landscape timbers for a backstop

[DBOdude]

gonna be the cutman for a friend replacing a bunch of landscape timbers tomorrow . planning on bringing some home to make a backstop/pellet trap . i'm debating between making a box that will hold three 8 1/2 x 11 inch target sheets or a 4ft by 4ft wall with a frame in front to hang target sheets on . i'm leaning towards the wall mostly because it'll give me a larger area to stop stray pellets at longer ranges .... when i get capable of shooting that far 

[bgmcgee]

The wall gets my vote. Might as well go big if ya got the room.

[targettgii]

Wall.

[KevinP]

Wall.

X2

[WyoMan]

The wall unless you need it portable....

[DBOdude]

got most of the job done today , gonna finish tomorrow . the timbers are way too far along to reuse , but i'll still make a little wall out of something else . gonna take some pain RX for my knees and back , pushed myself too hard today and the heat didn't help . later folks

[bgmcgee]

Cool you know were gonna need pics of the finished job. Hope ya get rested up.

[onebaddj]

That should make a good back stop in either size. Go easy on the knees and back bro! Hope you feel better in the am. 

[Davio]

got most of the job done today , gonna finish tomorrow . the timbers are way too far along to reuse , but i'll still make a little wall out of something else . gonna take some pain RX for my knees and back , pushed myself too hard today and the heat didn't help . later folks

Trees work good, too. 

[DBOdude]

i'm sooooo glad that wall is done !
we've got a big evergreen with about a 3 1/2 to 4 ft diameter base about 30-35 yards from the deck that i've thought about using , but i'm worried about a few thousand rounds taking off the bark and making it ugly . can a big tree like that be killed by pellets . the thought process is that the bark protects the tree and the pellets slowly knock off the bark in a area and the tree becoming susceptible to a disease or rotting ? is that possible ?

[bgmcgee]

If you like the tree I personally wouldn't shoot it up. I couldn't tell you for sure if it will kill it but can't do it any good.

[KevinP]

 tree becoming susceptible to a disease or rotting ? is that possible ?

indeed ... it will happen over time ..............

[breakfastchef]

Don't shoot the tree.

[T191032]

"the thought process is that the bark protects the tree and the pellets slowly knock off the bark in a area and the tree becoming susceptible to a disease or rotting ? is that possible ?"

Yeah. Don't shoot a good live tree. 

[DBOdude]

10-4 on not shooting a tree i like