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PSA - Don’t be an Idiot

MN_Bowhunter4

MN_Bowhunter4

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I’m an idiot. I was messing around with my sight on my bow and drew to check alignment. No idea what actually happened, but I ended up dry firing my bow. Scared the crap out of me.

String jumped off the bottom cam and stopped around the axel. Serving is shot where it stuck. The force of that also sheared a small piece off the cam itself. That’s the extent of the visual breaks. No idea what it’s gonna cost to fix, but it’s going to suck walking in that shop door.

Expensive lesson of the day, don’t be an idiot, never draw back a bow without an arrow nocked.
 
MN_Bowhunter4 said:
I’m an idiot. I was messing around with my sight on my bow and drew to check alignment. No idea what actually happened, but I ended up dry firing my bow. Scared the crap out of me.

String jumped off the bottom cam and stopped around the axel. Serving is shot where it stuck. The force of that also sheared a small piece off the cam itself. That’s the extent of the visual breaks. No idea what it’s gonna cost to fix, but it’s going to suck walking in that shop door.

Expensive lesson of the day, don’t be an idiot, never draw back a bow without an arrow nocked.
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Yeah... Done that... Never again without an arrow. I'd rather fix a hole in a wall than blow up my bow again.

I've heard of running a cotton ball down the limbs to check for micro cracks, a little bit will get caught if there are any. Be careful either way.

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MN_Bowhunter4 said:
I’m an idiot. I was messing around with my sight on my bow and drew to check alignment. No idea what actually happened, but I ended up dry firing my bow. Scared the crap out of me.

String jumped off the bottom cam and stopped around the axel. Serving is shot where it stuck. The force of that also sheared a small piece off the cam itself. That’s the extent of the visual breaks. No idea what it’s gonna cost to fix, but it’s going to suck walking in that shop door.

Expensive lesson of the day, don’t be an idiot, never draw back a bow without an arrow nocked.
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I seen this happen a few times. Either you torqued the bow or you twisted the string with your hand. That's all it takes . I seen cables slice through cams like butter glad your ok.
 
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Yeah. I did almost the exact same thing installing my sites. The bow was brand new. I was so sick to my stomach, I was pissed for days about it. I finally swallowed my pride and took it to my local bow shop. The only thing that broke was one main cable loop. The bow tech did a full inspection and said I was good to go. I didn't have the bow turned all the way up at the time. It has 60lbs limbs and I had it at 45lbs. Might have saved my butt. Now, I always noc an arrow or use a safety draw.

It still shoots good. I have probably shot it 200 time sence that day.
 
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JAYBO said:
Yeah. I did almost the exact same thing installing my sites. The bow was brand new. I was so sick to my stomach, I was pissed for days about it. I finally swallowed my pride and took it to my local bow shop. The only thing that broke was one main cable loop. The bow tech did a full inspection and said I was good to go. I didn't have the bow turned all the way up at the time. It has 60lbs limbs and I had it at 45lbs. Might have saved my butt. Now, I always noc an arrow or use a safety draw.

It still shoots good. I have probably shot it 200 time sence that day.
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An arrow won't save your cables or string if it rolls off the cam. It will take some energy but the arrow could hurt you or someone close by. Always use a draw board to check timing on your bow. I worked at a archery shop for years and seen a lot of bad thing happen with bows .Be careful out there guys.
 
While trying to find a squeak on my boys bow I cought my zipper pull string and jumped the string off 4 days before opening day of bow. Luckily I was only drawing the bow a couple of inches but it still cut the string. Needless to say a draw board was built while the bow was in the shop! Was hard to explain to my boy why we had to start all over tuning again 4 days before season!
 
A friend had bought a new bow. There was a burr in the bottom cam, which cut the string when I drew it back. The string whipped and got me in my right cheek just below the eye. I was wearing glasses, which fell off, and not certain what would have happened had the glasses not been on.

I always check cams and strings now on bows before each shooting session.

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I glued a knock on once...I didnt wait long enough for it to dry...the firing of the bow split the knock in half and launched the bow about 6-8 feet out of my hand...maybe just lucky enough that the string abdorbed just enough energy to not do any damage...definitely ruined a good pair of my underwear though!...let the knocks dry on aluminum arrows if anyone out there is still using them!
 
GTel said:
safer than accidentally shooting an arrow.
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I was in my late teens living with my parents. My dad was in his room working on his bow. Our bedrooms were on opposite sides of the living room. He ended up having an unexpected release with an arrow nocked. It went through his bedroom wall. Through the living room wall and embedded itself in the far wall of my bedroom 6 inches from my head while I slept.

Safety first kids!
 
JAYBO said:
Yeah. I did almost the exact same thing installing my sites. The bow was brand new. I was so sick to my stomach, I was pissed for days about it. I finally swallowed my pride and took it to my local bow shop. The only thing that broke was one main cable loop. The bow tech did a full inspection and said I was good to go. I didn't have the bow turned all the way up at the time. It has 60lbs limbs and I had it at 45lbs. Might have saved my butt. Now, I always noc an arrow or use a safety draw.

It still shoots good. I have probably shot it 200 time sence that day.
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200 shots? It's still brand new. :tearsofjoy: Starting in March, I'll run 300-500 shots a week through mine and feel like I should be shooting more. I do start to get down to maybe 50-100 a week once the season gets here.

I wish I got as much enjoyment and peace from shooting my guns. I may shoot 2 boxes of ammo a season out of my deer rifle. May be a whole lot more this year. Doing my first elk hunt.
 
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