That's my set of 6 nowWhat foam bosses do you all use.
Layered?
Pro Boss?
Danage?
Eleven?
All have their pros and cons.
Ones with centers are not appropriate if putting more than one face on a boss.
Layered tend to break up and leave foam laying about - hardly green .
Danage are expensive and useless in the wet.
Sometimes good old straw is the best option
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HH - loving your profile picture on this thread!
Interesting. I wonder how many people actually are shooting on straw versus foam. I'm not an old timer in fairness but I have never shot a straw boss and none of my clubs are particularly rich.I just think you are all just being picky because you can be.
10 years ago, hardly anyone had foam bosses and everyone had straw. Now, just because some are using foam, you expect everyone to have the money to pay for them and the additional storage space to keep them?
Yes. Arrows are expensive, straw targets wear the hell out of them and have a significantly higher risk of breakage, and I'm lazy so I don't like having to have two people pull every arrow.I just think you are all just being picky because you can be.
10 years ago, hardly anyone had foam bosses and everyone had straw. Now, just because some are using foam, you expect everyone to have the money to pay for them and the additional storage space to keep them?
The storage and movement I agree, that's a downside to layered foam, but danage/eleven etc. alleviate that problem, albeit at a cost.I just think you are all just being picky because you can be.
10 years ago, hardly anyone had foam bosses and everyone had straw. Now, just because some are using foam, you expect everyone to have the money to pay for them and the additional storage space to keep them?
Actually I do. It's was a much needed step in target evolution.I just think you are all just being picky because you can be.
10 years ago, hardly anyone had foam bosses and everyone had straw. Now, just because some are using foam, you expect everyone to have the money to pay for them and the additional storage space to keep them?
As in the photo I shared on page one, all the ones I've seen break break on impact. With maybe a couple of inches of penetration into a hard spot and then the shaft breaking at the target. I seem to recall that when Easton brought out the Pro Tour they had to come out with a warning that the targets had to allow 15cm of penetration or the arrows would be at risk.Out of interest are your carbon arrows breaking on impact, or getting them out? If getting them out then perhaps you aren't pulling them right, I see a number of archers can't pull arrows straight, which is why a number of longbow archers insist on pulling their own arrows.
There is a saying I've heard a few times, "If you can't pull your arrows, you shouldn't be shooting that bow."
Good point, most foam targets are a hybrid modified P.U. The polymer formulation is designed to resist UV degradation and break down of the cell structure. That foam boss will still be alive and kicking in a land fill long after we're all dead and buried. Plus those carbon arrows and limbs we're all so fond of .... they'll be in land fill sites for the next 500 hundred years.Foam is good but has issues of it's own including disposal, as it is not biodegradable whereas straw is.
The require 15cm of penetration? REALLY? Sorry but that in my mind isn't a good arrow. The whole workings behind arrow is based on impact, if the arrow only works with soft targets then the material/spec is not suitable for purpose.I seem to recall that when Easton brought out the Pro Tour they had to come out with a warning that the targets had to allow 15cm of penetration or the arrows would be at risk.
Ten years ago I was a member of Euston Park Bowmen and that club was using Danage bosses. I also remember that the FITA star and h2h that year at Taverham was also shot on Danage bosses.I just think you are all just being picky because you can be.
10 years ago, hardly anyone had foam bosses and everyone had straw. Now, just because some are using foam, you expect everyone to have the money to pay for them and the additional storage space to keep them?
A bit on the slow sideAnd yes - 200 fps+
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