The 6 Best Broadhead Targets of 2026

The Classic is the target we reach for when the session is about volume: thirty arrows to sort out a sight, then thirty more to confirm it. Its layers are glued only at the edges, so an arrow slides in between open sheets of foam, the shaft's friction grabs, the heat of the shot fades, and the arrow pulls back out without a fight. That easy release is what we notice most, and it is why this one earns a place beside cubes that cost a good deal more.

The open layers do not heal, and that is the honest limit of the design. Every fixed blade that comes out leaves a sliced slot, and at close range with a fast bow the middle of the face softens noticeably faster than self-healing foam does. Shoot field points at the same block the rest of the year and the wear stays manageable; treat it as a broadhead-only workhorse and you will be shopping again by midseason. The black-and-white face is easy to pick up in flat light, and the wide 18-inch square forgives a stray that a small cube will not.

As a place to start, it is the best balance here between broadhead-capable foam and arrows you can pull without bracing a foot against the target. If your practice is a handful of arrows before opening day rather than a weekly habit, this is plenty of target.

Twelve pounds and a molded handle make the High Roller the target that actually leaves the house. It goes in a truck bed, walks out to the fence line, and sits on a stump at camp without a second trip, and the compact cube fits behind a seat. The handle is molded in rather than bolted on, which is the difference between a target you move and a target you leave where it landed.

Six sides carry 21 bullseyes, which is more aiming points than you will use in one session and exactly what you want across a season of them. The foam is a waterproof, self-healing type rated to 450 FPS, and it arrives stiff: arrows seat deep and pull hard for the first few dozen shots, then loosen. That is a phase rather than a defect. The red face with white bullseyes is easy to pick up in low evening light.

Six faces and 21 aiming points in something one hand can lift is the trade it makes, and it is a good one for practice that happens away from the house. We grab it when the shooting is somewhere other than the backyard, and it is the only target here that disappears behind a truck seat without a fight.

Most crossbow owners need two things from a target: somewhere to shoot groups and something safe to unload a cocked bow into before climbing down. The Delta 18-inch block is the one that ends up living in the truck for the second job, and we mean that as a compliment. A target you can throw in the bed, shoot from any side, and pull bolts out of with your fingers is worth more than a fancier block left in the garage.

The build is simple: an 18-inch block that takes arrows on all its faces, molded handles, and construction rated for both field points and broadheads. Bolts stop shallow and come out easily, which is the whole job for a discharge target and most of the job for practice. Nothing here needs rotating, wrenching, or a manual.

The price sits in the middle of this group, and nothing about the target asks for special handling: set it down, shoot it, put it back in the truck. That plainness is the appeal.

The Black Hole is the cheapest target here, and it is the least expensive way into a block with a dedicated broadhead face. Four sides carry aiming points, the wrapped sides take field points while the open-face layered sides are meant for fixed blades and mechanicals, and arrows come out easily because the layers stop by friction rather than brute force. For a light bow or a young archer, that is most of what a target needs to do.

The ceiling is the real story. Eleven inches of foam is not much for a hard-shooting compound at 40 yards, and arrows that punch through to the fletching come from exactly that setup. At 20 yards with a moderate bow, or in a kid's hands, it behaves like a much pricier target. It is a first target or a short-range tuning block, not the one you keep for a decade.

Two practical notes. It is light enough that a solid hit can move it, so set it against a bale, a bank, or a stump rather than trusting it to sit still in the open. And with 11 inches of depth, a backstop behind it is worth the effort every session.

A life-size deer target is only worth its footprint if the part you actually shoot at can be renewed, and that is what we like about the Glendel Buck: the four-sided, 11-inch insert in the chest is the piece you swap. Shoot one face until the foam fuzzes over, turn the core, and when all four are spent, drop in a replacement. That one design decision is the difference between a 3D target you keep and one you replace.

The body does the rest of the work: a 200-pound whitetail's proportions, a 34-inch shoulder height, and a 150-inch rack, so the sight picture at 20 yards looks like the one you get in October. The fused layers are rated for all broadheads and field tips, and the core is listed at about a thousand shots of practice, which assumes you are spreading them across four faces.

Only the core renews, and that shapes how you use it. The insert is an 11-inch square, so shots that miss it land in body foam that does not come back. That makes this a target for the shot you will actually take, judging distance and picking a vital, rather than for burning through a quiver. For volume, a cube is the cheaper way to shoot; for opening day, this is the one that looks right.