Can you use a crossbow on a non crossbow target?? Would a round hay bale stop a 305fps bolt????

Question

Im shooting a horton team realtree 175 cross bow. I am ordering it and need to know whether a regular target would stop a bolt coming out of it at 305 fps and also with my regular 260fps compound i shoot at round hay bales would a round bale be addiquate for a bolt going that fast. Thanks

Answer 1

It will most likely stop the bolt but you are going to be doing some digging to get it back out.

Answer 2

It might stop it, but more than likely you won't be able to pull it back out, it could go in too deep.

Answer 3

The penetration on a crossbow can be astonishing.  I saw a news article one time where a cross bow penetrated a steel oil drum full of water, went in one side through the water and out the other side embedding itself in a thick block of wood behind the barrel.

If you're going to use a bale of hay, I'd still make sure there was something behind it just in case.

Answer 4

Problem with bolts is that it's so short, that there'll be nothing left outside the bale for you to pull.