My new bow and the mistake i made
 

Hey guys i just wanted to show u some pics of my new bow...this is my first...it is a 2006 parker hornet...my sights havent come in yet so the guy at the pro shop gave me a target sight to practice with for now...it also has a trophy ridge rest and its set at 60 lbs. and i plan on working my way up to 70


AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN U DON'T KNOW HOW TO SHOOT AND U TRY WITHOUT SOMEONE TELLING U HOW....

SO LET ME KNOW WHAT U GUYS THINK OF THE BOW AND THE BRUISE...LOL

RE: My new bow and the mistake i made
 

man that sucks looks like that hurt.

RE: My new bow and the mistake i made
 

Nice bow!!! Ugly arm!!!!Is your draw correct for you?

RE: My new bow and the mistake i made
 

String slap means you are over extending your bow arm. Usually to long of draw make sure the bow fits you.

RE: My new bow and the mistake i made
 

YEEOOOWWW!!!!!!!! THAT HURTS

check your draw length and how about an arm guard, nice bow though, a parker was the first nice bow i ever owned, some days i wish i had it back

RE: My new bow and the mistake i made
 

The bow fits me right i just never shot before, picked it up and said this looks easy and whacked myself...the draw size is right...im just an idiot

RE: My new bow and the mistake i made
 

The brace on the hornet is on the low side, at least one the dual cam one I was looking at the other day, which could contribute to whacking yourself... I've nailed my arm with a bow to short for me too, still trying to figure out how, God it hurt but you must have really whacked yourself to get a bruise that big, Yikes.

RE: My new bow and the mistake i made
 

Nasty looking. Good judgement comes from experience, unfortunately a lot of experience comes from making bad decisions, lol.I hope you know enoughnot to shoot the bow without an arrow, your post wasn't clear("dry fire" - a bad thing to do to your bow).
-fsh

RE: My new bow and the mistake i made
 

OUCH!!![&:][:o]
I did that once with my old PSE bow years ago when I first started out and haven't done it since!! (mine didn't look as bruised as yours at least....)

RE: My new bow and the mistake i made
 

i have ha dthat happen to m ebut it never looked that bad wow what a bruise and a nice bow btw