Don’t assume your broadheads have the same impact point as field tips of the same weight. It’s mandatory to verify that your broadhead is on target. Another benefit with the High Roller is Dad can shoot the target’s many bull’s-eyes with field points or broadheads. Dad’s new crossbow needs to be fired to unload it, and rather than traveling back to his house with a cocked crossbow, he can fire an arrow into the High Roller. It weighs only 10 pounds so it’s easy to transport in a vehicle or side-by-side to a hunting area. The High Roller is shaped like a dice and measures 13x13x13 inches. Specifically, I gave Dad a Morrell High Roller Foam Target and a Morrell Yellow Jacket Kinetic 1.0 Bag Target. “Happy early birthday,” I said with a grin as I opened my car trunk to reveal the gifts.
And he doesn’t shoot beyond 20 yards, at targets or deer.Ī week later I made a return visit to Dad’s place, and this time I brought him two targets that will stop any crossbow’s arrow. Because he’d nearly shot out the centers of both targets, he could aim for the target corners and “get by.” He could aim for corner bull’s-eyes because his old bow had already been sighted in. My dad’s old targets worked fine with his old crossbow. So it only makes sense to do everything you can to limit the damage to them when practicing with your crossbow. Faster Crossbows Require Better TargetsĪrrows are expensive. Cube-shaped bag targets work well because they are freestanding, and arrow removal is easy. High-speed crossbows require targets that can stand up to the test. “Don’t shoot again until I get back.” My brother, Walt, lives a quarter-mile down a gravel road from Dad, and his daughter uses a modern crossbow, so I knew he had a decent target. “I’ll take the four-wheeler down to Walt’s to grab a better target,” I said.
Thankfully I purchased a dozen arrows for Dad to use with his new crossbow. I tossed the too-risky-to-shoot-again shaft in my car trunk. While the carbon shaft looked okay after hitting the tree, I wasn’t about to let Dad try to shoot it again (because I knew he would). And we had to unscrew his arrow from the field point to remove it from the oak. Sure enough, the arrow zipped through both targets like they weren’t even there. “Nope, I think it went through the target,” I said, already walking downrange, fearing the outcome. “I don’t see my arrow, do you?” Dad asked, looking through the scope. I heard the distinctive “ thunk” of crossbow limbs dumping their energy upon the shot, but I didn’t hear his arrow smack the trunk of a large oak tree 5 yards behind both targets. The bag target behind it would act as a backstop.Īfter taking careful aim, Dad squeezed the trigger and the modern crossbow sent an arrow racing downrange. In other words, this wasn’t his first rodeo.īecause this would be Dad’s first shot from this new scoped crossbow, Dad picked out a tennis ball-sized bull’s-eye in the center of the foam target. He’s been hunting in Wisconsin with a crossbow for nearly 20 years, and he’s killed more deer with a crossbow than I can count on all my fingers and toes. Dad always shoots from a sitting position and rests his crossbow on a sturdy tripod. The center bull’s-eye area of Dad’s bag target looked thin, and his foam target wasn’t in great shape either, so I stacked the two targets in his backyard one in front of the other and stepped off a distance of 15 yards. “I have two in the basement that worked just fine last deer season.
“Sorry, but I forgot to bring a good target,” I said. It would probably be okay.Īfter opening his gift, Dad was anxious to give it a try. I remembered that he had a couple targets on hand during the previous archery deer season, at least one bag target and one foam target. He lives in the country a 2-hour drive from me, and I was halfway to his place to deliver his gift when I realized I hadn’t tossed a decent target in my car. I’ll never forget the first time my dad shot an arrow into his well-worn foam target with the new crossbow I’d given him for Father’s Day.
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