Knee Pads - Saved me from serious injury

[Bama_Xander]

I am a knee pad fan. I have the Arc's and they are comfortable to walk in. I always put them on when I am gearing up and wear them the whole hunt. I have found them nice when kneeling to look at sign. It saves pressure on your knee and moisture from getting your knee wet. I also had to stay kneeled down and shoot from my knees on a deer last year that I bumped while walking into the woods. It was much more comfortable and easy to get that shot off with the pads on.

But this year, they really saved me from a serious injury. I had geared up at the cabin and was walking with my bow in hand outside. My foot caught on a piece of brush and I started to fall. I was not going to throw my Mathews Vertix, especially since I was falling toward the pavement. Both my knees crushed into the pavement and I caught myself with my left hand while saving my bow. Had I not been wearing my knee pads, I would have seriously hurt my knees or seriously damaged my bow. Since I was wearing them, I poped up without a bit of pain and ready to go slay some deer. #winning

Haver your knee pads ever saved the day?

 

[heretic]

Luckily I have yet to be in a situation where my kneepads have prevented injury but I can definitely echo the usefulness of having knee pads while out scouting! I was out last weekend and had to bushwhack it through 200 yards of the thickest nastiest crap to complete my 4 mile scouting loop. I was on hands and knees for a good portion of it through pig trails. It would have been beyond miserable if not for the Arcs.

 

[Jtaylor]

Yep! They're great when ground hunting in the ghille suit. They're also useful crossing creek banks when a hand is full and you need extra traction using your knee and foot for grip up the bank.