No im not trying to decock my crossbow with an arrow in it still, unless i shoot it at my target. what i do sometimes is take the arrow out, then put my foot in the foot rest and hold onto th string and slowly lower it. actually i cant really do this since i dont want the same thing that happend last time (didnt pull hard enough and pretty much shot my hand with the string) my hunting buddy usually holds the string while i pull the trigger and he slowly lowers it. (with no arrow in it lol, the arrow would go thorugh our feet)