Check out this story. http://www.military.com/news/article/woman-struck-by-drill-sergeants-errant-arrow.html?col=1186032325324 Let me know how u feel about it...
He should've known better then to assume it was safe! When I shot by my house I shoot toward an open field at a down hill slope and have a pice of 4x8x3/4" plywood behind my target. And yet I am still always worried about a stray arrow.
I read this and just thought "what an idiot" definatly should have known better. I do think its funny how he hit the lady in the face while she was eating a donut... lol It had to hurt tho.
I was shooting the other night, my release slipped and I launched one... I have my bag in front a giant spruce tree just in case. I heard it hit off the tree, scrape off the rocks but couldn't find it. My dad found it about 125 yards further behind the target. However, we have about a quarter mile all around us of land.
I wanna know how far this arrow went into her face. It was only a practice tip but they still lodge in the practice bags pretty far.
I shot an arrow threw a wall to test its penitration 1/2" drywall on eachside plus paneling on one side of a 2x4 wall. The arrow was only stopped by the vanes. I was about 12 yards away at 60lbs with a field point
I fail to see anything funny about this at all. On one hand you’ve got a man who made a stupid mistake that cost him his equipment, might cost him his career he’s training for, could result in a felony conviction and almost cost someone their life. On the other end of the shot there’s an 80 year old lady who is hit in the face by his arrow and her five year old great grand-daughter was there to witness it. If the area behind where you are shooting isn’t clear then it doesn’t matter how big your backstop is – you shouldn’t be shooting there. Mistakes happen and equipment fails. D-loops can break or releases can fail during the draw sending an arrow over an intended target by feet, not inches. The same thing can happen if you just really botch a shot. I’ve seen it happen and it’s happened to me. I do practice in my back yard, but there is nothing behind my house. This is just sad and I would think that it was traumatic for everyone involved. I’m not sure if he’s learned his lesson yet, but I think it’s safe to say that he will have learned it by the time all is said and done.
That is just stupid. I am lucky enough to have a very good range at my house. If in the rare event that I miss the target there are some very tightly packed 900lb square bales along with a very big dirt hill behind those.
I shot a field point arrow at a 1/2" sheet of plyewood out of an old PSE Silver hawk at 5yd just to see what it would do. That old bow set at around 55lb shot the arrow through the wood and stuck out the other side about 14". I would hate to see what it would have done in my hunting rig.
Was he drawing his bow while pointing towards the sky? You never point your weapon skywards unless you have a good idea of it's range and what's in the distance... I just barely feel sorry for this guy, because he obviously didn't intend for it to happen. But I'd never want to be in a survival situation with the guy because he has no common sense.
It sounds like the good Staff Sgt. negligently launched one into the air. To travel 100 yards or better through a strip of woods is a little too much for me to buy. It could have been the mother of all deflections, but at a 31.5 yard target? By a "tournament" shooter?? Thanks for your service, Staff Sgt., but change that career path and your major asap, sir. It's not gonna happen.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse, let me say that again, Ignorance of the law is no excuse but to charge him with 2 felonies is a little much I believe. He most likely will be discharged from the Army if convicted and will loose everything he used in the commission of the crime, will have trouble finding a job with a felony conviction, legal expense, and most likely will be sued. I'm sure he could have been charged with something else and most likely it will be plea bargained down in court. Very disturbing ordeal.
I agree that he'll have a rough go of it, you're right on that count. This was not a crime with intent which will work in his favor, however, being negligent with a weapon still deserves some repercussions. Maybe if he can prove that he made a momentary lapse in judgement he can get them to drop the felonies down to a lesser offense. I try to think about this in terms of a rifle instead of a bow, because in the eyes of the law they are both the same thing: a weapon that can fire a projectile. If this was an equivalent situation where a man was shooting a rifle at a target 200 yards from his house and it traveled an additional 300 before striking the woman would you feel as angered by it? Don't lose sight of the fact that bows can kill just as easily as a gun, albeit at a smaller range.
I wonder how "thick" the woods were for this arrow to find its way through. Almost seems impossible...guess that is what he thought. That poor lady is very luck to be alive.
