I was at the pro-shop a few weeks ago and the tech was helping a novice shooter get a second hand bow set up. He asked the novice to pull the bow back to see how the new draw length felt. Before you could blink, the novice hooked on his release, drew the bow and started to put his finger on the trigger. Luckily the tech was on the ball and saw this and told him DON'T TOUCH THAT TRIGGER! When the dry fire danger was explained to him and he was also told not to draw an empty bow with a release, the new guy said thanks because he probably would have gone home and dry fired the bow a couple of times for practice. No one had ever told him about the danger of dry firing the bow.

We can't assume that new archers know this rule, so pass it on. When and who told you not to dry fire? Mine was my brother two years ago when I first began shooting.

The Mouse