How is an archery target made from a straw-rope boss and a canvas face?

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A modern archer stands with a recurved bow drawn, aiming at a circular recreational target on a stand. The archer wears protective gear and carries arrows in a quiver at his side. — Archery Archer with a recurve bow and recreational target.

In the sport of archery, a standard target is constructed using a boss made of tightly coiled straw rope, which typically measures about 1.22 meters (4 feet) in diameter.1

To complete the target, a canvas face is stretched over this straw boss. This face features concentric scoring rings used to determine points, with the specific number of rings and scoring values depending on the competition standards—such as the five-ring British system or the ten-ring FITA system.1