I think I done the dumbest thing ever while shooting a bow today...
 

My cousin had got new Cobra sites last night and we were trying to get it dialed in. He got 10 yards sited in, and I said, "let me give it a try" I just wanted to see how his bow shot. So, I put his release on, and get all set up. I draw back, get into my form, release, and thats when it happens. The bow jumps out of my hand, lands on the bottom cam, bounces about a foot high and lands on its right side on the quiver. When I shoot I dont close my hand after the shot, and his bow didnt have a wrist strap, and I never gave that little detail a thought. The bow just went right past my fingers and right to the ground. Luckily nothing was hurt, just a little dirt in the cam is all. I thought I bent the cam, and broke his brand new sights and quiver. I was this [] close to crapping my pants right there. [:o]

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My buddy was in my basement and wanted to shoot my new bow one morning. I told
him to try it but hold on to it because I had no strap on it. On the shot I heard my bow
bouncing off the concrete. It made me sick. A new bow, only days old and now the
bottom cam was all nicked up and there was a chunk out of the top limb. Needless to say
he ending buying the bow off me. Then, a few years later he pulled back a Mathews
Conquest I bought with his fingers and when letting up he dry fired the bow and
it also flew from his hand onto his concrete floor! He forgot to put his hand into the
wrist strap! He bought that one also. No lie, true story. He does not draw my bows anymore!

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Forgot to add, yes it can happen to anyone, just make sure when it does you
are out in the grass and not on a concrete floor!;)

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glad noone was hurt. When i first started to shoot my bow, i always worried it going to slip out of my hand and whack me in the face when i had it drawn. I'm too ugly for it to really matter anyway :D

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i've done it. i was installing a set of strings/cables on a parker 35 and went to shoot it a few times. no wrist strap. i was completely unprepared for the jump a parker takes on release. had to buy the fellow a new arrow rest. somehow the mounting bracked broke in half.

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I did the same thing a bunch of years ago. I had an old Browning that I gave to my brother. We were shooting off a deck that is about ten feet off the ground.I was shooting my new bow and my brother the old Browning. For posterities sake, I wanted to shoot the old Browning. Put an arrow on, drew back and let her fly. The bow jumped right outof my hand and landed on the ground ten feet down. My brother looked at me like I was useless. Heck, I taught him to shoot for crumps sakes. Yes, I felt like an idiot! Nothing happened to that anchor of a Browning though.

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To make light of a crappy situation , at least you have good consistant follow through on your shot execution.
I see alot of people start with an open grip when shooting , but end up with a closed grip by the time the arrow is leaving the bow.

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Happened to me also....as I was sighting in the 40 and 50 meter pins. I was shooting 3 arrow groups all session.....until that one last arrow of the day. I thought, last arrow, I won't need to use my bow strap.....yep, the bow blew forward and bounced....of all the bad luck.....on a single line of bricks on the ground. Dented the bottom cam...no other damage, thank God.

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My neighbor dropped mine first TWO time he shot it.

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I know the feeling well. I was in a 3-d shoot in fla and it wasa hot and sweaty day, It was my turn to shoot as my group was waiting each others turn, as I approached full draw my BlackWidow that has a magnesium riser,slip from my hand and came back and hit me back into my face, I fell down to my knees and saw stars, but I tried to act like it didn't hurt but the embarresment about killed me.[:o]My friends down there still remind me about it to this day. I just tell them, I don't remember. ;)Bobby

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I don't let anyone shoot my bow for that reason. Also, I feel naked without a wrist strap.

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:eek:your bowas fly out of your hand?

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glad you posted...i would have never even thought of that happening.
i've always shot bows with the wrist strap.

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No, kinda slipped, but it really wasn't my fault cause it was hot and sweaty and slippery too, I really just don't remember. [&:]
Bobby

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Thats the way I saw it. I used to shoot with a strap, and close my hand after the shot. But then I got a strap, and now I feel naked without it. [:-]

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I am glad that I am left handed, not many people have ever asked to draw back, or shootmy bows. Also I guess if I was right handed and they did want to shoot mynew bowI wouldn't let them anyway. If someone wanted to try bowhunting or shooting I have a few older bows they would be more than welcome to try out but I wouldn't let them try out my new one. Not trying to sound selfish but I have heard too many horror stories like these posted here.

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I have seen similar things happen down at the shop. We all forget about that from time to time and some bows exhibit more forward jump than others. It is one good reason to always practice on a carpeted floor. ;)

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I've never dropped my bow, but I did have the upper limb break while I was at full draw. Gave me a third eye for a couple of days. At leastI did not have to make a trip to the Doc.That happened 22 years ago with a brand new PSE Laser. [:'(]

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I'm glad to hear your cousin didn't beat you to death after this happened. I'm also glad to hear everything checks out. Did you have a shop give it a once over to make sure nothing was bent/cracked?

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I did it with a mathews a few years ago at a local shop. I shot either a SQ2 or a MQ32 and it was completely dead in my hand. No forward movement at all. Then I asked to shoot one of the faster bows, an Ultra 2 I think. I asked if it was just as shock free as the other one and he said sure. Well it shot right of my hand and he grabbed it after the first bounce. I just looked at him and said " That was nothing like the other bow!, sorry." He just said I had nice follow thru and that if I get that bow I should get a wrist sling, and winked at me. I thought I was going to have to pay for it or something.

I now hold on to any bow I shoot that isn't mine. It is actually a good way to see how much vibration they have after the shot. I close my eyes sometimes as well. ( the shop I go to has the target like 2 feet infront of you, missing is not really an option;))

Paul

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When I first started bowhunting I dropped my old PSE Nova25 feet from my treestand in my backyard while practicing. It didnt chage a thing. After that I got a sling.

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I done that last time out with my triger. it was mis fireing and i droped my bow when ishot i was trying to shot with my finger out i think i was hiting better with them out but need a new triger befoe i try that agien