Don't Do This....DUHHH
05-05-2006 | 08:17 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Don't Do This....DUHHH
Hey guys, been a while but I'm back with a little no no that you want to avoid. I have a Morrel Yellowjacket "Broadhead" target. The target is shot up pretty good both with broadheads and fieldpoints. I was shooting yesterday evening, with both broadheads and field tips. The only problem with the field tips is the target seals up around them causing a royal pain to pull the arrows, even with a good puller. So, anyway I started shooting the field tips into the more shot out regions of the target for ease of removal. I put 3 arrows in a very small group in the center of the target but they buried past the fletching. So what do I do? Yeah, you guessed it, I placed the gripper on the backside(exit) of the target to try and push the arrows back out the front. DUMB, DUMB, DUMB. I saw it coming but not quick enough. Wound up the gripper slid down the arrow and an adjacent arrow tip buried about 1" in the good ole meaty portion between the index and thumb of my right hand. Please, do not try this at home. Hindsight is 20 20, so I removed the tips after much bleeding and squealing and swearing, then pushed the arrows out. Still, even this way is dangerous, so be careful. We have all seen the results of a splintered carbon arrow penetrating a hand. Not a pretty sight either. The best answer is "DON"T USE A BROADHEAD TARGET FOR FIELD TIPS!"[X(]LT
05-05-2006 | 08:33 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: Don't Do This....DUHHH
Could you have not just pulled them all the way through instead of pushing them back the way they entered? Would it have ripped the flecting off ?
05-05-2006 | 08:39 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Don't Do This....DUHHH
Yeah, rickmur, unfortunately it would have pulled the fletching off. Just seals up too tight in the foam. Hindsight though says, "so what", I could have refletched the arrows in ten minutes instead of having a sore shooting hand for a week. LT
05-06-2006 | 01:39 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Don't Do This....DUHHH
Thats why I have 2 Morrell's targets, a Yellowjacket BH and an Eternity bag. I tried shooting field tips into the BH target once or twice. That was enough for me.
