Acts of gross stupidity in the name of better Archery

[paulrb]

This afternoon, I decided to replace a fraying d-loop. I carefully burnt the ends of the loop material to create nice bulbs to stop the knots pulling through.

I didn't notice that I had also burnt the middle of the loop. The material hadn't broken but had been weakened when bathed in the flame a little too long.

When I locked on my release aid and began to draw up to bow, the loop failed.

I managed to punch myself in the jaw and knock myself over... with my four year old watching and wondering why daddy is suddenly kneeling on the floor, clutching his chin with tears in his eyes.

It is not as though the release misfired....... I had just ruined the new loop and not noticed.

God I left like a dick!! :confused:

To make myself feel better, I thought I would ask: Who else has done stupid, embarrassing things when engaged in the serious act of bow tuning, on the shooting line or similar?

Go-on, what acts of grosss stupidity have you done, particularly in from of other people?


Cheers Paul R

[OldDog]

This afternoon, I decided to replace a fraying d-loop. I carefully burnt the ends of the loop material to create nice bulbs to stop the knots pulling through.

I didn't notice that I had also burnt the middle of the loop. The material hadn't broken but had been weakened when bathed in the flame a little too long.

When I locked on my release aid and began to draw up to bow, the loop failed.

I managed to punch myself in the jaw and knock myself over... with my four year old watching and wondering why daddy is suddenly kneeling on the floor, clutching his chin with tears in his eyes.

It is not as though the release misfired....... I had just ruined the new loop and not noticed.

God I left like a dick!! :confused:

To make myself feel better, I thought I would ask: Who else has done stupid, embarrassing things when engaged in the serious act of bow tuning, on the shooting line or similar?

Go-on, what acts of grosss stupidity have you done, particularly in from of other people?


Cheers Paul R
:rofl: You are now in the running for tossa of the year award Paul.
Mind you the competition is a bit stiff this year with progen and others making their bid for the crown.:o :D

[Hannah]

Can't say that I have done anything like that (I don't tune my own equipment)...but I have seen plenty do stupid things...unfortunately apparently I am not allowed to give away others' stories :mad:

[Sten]

Can't say that I have done anything like that (I don't tune my own equipment)...but I have seen plenty do stupid things...unfortunately apparently I am not allowed to give away others' stories :mad:

Thank you, Hannah :p

Ahh, jaw-punches. I've had many of those... Either the loop gives way or I've been screwing around with my release aid's sensetivity when I shouldn't be. But yeah... I might leave others to dob me in for the other inanities which have occurred as a result of my lack of thinking. :lol:

[Marcus]

I thought your accident with the stabilizer was much funnier. :p :grin:

[Dave Shannon]

I can remember a particular 3DAAA member shooting on the practice range at DVA and forgot to remove his propod from the bottom limb of his HOYT.
Kind of looked like a boomerang.

[OldDog]

I can remember a particular 3DAAA member shooting on the practice range at DVA and forgot to remove his propod from the bottom limb of his HOYT.
Kind of looked like a boomerang.
Mine actually stayed attatched to the limb and made a helluva racket.:eek: :-D

[Dave Shannon]

I have yet to make this mistake yet but i am sure it will come one day.

[Ed]

Not so much bow tuning but [B]bowl [B] tuning. When a member of my lawn bowls club was told that to dry his wet bowls just put them in the microwave for 3 seconds, he thought this a great idea. Unfortunately, he inadvertently set the timer for 3 minutes. You can imagine the result! We now have a Club trophy awarded annually for the most stupid act of the season.
:eek:

[James Park]

I had a D-loop break and shot an arrow through our family room floor. The ACE survived.

[Dave Shannon]

There was the time when a certain Queenslander living down here was tuning his bow in the loungeroom and accidently shot an arrow into the wall just missing the top of the television.
The hole still remains, the Queenslander doesn't, (in Victoria).

[Progen]

A guy who was in the X zone then, drew, fired, waited for the impact sound, then realized he'd forgotten to nock an arrow. :D Sure's heart rending to hear a bow dry fire.

[elvanbowman]

How do you do that with a recurve and clicker Progen;)

PS No offence intended.:smile:


No really, I meant it;)

[Liam]

I had a new d-loop tied for me (Derek. *glare*), drew back, was about to anchor, d-loop breaks, I punch myself in the jaw. That was painful.

