View Full Version : Archery Serendipity: unexpected happening with suprising outcomes
paulrb
01-02-2007, 03:39 PM
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Pat Mole
01-02-2007, 11:07 PM
the last comp i went to, which, admittedly i cant remember when it was(NV? it was that indoor shoot at that... school or somthing in tville).
on the second day, me n the other dude were pretty hung over. the first end i shot that day was the best end i did for the whole weekend.
frommy
01-02-2007, 11:13 PM
I was practicing today at 30 metres shooting at a bug-eyes face.
I had been getting way to many 4s and not enough in the five.
It might have been that I had my two pre-school boys with me, playing just behind the shooting line, occasionally... no continuously annoying me.
I was at full-draw, and my 2 year old came up to met. At the moment I hit the trigger, he head-butted me in the groin...(his way of cuddling daddy) very painful though...
Needless to say my shot went slightly off.... straight into the X...... not the only one, but one of the best of the day.
So who else has unusual things happen that result in better shots/scores etc?
As archery is all about repeatability, how much punishment can your groin take? :confused: :p
Progen
02-02-2007, 01:38 AM
I've had a few shots where the X shots were those where the string ended up behind the armguard. :mad: :mad: :mad:
18 metres though.
Bottom Dweller
02-02-2007, 06:11 AM
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but I'm more concerned about what could have happened if your bow misfired or your 2 year old jumped up and grabbed your bow at full draw.....I'm sure you didn't mean too place your 2 year old in harms way...but I think it was very irresponsible to have a 2 year old anywhere near you when using a bow.
You may have inadvertently perfected a surprise release technique...
come to full draw...
apply tension...
Have a 2 year old wack you in the nuts...:eek:
follow through.
I am a little reluctant to give it a try.
Bottom Dweller
02-02-2007, 09:40 AM
You said you were head butted in the groin. Which means they were in front of you while shooting unless they have a 3m long neck. If they can head butt your groin they can easily grab the bottom of the bow.
As for fellow shooters getting hit.... well I've been hit by bits of a bow that had its string break at full draw. It happens. That's why we have equipment/safety lines.
Marcus
02-02-2007, 09:44 AM
It's doesn't matter really, if something goes wrong the kids only 2, not like it's old enough for anyone to get too attached anyway. Plus he has 2 spares, and can always make another one.
Kerrie W
02-02-2007, 09:47 AM
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I was at full-draw, and my 2 year old came up to met. At the moment I hit the trigger, he head-butted me in the groin...(his way of cuddling daddy) very painful though...
Needless to say my shot went slightly off.... straight into the X...... not the only one, but one of the best of the day.
So what your saying is when your brain was woken up, you shot one of your best shots of the day....:rofl:
dbjac
02-02-2007, 09:49 AM
It's doesn't matter really, if something goes wrong the kids only 2, not like it's old enough for anyone to get too attached anyway. Plus he has 2 spares, and can always make another one.
:rofl: :lol:
shannonhearse
02-02-2007, 10:37 AM
I knew someone was going to say it. All I can say is grabbing bow was not possible and for him to get hurt the arrow would have to land behind the shooting line. It is like being in a comp and hitting fellow shooters on the line.... it just doesn't happen.
I take my 2 year old shooting with me once or twice a month.
Its about the only chance i get to shoot now days. I too have had a few things like him deciding to push me (hard) while at full draw. Im sure that Paul can agree with me that it can be very hard to take a good shot at 90m while some one goes through you quiver removing arrows, putting them back in, unzipping your quiver pockets, etc, etc....
The only thing i really worry about is him putting his fingers in the bottom cam.
Otherwise, Im yet to have an incident result in a safety issue. (the occasional miss does happen, but ive seen worse from un-distracted archers).
And if anything was to happen, I could always just make another one :)
You said you were head butted in the groin. Which means they were in front of you while shooting unless they have a 3m long neck. If they can head butt your groin they can easily grab the bottom of the bow.
As for fellow shooters getting hit.... well I've been hit by bits of a bow that had its string break at full draw. It happens. That's why we have equipment/safety lines.
Sesh... something amusing happened and the fun police step in.
Theyre his kids and his responsibility.
:focus:
Some time ago I was shooting @50M when I bumped the trigger just as I hit the wall.
