My bow. Twice. I remember the first onelike it was yesterday. I just didn't drop it, I shot it, and dropped. 10 years ago I was aiming at a doe almost straight undermy tree, she was quartering away. I usually shoot with a wrist sling, but she came in so fast with a spike chasing her, I didn't have time to wiggle my hand into the sling. So I squeezed the trigger, bow goes off, I 10 ring the deer, and next thing I know, the bow is floating out in the air about a foot out of reach for what seemed like a half hour, then it plummeted to the ground 18 feet......... Now here's the kicker: when the arrow hit the doe, she spun away from me and ran about 10 yards, made a sharp 180 degree turn and headed right to my tree, when she got to the tree, the bow landed right in front of her and she ran over it, dropping blood on the riser. I took a pic of the riser. If I can get someone to scan it for me, I'll post it.

Now this year, I was pulling my Xtec up to a hang on stand 30 feet off the ground. While I was hoisting it up, I thought to myslef: "man this bow got light all of a sudden" I peer over my boots, and see the bow free fall 20 feet to the ground. The plastic clip broke on my wal-mart bow hoist rope! I've used parachute chord with metal dog leash clips since I took up this sport, and one friggin' day I skimp, I get hammered. Thank God the bow was OK, it helped takemy buck the next day.