I've also shot an arrow into the brickwall (30m) behind the moorabbin targets, didn't change my sight.

I've also done the "draw, aim, fire, **** no arrow" thing. Luckily with my nova when it was on 30 pounds.

The christmas I got my old bow, I was at my grandparents and my granddad picked up my bow... "Don't try and draw that please pop"
"ahh she'll be right"
"No, really - BANG"

That hurt me, I didn't speak to him for a month.

[dbjac]

I had a new d-loop tied for me (Derek. *glare*), drew back, was about to anchor, d-loop breaks, I punch myself in the jaw. That was painful.

I've also shot an arrow into the brickwall (30m) behind the moorabbin targets, didn't change my sight.

I've also done the "draw, aim, fire, **** no arrow" thing. Luckily with my nova when it was on 30 pounds.

The christmas I got my old bow, I was at my grandparents and my granddad picked up my bow... "Don't try and draw that please pop"
"ahh she'll be right"
"No, really - BANG"

That hurt me, I didn't speak to him for a month.

Oi!!
thats not my fault, your a freak, that D-loop was tied to the exact specification as those that i've shot for months.... in fact, i'll cut through a d-loop with the release aid jaw before it will pull through. Its actually easier (more dangerous too...) for me to cut my D-loops off the string, rather than try to untie them!!!

[reversehaven]

well, i tried adjusting my clicker length to see if it feels comfortable(when i first started using a clicker) so i pulled. Normally when it clicks i'll be able to control and put it down. Not this time. THe whole shot went into my cupboard. Wellll..... there's one gaping hole there made by the arrow.. i'm still crossing my fingers hoping my mum doesn't notice it =|

heh. i've seen my fair share of people putting on beiter limb gauges, and after checking their limb alignment, picking up their bows straight for shooting. And the limb gauges would fly off and shock everyone in the range. heh.

then there was this guy who after adjusting his tiller was just pulling to have a feel of the bow. (he didn't have his sling on) he pulled and released by accident. whoa. the whole bow flew out. @_@ and his V bar broke.

[alexvpaq]

once I was at the club helping new people and a guy said to me can i try a 30 pound bow... i told him yes, I brought my bow and he nocked one of his arrow on it and when he fired... the nock broked and shot on the left completely and passed in front of my face and hitted the wall on the other side of the indoor range scaring everyone...
and all that finishing by him saying: Sorry... I didn't thought it would fire that way there must be something i got to change in my release...

:p
then there was this guy who after adjusting his tiller was just pulling to have a feel of the bow. (he didn't have his sling on) he pulled and released by accident. whoa. the whole bow flew out. @_@ and his V bar broke.

hum... it happened to me many times... BUT i was just shooting with a stupid PVC bow :P so i'm safe :P

[paulrb]

:) :) :) :) :) :) :)

So I am not the only tosser, knob-head, noobie, moron.

There are plenty of us out there!!

Thanks everyone for making me feel more normal.

Cheers Paul R

[Progen]

How do you do that with a recurve and clicker Progen;)

PS No offence intended.:smile:


No really, I meant it;)

Forgot to mention, he's a compound archer and one of the top ones where I am.

And reversehaven, I've been guilty of ALL three. :oops:

[reversehaven]

i'm being extra careful that the third one never happens. even if i were to dry fire my bow i'll make sure i have my sling on or something... =X if my NX Xpert hits the floor hard... i think the carbon part is going to shatter or something. (hence pretty much rendering the riser useless.)

well, i'm going to uh.. comandeer... pirate, steal, possess without permission, or whatever other term you have....a small section of target board from somewhere so ican pull my arrow through the clicker for fun in safety. heh.

[enseth]

I didn't notice that I had also burnt the middle of the loop. The material hadn't broken but had been weakened when bathed in the flame a little too long.


A certain, current treasurer of 3DAAA did exactly the same thing at Copeton on Sunday. Received a nice punch in the mouth. (Bloody queue jumper). :)

[shannonhearse]

Ive done several.

Had my release aid go off while testing new draw length which resulted in ACE lodging its self 1/2 inch into a brick and plaster wall.

Forgot to move my sight from 70m to 18m for a shoot in my back yard which resulted in the allow arrow hitting the wall of the house and just about making it back to me.

And one or two other things I shall always deny.

[James Park]

Over many years:
- Two arrows in my bookcase.
- One through my bedroom window.
- One in the floor.
- One in the garage wall.
- One in my bicycle.

