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03-28-2013, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Alberta
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Just bought my first bow
So i bought a bow from another member on here, quite happy with it,
Bowtech Assassin, 60# 29"DL
I got Wolverine in Red Deer to set me up with some arrows, and release but now I need to know what the best target to get, as they only have a 20yrd range and paying every time I want to shoot, not gonna be cheap. However it's good when its raining.
Any help would be great!
Fowl Life.
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03-28-2013, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 1,022
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everyone is gonna have their own opinion, but rinehart 18-1 is awesome!
Schian
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03-28-2013, 05:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Cold Lake
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I just bought one of those cheaper square ones. Made a backdrop at the back of my garage and shoot from my driveway. Have a 50 yard driveway but shoot from 30, where my house blocks the side view.
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03-29-2013, 11:15 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Alberta
Posts: 168
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Think maybe build one with some 2" foam layers.
Thanks for your help.
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03-29-2013, 11:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Turner Valley
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Just have to be careful that the neighbors are ok with it. I do believe that it is ilegal to shoot within city limits. Back drop, safety, whatever, some folks will bietch.
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03-29-2013, 12:31 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: edmonton
Posts: 2,205
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18-1 for sure
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04-02-2013, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Edmonton,AB
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reinhart animal targets are nice but can be really pricey. for myself i would just get something small and easy.
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04-02-2013, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Beaumont
Posts: 3,389
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WSS has Mckenzie ones on sale for $115 ish.
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The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter.- Finn Aagard
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04-02-2013, 09:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Morinville
Posts: 2,038
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http://hurricanebagtargets.com/
Try these out. They are cheap but they take one helluva kicken and hold up quite well. I have two and one has stayed outdoors for 3 years and still takes arrows like a champ.
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04-02-2013, 10:36 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Morinville
Posts: 222
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18-1 is by far one of your best investments for a target.
Stik'em
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04-03-2013, 02:06 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Stony Plain
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18 - 1
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04-03-2013, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Usually the office, but the bush when I can
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I agree with all the 18 - 1 statements; mine's going on 5 years old in my basement and has had literally thousands of field points and a couple hundred broadheads plastered into it and will most likely see several thousand more... Easy extraction from the foam and doesn't move on the concrete because of it's wieght.
When taken out camping, I usually will toss it out in front of me and then shoot wherever it stops (works on my ranging judgement)
As far as shooting within city limits (at least in Calgary) I've heard that it's 100% legal (just not neighbourly friendly) to shoot on your own property as long as your line of arrow flight will not allow the arrow to fly into public space (think shooting from your street at the target set up inside your attached garage) BUT PLEASE confirm with local authorities on this (I've never tried it - just bought a membership to the local archery club)
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04-03-2013, 09:34 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 120
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one miss fire = trouble if not directed into safe direction or back stop.
anyways good luck and play safe.
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