Arrow Safety

[DaveS]

As we prepare for the upcoming archery season, please take a moment to "inspect" each and every arrow before you shoot. This did not happen to me, but was the result of a cracked/split arrow.

 

Be safe!

 

 

 

Happy Hunting.

 

Dave

[Wingshooter]

Ouch

[Ugly]

Yikes!

[peejman]

Holy crap!  How did that happen?

[felinesNfreedom]

NO, NO, NO!!!!!! That's terrible.

[Monkeyman2500]

Yikes!!

[KahrMan]

:stunned:  :puke:

[MacGyver]

I've seen this happen on the other end.  A friend was using his practice arrows with broadheads when bow season started.  He shot a hog right above the shoulder in what should have been a good shot.  The broadhead penetrated ever so slightly, but was left in the dirt as the arrow behind it splintered.

 

The hog lived to see another day.

[DaveS]

Carbon arrows are bad, wood is worse. I truly wish we could buy aluminum arrows again.

 

Dave

[runco]

No risk here.  Too many guns, and no desire for bow.  I use to be the kid that would shoot an arrow straight up to play chicken with my friends like in the movie Grown Ups.  Never got hit, but came darn close.  Made a promise then, that I have kept for about 40 years now. 

[felinesNfreedom]

Carbon arrows are bad, wood is worse. I truly wish we could buy aluminum arrows again.

 

Dave

 

I remember shooting aluminum arrows and would not go back. I like my Carbon fiber arrows. I buy new arrows about every 2 years, this is year two..... new arrows for me :) 

[Wingshooter]

I have some full length, never been shot Gold Tip shafts that I have had for 5 or 6 years. I was planning on cutting them down, cresting, fletching, nocking and installing iserts this year. Will age cause fatigue that will lead to failure? I've never thought about the possibility of them getting brittle with age until now... time for me to start Googling I guess.

[xsubsailor]

 I had one similar to that when I was 8 but only half the arrow went through my hand. It took forever for it to totally heal.

[monkeylizard]

DaveS, I think you just talked me out of buying a bow. EVER.

[gjohnsoniv]

That makes the piece of glass that went through my hand look minor in comparison. Ouch...

[GlockSpock]

Looks so bad just makes me tear up looking at it.

Although I cannot figure out how it happened. He would have been holding the string essentially so no pressure would have been on the arrow until he released it. It must have gotten "stuck" up front causing the aged shaft to split and make his left hand wish it were a right hand that day.


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[Omega]

Looks so bad just makes me tear up looking at it.

Although I cannot figure out how it happened. He would have been holding the string essentially so no pressure would have been on the arrow until he released it. It must have gotten "stuck" up front causing the aged shaft to split and make his left hand wish it were a right hand that day.


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It's amazing what we don't see:

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI_17jgEdAI

 

Watch how much the arrow flexed on release.

[RED333]

It's amazing what we don't see:

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI_17jgEdAI

 

Watch how much the arrow flexed on release.

Makes ya wonder how the target is EVER hit.

[cj0e]

Makes ya wonder how the target is EVER hit.

 

Ahh yes, the Archer's Paradox.

 

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7zewtuUM_0[/media]

[felinesNfreedom]

I did not know that it was called arches paradox but if you shoot longer distances you can really see the arrow flex in flight. 

[ShaunM]

We had an Ambulance assist the other day, cause a guy shot his own foot with his bow. Edited August 27, 2015 by ShaunM

[DaveS]

We had an Ambulance assist the other day, cause a guy shot his own foot with his bow.

Oh No!

 

Dave

[peejman]

So I'm guessing the pic in the OP happens when the arrow breaks at the moment of release and the bow drives the arrow stub into the support hand?

[monkeylizard]

Yep.

[peejman]

Ouch.