However:
Many years ago (before you were all born) there was a clout tournament at Southern Cross Archery Club in Victoria (they held one every year, three or four clout rounds, 100+ competitors). Someone measured the ground incorrectly and first end many arrows landed in the car park (which was of course full of archers' cars). Arrows do indeed go straight through car doors.

And a better one:
At the Ararat tournament (also before you were all born) Ron Tyrrell was shooting the field round, and doing so rather well. On a steep downhill shot he got the bowstring caught on his belt buckle and the bottom limb hit him solidly in the groin. Spoilt what would have been a good round.

[Liam]

Over many years:
- Two arrows in my bookcase.
- One through my bedroom window.
- One in the floor.
- One in the garage wall.
- One in my bicycle.

However:
Many years ago (before you were all born) there was a clout tournament at Southern Cross Archery Club in Victoria (they held one every year, three or four clout rounds, 100+ competitors). Someone measured the ground incorrectly and first end many arrows landed in the car park (which was of course full of archers' cars). Arrows do indeed go straight through car doors.

And a better one:
At the Ararat tournament (also before you were all born) Ron Tyrrell was shooting the field round, and doing so rather well. On a steep downhill shot he got the bowstring caught on his belt buckle and the bottom limb hit him solidly in the groin. Spoilt what would have been a good round.

:rofl:

[Ed]

While you're at it, Jim, why don't you tell then about the tie incident?

[James Park]

While you're at it, Jim, why don't you tell then about the tie incident?
Ah, yes, the tie incident.
When I was Director of Research for Telstra, our laboratories were just down the road from Waverley Archery Club. I occassionally went to shoot at lunchtimes.
On one such occassion it was a bit windy and my tie caught around the string just before I released. Just about tore my head off (or at least that was what it felt like).

My "tie incident" actually goes quite well with another (not archery, but still quite a good one):
One of the Section Heads at the Research Laboratories was shedding a document at the labs one day and got his tie caught in the shredder. It was shredded all the way to the top. He never again wore a tie.

[Marcus]

We had the same thing happen at my work with a work experiance kid. It was hysterical.
I met him again a few years later at an Apple Computer function. Lots of industry big wigs there and this guy was like "I did work experiance with you" I looked at him for a while, snapped my fingers and said loudly "Yeah you were the dude who got your tie caught in the shredder". He wasn't pleased. :rofl: Good tech though.

[Sandy Hancock]

I was doing some SPT in front of the TV about an hour ago.
Thought I'd check to see if a slight change in anchor point had affected my draw length - nocked an arrow - pulled back - brain faded - clicker goes....

BANG!

....bullet hole in glass French door, arrow buried somewhere in the courtyard garden :oops:

[Clare Barnes]

One of your new X10s or are you not quite that stupid? :D

[Sandy Hancock]

One of your new X10s or are you not quite that stupid? :D

Practice arrow. Triple 300 :thumb:

[violator]

There was the time when a certain Queenslander living down here was tuning his bow in the loungeroom and accidently shot an arrow into the wall just missing the top of the television.
The hole still remains, the Queenslander doesn't, (in Victoria).


i know who this queenslader is, he has told me that story many times, and i still pay him out about it..

[rinaldo]

I wanted my partner to check where my arrow came to rest on my launcher. I drew the bow in my bedroom with arrow in the bow and as I came to full draw bang of it went drilling a nice hole in the brick wall. Not fazed I thought no problem nocked another arrow and drew the bow once again with the Zenith BT, came to full draw and bang hit the same spot on the wall. At this point I gave up and decided that maybe the red wine had affected me. My partner was in hysterics and to this day has never let me forget it.

[Progen]

Looks like I'm not alone.

