Reddit reviews Morrell Yellow Jacket Stinger Field Point Bag Archery Target - Great for Compound and Traditional Bows

I'm assuming that it's something like this..

Recurve crossbow https://imgur.com/a/sJW6Y7b

There's not much maintenance on a recurve crossow. Wax the string and perform any other maintenance according to the owner's manual.

Never ever dry fire it.

Do you have a nice thick archery target? Something like a Yellow Jacket is good. Don't shoot into boards or trees, you'll ruin your bolts (arrows). Make sure that you have a good backdrop in case you miss the target. It happens.

Morrell Yellow Jacket https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AI9IXJS

Unless you just enjoy pain, use the rope cocker. It's better for the bow and better for your body. Although you might be able to cock it by hand, that's a lot of pressure on your finger joints.

I stick targets on them. I get rolls of 4" adhesive backed targets and stick them on pieces of cardboard, then I use thin wooden BBQ skewers (the kind we use for Asian BBQ) to hold up the targets. I see other people use things like golf tees, nails, pieces of stiff wire, or whatever they can come up with. The archery ranges I go to use various things for targets -- bales of straw, stacks of old carpet pieces. The indoor ranges use building foam and just cover the whole wall, then stick targets on it anywhere people want. Adhesive tape will work on paper targets. Pretty easy really.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018UZUAJC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm also seeing some archery targets that look like you could fill a gunny sack with foam pellets and make one up pretty easy.

https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Jacket-Stinger-Field-Target/dp/B00AI9IXJS/ref=sr_1_5?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1510717212&sr=1-5&keywords=archery+target&dpID=51uAkborJlL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch