RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

Yow!

So flexing your carbons will show any crack you may have on the arrow shaft?

RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

don't think that only carbons will do this..I had a defective aluminum arrow cut my hand in the same place. When I shot it, it sounded like a gun going off and the arrow went in 3 directions...cut my hand open in the same place as this guys...Granted, there were no carbon shards, but still dangerous.

RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

My wife's brother put his eye out with a wooden arrow thirty years ago when he was a teenager. Changed his life; he had been very athletic but then lost his depth perception. Can't play many sports without that.

He was shooting a bow when the arrow broke and somehow pivoted on the bow and swiped across his eye on the rebound, cutting it wide open.

Of course, at my wife's insistence, my sons and I wear safety glasses when we shoot anything. Up til now it has been only to pacify her - heck, modern arrows aren't going to break like wooden ones, right?

Well, after reading this and the follow up posts that say aluminum can be even worse, the glasses aren't just to pacify the wife anymore. We'll wear them earnestly. Thanks for the post.

RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

It's silly to blame carbon arrows for this. They are but one piece of hunting equipment that needs to be checked for integrity prior to using. Lots of things can hurt if you use them and they are damaged; treestands, bows, releases, rifles etc. Check it all regularly and be safe!!

RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

Great reason to shoot Goldtips!

RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

My brother had one blow up on him while sighting in for Turkey hunting this last spring. He was lucky and just ended up with a sore bow hand and a few splinters. Scary Stuff![:o]

RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

OUCH:(
I was reading alot of posts on the site with the pictures and couldent believe the amount of people saying I will only shoot alluminum arrows for now on or maybe those carbon express are "junk"maybe i'll just shoot gold tip now--come on-the arrow was probably underspined or even worse it was likely damaged during the last shot and the guy didn't notice it.Things like this can happen with any BRAND of carbon.After each shot check your arrow for cracks or splinters,do the bend and twist test before shooting the arrow and hopefully we wont see another picture like this.

RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

He was just foolin'. Arrows are not hand-specific.

RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

Big ouch!

RE: OUCH!! Inspect carbons B4 shooting!
 

Bigger OUCH !