Patent ID: 7581733

Claim:
A method for making an archery target comprising: providing a plurality of rigid structural sidewalls, the sidewalls joined with one another to form a frame defining an interior and including a front perimeter and a rear perimeter; securing a filtration screen in a stretched state to the front perimeter, the 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; positioning the frame adjacent a guide assembly that is contiguous with the interior of the frame; placing a density material in the interior of the frame and in the guide assembly; compressing the density material so that the density material moves through the guide assembly and is positioned substantially only in the interior of the frame; and securing a backing to the rear perimeter of the frame to maintain the density material in a compressed state having a density of 8 to 14 pounds per cubic foot within the interior of the frame; wherein at least one of the sidewalls of the frame is dimensioned to support the frame in an upright orientation, whereby the filtration screen is adapted to face a user who desires to shoot a projectile at the target.