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Old 07-06-2015 | 07:25 PM
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First off, did you take it to a QUALITY archery shop to get it checked over? Dry firing a compound can have some pretty drastic results. You have to be sure they checked the limb tips as well as the pockets for any sign of damage. You also need to thoroughly check your riser for any sign of stress cracks. Check out your cable anchor points too. If all that checks out and you had the string and cables replaced, you should be fine. Used to, a dry fire would have taken a good many years out of the limbs of a compound but with today's materials not so much. Today they are either good or broke and not so much in between. That Riot should last you many years.

As far as you hunting this year, I wouldn't recommend it yet. Archery hunting requires a LOT of practice to be efficient in delivering a clean quick kill. Practice a lot the rest of this year and next year and you will be ready. Practice from many different positions as well as unknown yardages. That will help teach you how to judge yardage in the field.
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