After quite a lot of booze, I went up to my apartment to get a 22lb recurve bow to teach another drunken dude some archery. :oops:

First arrow went crazy because of his release and it smacked against the glass door of a fridge in his store (he was the owner). Second arrow was better. Yeah. It flew straight INTO the door and cracked both layers of the fridge's door. :silly:

There was a happy ending though but at his expense. :D

[Progen]

Practice arrow. Triple 300 :thumb:

As long as it's not an X10 or A/C/E, you're alright, Sandy. ;)

[James Hirth]

i have a few stories
it was the first time i used a Carter Insatiable, i went to 10 meters put a arrow in the bow locked the release aid on the loop and went to pull back but what John forgot to tell is where to put my thumb so i go to pull it back and BANG the shot goes off i punch myself in the face, miss the target, hert like hell but i did it more than once.

when i first got a compound i started shooting with finger and i shot like that for about 2 months so by the time i got a release aid i had to forget about fingers and learn to use the release so i clip the release aid onto the bow and pull it back. but because i was so used to shooting fingers i forgot that i was using and release aid so i put my finger on the triger and instead of pulling with my finger i went to release like with fingers bang never saw the arrow again.

one of the guys at Waverly (Daniel McKernan) was shooting at 50 meters to get his sight settings and me and Vincent where about 10 meters behind him talking about him and trying to piss him off instead of lowering down and telling us to shut up he looks at us with the bow at full draw, finger on the trigger and says don't tease me BANG the shot goes off. I will never let him forget that.

i have a few more stories but that's enough.

[paulrb]

So he had a loaded bow pointing at you?......and fired the arrow ?

He should be chucked out of the sport.



Yeah, he sure should....you just can't joke about like that..

Does KG know???? I think she might now??

[2Dogs]

Hang.... I re-read it.

He was at full draw aiming at the target, and turned his head to look at them.

Had me worried there that he turned and aimed at you :)

[James Hirth]

Yeah, he sure should....you just can't joke about like that..

Does KG know???? I think she might now??
he just turned his head he kept the bow facing the target.

[James Hirth]

and another story
i was at Daniel house once and he has his own target it's just a hay bail and we went out to shoot i toke aim and saw something on the top of the target i didn't think it was anything so i took aim and shot as soon as the arrow hit the target one of his cats jumped off the top of the target and ran for it's life i didn't hit it but i scared the **** out of it and me and Daniel cracked up laughing

[pmoney29]

In the 2006 trans tasman when practicing for the matchplay i came up to full draw. Just before i released my finger sling came slightly loose. I released and my bow jumped out of my hand and hit the ground. Top limb got jerked off. After some fixing it was ok apart from a few little marks. I still shoot the same limbs and riser.

[Short_Shooters]

I know this one isn't as much as some of the other ones but i was shooting in the arvo at the club and trying to get my release better. I shot, looked for my arrow on the target but couldn't find it. I took the scores, pulled the arrows, and went to look for my arrow. It had hit the wrong target ten metres back and scored a 1.

Also, when i first got my compound, i was shooting with fingers and a launcher-rest because the trigger release wasn't working for me (it was some scott chunky big hand-held thing). I loaded up my arrow but my fingers were pinching the arrow so the arrow fell onto the riser. I let go didn't hear the noise, so confused, i nocked another arrow. I let go, saw it hit the target and so i just dismissed the missed arrow. I pulled back another arrow and the same thing happened. I looked for my arrows and found them to the right laying only 5cm away from each other.

Also, when i was using fingers, i pulled back but pinched the nock of the string. i let go and heard a bang, it was only set at 25 pounds but theres that sound and everyone lokking down the line to see what you had just done.

[alexvpaq]

I know this one isn't as much as some of the other ones but i was shooting in the arvo at the club and trying to get my release better. I shot, looked for my arrow on the target but couldn't find it. I took the scores, pulled the arrows, and went to look for my arrow. It had hit the wrong target ten metres back and scored a 1.

Also, when i first got my compound, i was shooting with fingers and a launcher-rest because the trigger release wasn't working for me (it was some scott chunky big hand-held thing). I loaded up my arrow but my fingers were pinching the arrow so the arrow fell onto the riser. I let go didn't hear the noise, so confused, i nocked another arrow. I let go, saw it hit the target and so i just dismissed the missed arrow. I pulled back another arrow and the same thing happened. I looked for my arrows and found them to the right laying only 5cm away from each other.

Also, when i was using fingers, i pulled back but pinched the nock of the string. i let go and heard a bang, it was only set at 25 pounds but theres that sound and everyone lokking down the line to see what you had just done.
I started to like that sound when my shooting improved and I stopped crushing my arrows into wall lol!

And now when it's a compounder I walk by and I tell them
Aherm... Yes NOW WHO'S SHOOTING LIKE C**P!?!? :rofl:

(cause they onced pissed me a lot when I was beginning cause I feel it normal to be bad when you begin lol but they had fun about that but now I take my revenge lol):p