You were likely torquing it bigtime. I have seen this in youth or folks with a draw wt that is a bit too much.
One other possibility is that you had something in the cam, stick, grass, etc...
Letting a bow down is usually not anything like firing it. The more twisting or holding it away from you the more likely this can happen. I would also venture to assume that you have the bow turned down to the low end of the draw wt. or below what it is made for. This causes slack when starting forward in the buss cable and/or string and could also be a cause of this. It is not a good idea to have a bow at too low poundage.
Did you get it back on?..... If so, it should be OK, just be sure all the slack is out that you can get out. I realize you have draw wt issues.
Also be sure not to torque the bow when letting it up. Torqueing is result of gripping too hard with your bowhand.
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The draw weight is at 46, the lowest it will go is 40 so I dont think that is the problem.
The bow has never been dry fired, so that cant be it.
The poundage is fine for me, I can pull it back no prob.
Only thing I can think of is since I wasnt using a release to draw, just my hand, I could have possibly twisted the string or something I dunno. I seen my friend draw it back and he kinda twisted it and the string looked weird...so thats the only logical explanation I can think of.
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Something's wrong for sure, without seeing it, it's hard to say. Almost sounds like something stopped a cam from turning. If you have a bow shop you trust, I'd take it there. If I could inspect it, I could tell you but without personally inspecting it, it's just a guess.
You twisted the string or torqued the bowas you let it down. This is pretty common in young and beginning archers with low poundage bows. My daughter did it seaveral times with her micro midas when she was first learning how to shoot.
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Until you get that thing looked at, I would definately not shoot it. That strings goes flying off at the wrong time, you could be in trouble, not worth the risk bud.
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String fell off!!
Something's wrong for sure, without seeing it, it's hard to say. Almost sounds like something stopped a cam from turning. If you have a bow shop you trust, I'd take it there. If I could inspect it, I could tell you but without personally inspecting it, it's just a guess.
which I think is stupid but oh well.
