Shooting bow in backyard?

I shoot in my back yard....anything could happen i guess but I try to be as safe as possible. I shoot at my block as well as 3d targets and I also set up a piece of plywood behind the targets.

As long as your backyard doesnt butt up to someone elses backyard/home I dont see a problem here. If it does, I'd probably ask the neighbor if they are cool with it.

I've always shot in my backyard but there's nothing behind me for a while. I use my barn as a backstop because I lost a lot of arrows when I started and now my wife is shooting and hits the barn quite often. I have a shite load of styrofoam built up behind the target so it doesn't stick through the wall or break an arrow.

if you are in a neighborhood, think long and hard about what is behind the fence you are counting on for your backstop. everyone misses once in a while, even if it's due to something like fletching breaking on release, string breaks, deflections off of the ground or other arrows in the target, etc, etc, etc.

i used to shoot in the backyard with my brother, and we moved the target to right in front of the shed so that it provided a better backdrop than the board fence. despite protests from my brother that he "never misses the target", he put an arrow into the shed after about 5 shots.

I used to shoot at my old house because I was in a tight neighborhood. Stuck one right through the siding and into the baseplate of the house. I'd still shoot at something solid. They will go through a fence.

At my new house, I put my trash cans behind the target

I have always shot in backyard. I when shooting field tips the day after tuning my broadheads and shooting them, I did have a pass through on my layered foam block that continued to go completely through the wood fence 5 feet behind the target and bury in the neighbors flower bed.



If you are really concerned shoot from elevation causing any misses to go into the ground by the target.

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if you are in a neighborhood, think long and hard about what is behind the fence you are counting on for your backstop. everyone misses once in a while, even if it's due to something like fletching breaking on release, string breaks, deflections off of the ground or other arrows in the target, etc, etc, etc. i used to shoot in the backyard with my brother, and we moved the target to right in front of the shed so that it provided a better backdrop than the board fence. despite protests from my brother that he "never misses the target", he put an arrow into the shed after about 5 shots.

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I agree with this. I don't feel very safe shooting in my backyard most of the time. I usually drive a few minutes to an open field to shoot. Plus, I can get a lot more yardage outside if my backyard to practice out to 60 yards plus.

About 10 years ago, I had an arrow explode upon shooting it out if my bow. We often shoot in my dad's big warehouse. I guess the arrow had a small crack or something it, because it exploded upon releasing from the bow and part of it ricocheted into the roof. Luckily it didn't go through my arm. I've always been wary of my surroundings since then. I check my arrows after every round too.

do you live inside city limits?

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I think Alx almost hit a lawyer once. Arrow went right thru backyard fence into the lawyer's backyard while he was outside. Pretty scary.

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That was Tigerfoot. His rest was messed up. You've seen me shoot. You should know better.

nope, outside city limits

good deal, thanks for the insight fellas