Yeah, the video pretty much sum's it up. This was from last season on a day that I had planned to hunt all day with no getting down. Unfortunately, a co-worker left the company and they made me "On-Call" this day. Well I decided to go out anyways and at around 8:30 a Trouble ticket came in this co-worker decided he wasn't going to watch the on call anymore. what do you know I was called out for work. On my way out I stopped by this particular camera to check the memory card and refresh my mock scrape. I placed the bow on the ground behind me and proceeded to replace the SD card. then as I turned around placing the card into my jacket pocket I heard a "SNAP" then followed by a ****, ****, Son of a *****, Mother ******, and the list goes on and on. here is video evidence on a man and the brink or a total melt down, trying to fix the situation, but failing miserably. To make matter worst, I arrived at my Pathfinder and stand in-front of me was 2 bucks chasing a doe. None where shooters, but the point is, there's a man standing 30 yards away from 3 deer with a broken bow. Be use caution while handling your gear. it could make or break your season. this is just an example of carelessness when in a hurry. remember to remain calm no matter what the situation is. I never made it back out after that day, due to many conflicts and being on-call too much. The good news is that my bow is fixed and I'm still that sexy.
Sounds similar to my son last weekend... leaned his bow up against a tree as he was taking natures call, bow slid over and fell to the ground snapping off his sight at the base... Now he knows to lay his bow down flat... lol
I thought you did something similar last season, before realizing it was last season. Thought wow, this guy is rough on his equipment, either that or he had one too many before using speak to text and heading out to check the trail cams.
I stepped on my bow last year after strapping my climber to a tree. Apparently I shouldn't set my bow down 2' directly behind me. I only broke one arrow though so it wasn't the end of the world.
I remembered the arrow flight feeling off, and I didn't truly notice it until this Spring when I went out to KS for a turkey hunt. I could see the arrows kicking out and hitting the target not straight. I moved the rest until I thought it was better, but I didn't realize the mess I was in until the end of summer when i really started to shoot. My arrows were not consistent at all. After the accident I took it the the local bow shop in Maryville, IL. When I pulled back my bow not did I hear the clicking noise, but so did the clerk behind the counter. He discovered a screw missing off my CAM??? or what we call the round gear looking thingies??? Anyone?? anyways, this screw was what set my length, and instead of sizing me again they just put a screw in and sent me on my way. Lucky for me that bow shop closed and I took it to Scheels. they fixed me up and now I'm happy.
I know a guy (cough) that lowered his bow to the ground. As he was removing his stand he dropped it. He learned that a 20 pound stand falling from around 20 feet will do a lot of damage to your limbs and cams. Not saying who that guy was. :p
