For anyone here wondering about using hay or straw bales for crossbows. The answer is no. I tried using 1200lb hardcore straw bales (the shells were frozen to boot) for target practice with my Bear X Trek 380 and it buried the bolts several inches deep. I had to wait until we cut the bales open to use them just to retrieve my bolts.
A slight improvement might be run the strap right under that table top so it holds the bales down to the table. Also put a flate piece of plywood on top so that the straps now squeeze the bales between two flat pieces of wood. Lastly make is so the steel buckles on the straps are under the table. Just incase you have an arrow go stray you don't want to hit the steel buckler
Those bales were nice and tight. The ones I got here in Thailand at the feed store were the loosed I had seen. Two bales deep and compound bow arrow got stuck in the middle. I once got a horse stall mat from tractor supply in SoCal for a back stop for a short range at home. Those horse stall mats are incredible. Cheap huge and an arrow will get stuck in them and not go through but its there behind your bales for a back up.
Great video. I've made similar contraption for my archery practice. Bought several straw bails, wrapped them in heavy duty black garbage bags. Tightened everything with duck tape and tied together with two tie straps (with ratchets). 👍🙂🇨🇦
You could put the straps around the underside of the table to compress it and hold it to the table without needing a backstop? Only just started Archery :) Guess you would have to move the table too if it rained heavily :) Backstop still needed if the table is light :(
