Archery Targets: Reviews & Rankings
Bag, block and self-healing foam targets, scored on the specs makers actually publish — price, sides, speed rating, warranty and weight.
Every target maker claims easy arrow removal, all-weather toughness and years of life. None of them publishes a measurement for any of it. So our CareScore does something almost no target roundup bothers to do: it scores only what's verifiable — street price, how many sides you can shoot, the printed speed rating, the warranty a maker actually puts on paper, and carry weight — and shows the construction type and tip rating as facts, not scores. A bag isn't better than a block; they're different tools, and the lists below filter accordingly.
How to read this: Speed ratings are published by bag-target makers and almost never by foam-block makers — a blank there means unpublished, not slow. Weights come from manufacturer pages where possible; where only a shipping weight exists we leave it blank rather than pass freight off as product spec. Full-body 3D animal targets are a different purchase (replaceable midsections, different economics) and get their own category.
Archery Targets CareScore Leaderboard
All 8 products ranked by overall CareScore™. See the full best-of breakdown →
| # | Product | Use | Price | CareScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rinehart 18-1 | Self-healing foam block | $159.99 | 77 |
| 2 | Morrell High Roller 21 | Self-healing foam cube | $129.99 | 74 |
| 3 | Block Infinity 22 | Six-sided layered-foam block | $179.99 | 63 |
| 4 | Hurricane H-20 | Budget bag target | $32.99 | 62 |
| 5 | Morrell Yellow Jacket YJ-425 | Field-point bag target | $64.99 | 58 |
| 6 | SpyderWeb ST 18XL | Premium grid bag target | $179.99 | 56 |
| 7 | Block Classic 18 | Layered-foam block target | $89.99 | 53 |
| 8 | BullDog RangeDog | Commercial-grade range target | $369.99 | 33 |
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Archery Target buying guide
- Bag, block or self-healing foam — which type do I actually want?
- Field points at a backyard bale: a bag. They're cheap, stop everything, and arrows pull out easiest — but their own makers say no broadheads, full stop. Hunting practice with broadheads: layered foam (Block style) or self-healing foam (Rinehart style). Layered foam stops by friction between layers and pulls easier; self-healing foam closes behind the arrow and lasts longest against broadheads, at the cost of a stiffer pull. There's no best type — there's the right type for what's on the end of your arrow.
- What do the fps ratings actually mean?
- It's the fastest bow the maker will stand behind. A 425 fps bag stops any vertical compound made; the 500-plus ratings exist for crossbows, which hit harder with heavier bolts. Here's the catch nobody mentions: foam-block makers publish no fps numbers at all — including for blocks marketed at crossbow shooters. That's why our crossbow list only admits targets with a printed rating.
- How long should a target last?
- Nobody publishes a shot count, and honesty demands we say so. The printed proxies: more shootable sides spread the wear (six faces last roughly three times longer than two), replaceable covers renew a bag for about half the price of a new one, and the two real warranties in the category — BullDog's lifetime and Rinehart's one-year — are as close to a published lifespan as this market gets. Everything else is a marketing claim we refuse to score.
- Can I leave it outside?
- Every maker says yes; none of them publishes a UV or moisture test, and owners' targets tell a different story after a year in the sun. Treat weather resistance as 'survives being forgotten overnight,' not 'lives outdoors.' A $10 tarp or a garage shelf will double the life of any target here — that's the cheapest durability upgrade in archery.
What the CareScore measures
The complete formula, bounds and data rules are published on the methodology page.
Street Price
29% weightThe honest spread runs from a $33 bag to a $370 range wall. Most backyard shooters are served brilliantly somewhere between $60 and $180, and price is one of the few specs every maker publishes to the penny.
Shootable Sides
23% weightMore faces means the wear spreads out and the target lives longer — it's the closest thing to a published longevity spec this category has. Bags give you two; blocks give you up to six; Rinehart's 18-1 gives you eighteen and simply maxes the scale.
Max Speed Rating
19% weightThe maker's printed stopping rating. Bag makers publish it (Morrell 425, Delta up to 525); foam-block makers never do, so blocks sit unscored here rather than penalized. 'No speed limit' claims encode at the top of the band.
Warranty
16% weightAlmost nobody in this category puts a warranty in writing, which makes the two that do genuinely interesting: BullDog's lifetime replacement promise and Rinehart's one-year guarantee. Blank means the maker publishes nothing.
Weight
13% weightLighter drags out to the yard and back without complaint — but weight is also what keeps a target planted and stops arrows, so it gets a light weighting, not a heavy one. Trade-off, honestly labelled.
Face Size
0% weightThe largest shootable face. A bigger face is margin for misses — which matters enormously for beginners and barely at all for everyone else, so it scores only in the beginner list.