Imagine my surprise when I found it in the x of my 70M target that was positioned about 5 meters to the right.:rolleyes:
Jay.G
02-02-2007, 01:49 PM
I was shooting the 3D at the nationals and came up to a weird sort of sloping hill, where I had to shoot a cougar or something, I pulled up and then I had a forward release resulting the arrow just land on the top of the torso of the cougar... Man was I glad for the first time I didn't have a solid shot, if I had shot a good shot I'd smashed my arrow against a rock above the 3D animal.
paulrb
02-02-2007, 01:50 PM
As archery is all about repeatability, how much punishment can your groin take? :confused: :p
A lot.... I have three kids..
paulrb
02-02-2007, 01:54 PM
So what your saying is when your brain was woken up, you shot one of your best shots of the day....:rofl:
Not quite. I am a man, so 'it' was already awake, I was concious after all. By the way, what is your phone number, are you single and do you like compounders?::rolleyes: Oh sorry, just an instinctive response when a female is communicating with me...
Marcus
02-02-2007, 02:16 PM
Actually I'm wondering if anyone will find the bodies while I am still renting the shop.
shannonhearse
02-02-2007, 03:28 PM
they know the rules.... don't walk in front of the shooting line and don't ask use the arrows as swords.
I keep some old alloy arrows in the quiver.
He knows they fat alloy arrows are for playing with, the others are not.
and ofcourse, No putting the arrows in the cam while at full draw.
There was also the "Dont feed the bow hommus" rule that i had to add one day as well.
There was also the "Dont feed the bow hommus" rule that i had to add one day as well.
:rofl:
Actually I'm wondering if anyone will find the bodies while I am still renting the shop.
It's doesn't matter really, if something goes wrong the kids only 2, not like it's old enough for anyone to get too attached anyway. Plus he has 2 spares, and can always make another one.
:rofl: :lol:
Are two year olds really stupid enough to kill themselves/there parents?
ninevalleys
02-02-2007, 07:01 PM
the last comp i went to, which, admittedly i cant remember when it was(NV? it was that indoor shoot at that... school or somthing in tville).
on the second day, me n the other dude were pretty hung over. the first end i shot that day was the best end i did for the whole weekend.
lol, you mean Chris Hurdle? i cant remember who was on the target... wasnt a bad shoot though... still didnt make you shoot as well as Guy though:p
NV
Jason.P
02-02-2007, 07:47 PM
Was shooting at a soft stamit butt at 70m with a bag of wet suit material behind to stop full penetration, hit the string holding the bag dropped out below the target (Bingo).
New Tricks
02-02-2007, 07:55 PM
As for fellow shooters getting hit.... well I've been hit by bits of a bow that had its string break at full draw. It happens. That's why we have equipment/safety lines.
I have been shot twice. Both from the most bizzare rebounds. One off a garage door and one off a target stand. Both arrows were shot by someone else.
Progen
02-02-2007, 08:16 PM
Are two year olds really stupid enough to kill themselves/there parents?
They usually do that after a few years of gangsta rap. That means at the ages of 10 and beyond. :D
reversehaven
03-02-2007, 01:11 AM
It's doesn't matter really, if something goes wrong the kids only 2, not like it's old enough for anyone to get too attached anyway. Plus he has 2 spares, and can always make another one.
haha.. don't let russel peters visit this forum. you might get hurt real bad for copying his joke!
Progen
03-02-2007, 05:53 AM
Mr M doesn't care. He'll just ban Peters' arse. :rofl:
violator
03-02-2007, 06:04 AM
It's doesn't matter really, if something goes wrong the kids only 2, not like it's old enough for anyone to get too attached anyway. Plus he has 2 spares, and can always make another one.
could not have said it better myself rolf
reversehaven
04-02-2007, 02:23 AM
hmm. stilll i can't believe your toddler kids are... smart enough to understand they aren't suppose to do some things! (like apart from hammering your dad's nuts with your head) things like crossing the firing line, grabbing the bottom cam, use the 'swords' dangerously by sticking them up the bottom cam....
i mean we had a few kids (owned by this ex national archer) at our range just a few months ago(ten years old i think).. apparently she's spoiled them rotten....
i was thoroughly annoyed at them. they crossed the firing line like nobody's business to grab an arrow they shot at the 10m board. we had to shout for a ceasefire immediately at least twice.
then one of the kids hit the yellow patch that was pasted on the board, and she howled the whole place down till her mum photographed it..... and geez the rest of us had to wait for that painful three minutes while her mother realised what she really wanted and took the camera out of the bag to photograph that damned arrow. O_O
damn. i swear the three of them ten year olds combined have less brains than your kid, paul!
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