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Add another one to the saftey tip book. I was drawing back my bow yesterday and the release let loose. And as the law of physics came into play, my hand came flying back and punched me in the eye.[X(] Needless to say, I have a nice swollen shiner on my left eye.:(
Whenever you make adjustments to your releases. Make sure you test it thoroughly before attempting to draw back your bow. [:-]

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that happened to me when i first got my bow, but the arrow went flying throught he air........hope your eye feels better.......

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He who trusts a mechanical release is a fool. Usually a toothless fool who is blind in one eye. ;)

Never draw directly toward your face with a mechanical release. Draw low and then bring the release up to your anchor, after getting the string back.

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i had the opposite happen the release slipped out of my hand and got shot into my wrist ,now that hurt![X(]

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I did the same thing last year, except my arrow glanced off a tree and stuck in my neighbors pool....oops. Luckily I never shoot when anyone is back there so no-one was hurt, but it sure was embarrassing trying to explain an arrow in the side of the pool.

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LOL Arthur!!! :D

Ben...I' d bet that anyone who' s been at it long enough has had a similar experience. Mine was a bloody lip about 10 years ago... [:o]

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Test your release by tying some loop string through a set of weights (90lbs). Leave a loop on one end so you can clip onto it with your release and lift the weights off the floor. If you like a light trigger, set it so that it will just lift the weights without letting go. Sure beats punching your own lights out. :D

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Hehehehehehehe, hahahahahahahahahaha :D Sorry I had to laugh. It just reminded me of the same exact thing that happened to me in April. Your just as foolish as I was!! Guess we learn the hard way. I was converting from fingers to a new release shooter. I had a brand new release out of the box, and made no adjustments to it. It let go on me, and pow right in the eye. I too had a nice shiner. But I' ll do even better, thinking it was me being new to the release I carefully checked my jaws on the loop, extra careful I didn' t hit the trigger. Drew again & POW right in the eye again!!!!!! I was pissed, sent the release back. A technician called me, and he replaced the jaws and trigger mechanism. I was real skeptical at first. But I' m doing real well. Like others said here. Never draw to your face. I draw to my shoulder, then anchor up to my mouth. The weight thing is an excellent idea if you make tension adjustments.

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Oh, and good luck;)

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now guess what happens when you do that in your garage with an arrow. Yep! you guess it, found the arrow in the back yard. :)

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:DBuck Alley,
In the future, make sure you warn people before telling that story. Don' t you realize how hard it is to get coffee stains off the computer monitor? Reminds me of my Dad, he was sure he had shut off the electric fence so when it bit him, he tried it again.[:o]

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I had this happen but I didn' t hit myself, but the force almost tore my elbow in two on my release arm. Maybe I' m doing something wrong since I didn' t get a shiner. Any suggestions?:(

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i did it with a cheap release 25 years ago hit my face with it hand held release so i tried it again got a bloody lip threw it as far as i could shot fingers for 10 years after that before i got brave and bought another release. i have not had a problem since. smacking yourself in the face has made me always to draw my bow to the side of my precious face i would not dare set one any lighter than it comes. i got some type of fear from this learning experiance.lol

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The archery shop in my area always suggests to its customers to keep your release hand in front of your chest when drawing your bow. Its easy to do and probably a good habit. I' ve done the same thing and hit myself in the face and I' ve seen it happen to others.

Good Luck!

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Note to self!Do not attempt what benhuntin has tried as it could result in injury to eye[&:] Sorry about the eye hehehehehe
AL