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Post by Sasquatch on Jan 11, 2007 15:36:49 GMT -5
Here is a pic of my poor bow. I fell on it going down a hill on the last day of the season. My elbow came right down on the string and popped it off the cam. There appears to be no permanent damage. I'll string it back up and if I'm shooting perfect tears I'll assume it's ok. Go ahead, you can laugh if you want to. ;D  |
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Post by dec on Jan 11, 2007 15:42:59 GMT -5
No laughing at you here. A couple years ago, I was at full draw on a big old doe and when I released the arrow, my bottom cam smacked the upper arm on my climbing stand. Fortunately the arrow cleanly missed the deer, but my Diamond bow ended up looking very similar to your Switchy.
Now you want to laugh? The year before that, I got back to the truck and laid my bow down on the ground while I took off all my gear. I jumped in my truck and you guessed it .... I ran over my bow! Talk about feeling like crap. Fortunately the damage was minimal (I got lucky) and my pro shop built it back up for me.
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Post by bschwein on Jan 11, 2007 15:49:20 GMT -5
Its a Mathews ;D. Just kidding
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Post by hornharvester on Jan 11, 2007 16:37:06 GMT -5
I did the same thing DEC did, full draw on a doe almost directly beneath me and bang! The cam hit the arm on my climber. Luckily i had used Styrofoam pipe wrap to help make it quiet and the cam only had a small ding and didn't bend it.
Last summer while target shooting in the backyard I broke a cable about half draw. My bow kind of crumbled in my hand. Nothing hurt so a new cable and i was back in business. h.h.
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Post by hunter7x on Jan 11, 2007 17:06:48 GMT -5
Ouch that must have been some fall !
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Post by hotshot on Jan 12, 2007 8:43:10 GMT -5
Had the same thing happen - cam popped off the string. Mine happened when I stood up to stretch on a cold day. I typically stretch and pull my bow back once an hour. As I let down on the string, I some how torqued it just right and popped the string off the cam. Hunt over I walked home. Took it to a bow shop- and they put it n the bow press, realigned the string- problem solved.
I suggest making sure a good bow press is used to do the job. - can get dangerous.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 19, 2007 17:04:56 GMT -5
I bought a new bow this past summer. I got out my old bow to get the rest to put on the new one and the string had snapped at the nock. The last time that I shot it, was at a deer the previous season on opening day. I guess I am lucky that I didn't get another shot.
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