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Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« on: October 19, 2011, 12:33:48 PM »
This is a good reminder to check over your equipment.  I saw a guy at a shoot have his arrow explode upon release and a large piece went through his forearm.  He most likely had a cracked arrow.

Got this in an e-mail today...

Hunter safety and the season is upon us...received this from a friend this morning. Good safety topic.
The Arrow would probably have gone all the way through...except for the flights.

"my buddy took this photo on his cell phone last week after he brought his friend to bass pro to buy his first bow - the clerk was ‘assisting’ him in zeroing it in, and after shooting several arrows and making adjustments etc., the clerk accidentally handed him an arrow that was too short and when he drew back, the arrow tip fell down onto his hand and he somehow released it. They rode to the hospital with the bow in his buddy’s hand because it impaled his finger too!  They are both archery amateurs, (I'm thinking the clerk is too?)  I don’t think the guy who got shot ever held a bow before this..".


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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2011, 12:51:14 PM »
Heard of a guy doing that while hunting. Recurve + broadhead = lost his thumb and a good chunk of his hand. Looks painful as hell, hope he didnt destroy his thumb.

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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2011, 12:58:17 PM »
 :yike: :yike: :yike: HARD TO LOOK AT!   :yike:

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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2011, 01:01:17 PM »
Oh my...  That is just bad all the way around.
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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2011, 01:17:07 PM »
Well, I hope he at least got to keep the bow.  That's a hard way to learn a lesson you'll never forget.

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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2011, 01:46:52 PM »
I wouldn't keep the bow but I would take a large share of the company if that was me!
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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2011, 01:55:40 PM »
Definately an oooh crap moment.

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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2011, 02:01:09 PM »
During a practice session with friends someone hit my arrow cracking it, but not breaking it. I put the arrow in my bag upside down so as not to use it. Unfortunately I grabbed out of my quiver, soon after, and shot it. The arrow flew funny; I only saw part if it flying away. I looked down and the aft 1/2 of the arrow entered my left hand at the thumb joint. It traveled down my thumb (remember the arrow had broken in 1/2; the blunt, jagged section was leading the way)  :yike: It finally exected just before my thumb nail. Out of panic my buddy pulled it out and the blood gushing began. Went to the hospital and they cleaned it out. I have full control of my thumb, without having any surgery. I was Lucky. If your arrow shaft is less than perfect destroy it on the spot.
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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2011, 02:14:44 PM »
JEEEEEZZZZZUZZZ  I bet that smarted...

Good Post Though, I think most amateurs and most hunters i general under estimate the dangers of equipment failure etc.   I'm guilty as charged as I'm new to archery and didnt do a alot of homework before jumping in, Luckily i know a few seasoned guys that have shown me the ropes and the hazards.
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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2011, 03:41:06 PM »
Just threw up in my mouth

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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2011, 09:59:46 PM »
 :yike: that's a first for me, have never seen someone pin the bow in their hand, wrist thumb fore arm before but not thumb and finger...

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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2011, 10:03:19 PM »
 Damn!!! :o
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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2011, 10:28:43 PM »
 :yike:   oh my god is all I have to say!!   :yike:

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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2011, 01:19:39 AM »
I wouldn't keep the bow but I would take a large share of the company if that was me!
Why is it that someone always wants to get sue happy?? Is that a west side virus? :chuckle:
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Re: Archery accident. Check your equipment! (graphic pic)
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2011, 05:51:47 AM »
Ouch.

 


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