i was pullin my dads 80 pound pull back compountd bow and i wasnt paying attention and the next thing i know my arm was hurting and there was a red line on my arm. It happened 2 hours ago now its a welt

it happened just after i got my bow

My 1st season hunting I used a recurve and every time I released it would slap me on the fore arm. Hurt a bit but the colors and welp line were kinda cool.

I have done it. But it's been so long ago that I don't remeber it very well.

I used to do it until I wised up and started shooting open handed, I am sure one day I will do it again, but I sure hope not! Butch that is a nasty welt, I never had one even close to that!

I had a string break break once right at the end where it connects to the cam while I was at full draw. The string ended up wrapping around the botom of my bow and snapped my arm like a whip. I got a little target panic after that. [:@]

Could have been worse......it could have been your wife that slapped you!!

LOL, got that right! Don't get the REDHEAD mad!!!!!

I'm twitching just thinking about it!

Luckily it's been quite some time since I've done this. I remember in high school we had archery in gym and a friend had Hoyt with an overdraw. He sai d" go ahead and shoot it" with no other instruction that that. The results were't pretty. No where near as bad as Il bow Man. Damn that must have hurt!

Taz, that picture is not my arm (Thank God!) [&:] Someone else had their bow cam wheel explode on them. I just have a basic red welt that looks like two postage stamps end-to-end. It's fading rapidly, so it doesn't bother me.

I always shoot open handed, but, this particular time, my wife came out the back door and said something about going to the store. I just remember hearing a "Hey, honey", just as a hit my release. [:-] I think I grabbed the bow hard, torqued it, and also turned to look at my wife, all in the matter of 0.32 seconds. S-L-A-P!!! is what I felt down my arm, as I was horribly out of position and startled all at the same time.

Butch A.