s what the government heavily focuses on, trying to abolish sports such as shooting and archery, shame.
carpets??
Hah, there's no houses in a half mile radius where I live. I can shoot a 12 gauge and I doubt anyone would care.
shanefm02 same thing her 1000 yards to the next house
Same i can literally shoot at a 45° angle in any direction and it’ll just land in some fields xD
It must be fun to live on Mars.
I can’t even fart in my yard without the next door neighbors hearing it...
I live in Los Angeles... Thats a luxury i dont have sadly
I have so many holes in my pkastic shed. I shoot in a homemade stuffed Styrofoam ice chest stuffed with matress foam
I want to put a 'backing' to a shooting spot in a garden. The plan is to drive down two 14,ft poles into the ground as support and attach a netting or preferably rubber stopper. It would be their perminantly. My question is, would a rubber mat corrode or become unsafe if left out perminatly in rainy england? If anyone has a similar set up and can advice it would be appreciated.P,s sorry for spelling mistakes
Anything rubber will naturally perish if left out in the elements - obviously how long this takes depends on the quality of the rubber, and how it is maintained. You can buy various products to help preserve rubber (check online for 'stopping rubber from perishing' or similar). As you know, in the UK we have a load of different weather, from occasional scorching sunshine to rain to gales to ice... all of which will impact rubber.
There's tons of reasons why i have no choice but to practice in my backyard
The range is a general shooting range and i don't like being around people with guns
I dont have transportation to get there
At 21;00 what is to stop somebody coming from around that corner immediately next to your target unbeknown to you as you are loosing your arrow?
Several loud doors and the fact that I'm pretty much the only person who uses the backyard. I know who's coming in and out, and anyone coming out will see that I'm out there through the window.
You also have the option to put up a sign warning that archery is in progress - probably not enough of a precaution on its own (a small child for instance may not be able to read the sign), but combined with the other measures mentioned above (loud doors in particular) it's an extra layer of safety. There is also the option of adding locks to doors and gates.