Archery target and related method of manufacture

A method for manufacturing an archery target comprising:

• providing a rigid, structural frame including at least one sidewall, a target side and a back side;
• securing a sheet to the target side to create an interior compartment bounded by the sheet and the frame, the sheet being adapted to be at least partially penetrated by an arrow traveling at a speed of about 200 to about 400 feet per second, the sheet having a weight of about 10 ounces per square yard to about 25 ounces per square yard, the sheet including a plurality of warp elements and a plurality of weft elements, the warp elements including a plurality of filaments twisted to form a cable;
• compressing a density material, with the compressed density material being located in the compartment and having a density of about 10 to about 14 pounds per cubic foot within the interior compartment, the density material adapted to prevent the arrow from penetrating the target to an extent that fletchings of the arrow are damaged;
• securing a backing adjacent the density material to retain the density material within the compartment.

A method for manufacturing an archery target comprising:

• providing a rigid, structural, freestanding frame including at least one sidewall, a target side and a back side;
• securing a sheet to the target side to create an interior compartment bounded by the sheet and the frame;
• compressing a fibrous density material, with the compressed density material being located in the compartment and having a density of about 10 to about 14 pounds per cubic foot within the interior compartment;
• securing a backing to the back side to retain the fibrous density material within the compartment;
• wherein the sheet is a filtration screen having a weight of 13 to 16 ounces per square yard, the filtration screen constructed from a woven fabric including a plurality of parallel warp yarns formed from three pairs of 4 mil to 12 mil monofilament polyamide fibers, the three pairs of fibers twisted together to form a cable yarn, the woven fabric including a plurality of parallel fill yarns, the fill yarns formed from a single 8 mil to 20 mil monofilament polyamide fiber.

A method for manufacturing an archery target comprising:

• providing a rigid, structural, freestanding frame including at least one sidewall, a target side and a back side;
• securing a sheet to the target side to create an interior compartment bounded by the sheet and the frame;
• compressing a fibrous density material, with the compressed density material being located in the compartment and having a density of about 10 to about 14 pounds per cubic foot within the interior compartment;
• securing a backing to the back side to retain the fibrous density material within the compartment;
• comprising positioning a guide assembly adjacent the frame, and filling the interior compartment and at least a portion of the guide assembly with the density material before said compressing step.

An archery target comprising:

• a rigid, structural frame including at least one sidewall, a target side and a back side;
• a sheet secured to the target side to create an interior compartment bounded by the sheet and the frame, the sheet being adapted to be at least partially penetrated by an arrow traveling at a speed of about 200 to about 400 feet per second, the sheet having a weight of about 10 ounces per square yard to about 25 ounces per square yard, the sheet including a plurality of warp elements and a plurality of weft elements, the warp elements including a plurality of filaments twisted to form a cable;
• a density material compressed and being located in the compartment and having a density of about 8 to about 14 pounds per cubic foot within the interior compartment, the density material adapted to prevent the arrow from penetrating the target to an extent that fletchings of the arrow are damaged;
• a backing adjacent the density material to retain the density material within the compartment.

An archery target comprising:

• a rigid, structural, freestanding frame including at least one sidewall, a target side and a back side;
• a sheet secured to the target side to create an interior compartment bounded by the sheet and the frame;
• a fibrous density material compressed and being located in the compartment and having a density of about 8 to about 14 pounds per cubic foot within the interior compartment;
• a backing secured to the back side to retain the fibrous density material within the compartment,
• wherein the sheet is a filtration screen having a weight of 13 to 16 ounces per square yard, the filtration screen constructed from a woven fabric including a plurality of parallel warp yarns formed from three pairs of 4 mil to 12 mil monofilament polyamide fibers, the three pairs of fibers twisted together to form a cable yarn, the woven fabric including a plurality of parallel fill yarns, the fill yarns formed from a single 8 mil to 20 mil monofilament polyamide fiber.