By now it seems like every archer is familar with "The Block" target from Field Logic. No other archery target ever has been so widely advertised in hunting magazines and on television shows. According to Field Logic "When it comes to arrow stopping durability (with field tips and broadheads) and ease of arrow removal, nothing compares to the revolutionary open-layered design of The BLOCK".

 These are pretty big claims so we were eager to get hold of The BLOCK target and see if it lived up to its billing. For our testing we used The BLOCK pro model since the BLOCK is not just one target but a whole series ranging in size from small, easily portable to "super size" suitable for building shooting ranges. All are built in the same fashion, however, (thin layers of foam sandwhiched together and compressed with steel bands) so the Block pro size is a good representative of the performance of all the block models.

Our first shots were all made with field tipped carbon arrows from various bows shooting from about 250 to 290 fps. The BLOCK easily stopped every arrow and just as Field Logic advertised they pulled quite easily. It did take more effort, however, to pull arrows from The BLOCK then from any of the popular bag targets widely used for stopping field tipped arrows.

After our initial shooting session we left The BLOCK pro in our range were we continued to shoot into it regularly. After some time in the range and more then a thousand shots with field tips The BLOCK was still stopping all arrows and obviously had a good bit more life to go. However,the middle dot had developed a soft spot and an occasional arrow would stick through to the backside of the target. Clearly you will want to scatter your arrows on the target face consistantly to get the longest life from The BLOCK.

Next we tried broadheads at the same pro model BLOCK we had been shooting. The BLOCK stopped them all and the broadhead tipped arrows pulled out far easier from our target then from any other broadhead target we had ever used. A few dozen shots later thin slivers of foam cut by the broadhead blades started to fall out of the target every time we pulled an arrow and a broadhead tipped arrow passed completly through the BLOCK target at the soft spot at the center dot. A few dozen more shots and it was clear that broadhead tipped arrows could chew through the block at a high rate.

Our conclusions:

The Block is an excellant field tip target and a good broadhead target  for the average shooter. If you plan on shooting broadheads daily plan on replacing your Block target often.  Most archers shoot broadheads only a few dozen times a year so The BLOCK  makes a great target for them, it will easily handle that amount of shooting and the broadhead tipped arrows will pull easier from The BLOCK then from any other broadhead target we have seen.