A humbling hunting /fishing experience.

[Chuck7]

Friends,
on a lighter note I thought maybe we could share a humbling incident.

Last archery season while getting ready,I decided to climb on my roof to get the feel of shooting from a tree. I live in the city so I am very limited to shooting anywhere. My neighbor has a 6' privacy fence made of cypress.I put my home made 30" square target of compressed card board against the fence. The cardboard is about 12"thick.I had a deer picture on the front. I brought 3 arrows up on the roof with me just a little before dawn to make it realistic.

First shot. Right smack in the heart. I was very proud.Second shot ...still in the vitals.I'm thinking I'm diffently ready. My third arrow I think was bent. I puled back, lined the peep sight up and let her go. Let her go she did....The 60lb thrust put that baby straight the neighbor's fence, through a piece of his aluminum porch frame and smashing through his bathroom window.

The verse came immediately ..."go to thy neighbor and deliver thyself." I met him at his door with a 50.00 bill.He was still in his briefs.He looked a little funny but being another bow hunter he understood.I don't target practice off my roof anymore. I go to baseball fields when they are empty.



Chuck

[Leafrivermac]

Lol Chuck, good thing he wasn't in the bathroom! I don't have any neighbors living out where I do so I don't have to worry about stray bullets or arrows. Last yr I decided I would go out in my back yard and practice shooting with a pistol in each hand. I set up my target and emptied two clips rapid fire. Like you, I did so well the first time I wanted to do it again. I let go with two more clips. When I was thru I heard a loud hissing noice. When I finally located the source I found a 9mm hole in my well water pump tank. [&:] Of course this confirmed the suspicions of my family that I am a threat to society in general and am in need of a firearm safety refresher course.

[Chuck7]

Oh my! Was it expensive to fix?
Chuck

[johndeer44]

LOL sorry guys but these are pretty humorous stories. I'm glad noone was hurt though.

[johndeer44]

I got one but it wasn't funny to me. I felt bad for a few days then I felt better. Was up in the tree in my stand, and was grunting and rattling and boom i look back see this small 4 point buck come bustin out of the wooods about100 yards away. I was determined to shoot a mature buck but then I thought to myself, this would be my first bow harvest and i don't care if he is a trophy or not cause he is a trophy to me. So i grunted and he come in on a string. He got to about 10 yards, i drew back aimed, released my trigger on my release and "crack" smacked him dead on his foot. He hobbled away and I felt so bad but he made me feel better because I saw him 2 days later and he was fine. What happend was I didnt aim high enough and was too low and got him in the foot. Ever since then I've done nothing but practice that shot.

[Leafrivermac]

Was it expensive to fix?

Just the cost of a new tank . .couple of hundred. Living it down was the hard part.[8D]

[Chuck7]

So you should aim higher when shooting from the tree? I wish I had a tree to practice from. I don't haveany more roofs.LOL
Chuck

[johndeer44]

If the deer is in real close you want to aim a lil lower cause the point of impact will hit higher so if you hold your pin right on say he's 5 yards from tree your probally shooting right over his back, thats why you aim a lil lower. And the farther out they are the higher you may have to hold your pin over their back to make up for the drop.

[johndeer44]

lol Brother Chuck I'm still laughing at the site of a guy answering the door in his boxers.

[Chuck7]

tell ya the trruth he wasn't laughing and I was wondering if 50 was enough. I thought there might even be a fight.I was believeing God there wouldn't be. Once it was all over I felt like a dip-stick for being such a lousy shot.
Chuck