I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

I had just sighted my 30 and 40 yrd pins and was shooting "tweeners" at 35 and nailed this my second shot. By the sound of it I thought I had missed the target completely. I walked up to see this!


Check ou the carbon splitting...and the knock pierced! With a field tip!



A perfect line! Oh, and yes, that is a couch cushion on 4 bales of hay as my target! Works on all tips!



Do you think an aluminum would have split?

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

Nice shooting!;)

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

Nice....Confidence is something that can only be earned through practice. It can't be bought.

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

You might be a redneck if...LOL

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

The first time I did this I was as excited as Heck, couldn't believed it and saved the arrows. After the first time you then get pissed off because you're busting arrows. Ive done it 3 times in the last year and everytime it costs me $$$. Congrats on the shot, doing that at 30 + yards is a great accomplishment.

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

I think everybody i know, including myself;)do this and keep their arrows the first time. Then, after that, they start getting a little frustrated [:@]

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

Yep, I saved the arrows! I have had arrows deflect or spear a fletch but never had two very close to being the exact shot. I was amazed at the fact that it pierced the nock and kept its line directly down the shaft. I was also amazed at how the carbon split and held the arrow like it did.

It was a $6 dollar arrow, no biggie, but its valued alot more to me now.

The funny thing is that I was having a problem grouping my 30 and 40 yrd shots, and the second shot of a "tweener" had these results.

If it happens again, Im going to slow down my practicing...Im down to only 9 arrows...and two needed reletching due to similar shots that split a vane.

Im just wondering what an aluminum would do. Anyone do this with an aluminum?

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

Might be...LOL. But total cost of my "block"= $0. And yes the cushion is completely portable...at least to my other ranges with hay bales. I even had a full lip of Grizzly...so maybe I was in my redneck phase!

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

Yes i have done it with aluminum's. It kinda splintered the shaft in the shape of a lighting bolt down the side.

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Yup, aluminum splits, too. And as Siman said, it is always a funny zig-zap pattern down one side. Very hard to separate them, usually. I haven't doneit since I switched to Uni-bushing aluminums (XX78) many years ago. The Uni-bushing maymake the alignment for a robinhood that much more critical, as well as strengthening the rear of the shaft.

Nice shooting! Now don't do it again!;)

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

congrats , now you can go out and buy some more arrows. try shooting at different spots in the future

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

Nice Shootin

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

I have done 3 with aluminum but this my first with carbon also!!! Great shooting HOYT!!

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

Must be catching:D I got my first 3 days ago. At 20yds, however, not 35. congrats and great shooting.

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

nice shootin

RE: I popped my cherry on a 35 yarder....
 

Nice shooting! Like others have stated, when you do it with aluminum arrows they have a zigzag split.