I should have heeded the warning about letting your thumb get in the way of the string. Boy that smarts. Live and learn.....Still looking for thumb. The shot was still comfortably in the kill zone ARG...

Planter, you wouldn't have a pic of that for our viewing pleasure would you? LOL

Planter, you wouldn't have a pic of your thumb for our viewing pleasure would you???? LOL I hope your thumb will live and not be smacked again.

You only doit once! It least I hope so, my thumb was numb for a long time after that.!!!

I hope yer thumb makes a full recovery!Sorry that you got to feel the string kiss, its powerful![]If you learned it won't happen twice!

I am sure I will do it again.. I am not that bright. I am however smart enough not to tell anybody about it next time.Now tell me what happens when I take a shot and the limb thumps a tree.. Is it just as exciting?

I spect someone with that experiance will have tell about what goes down. Being that you are shooting an Excalibur chances are it will survive and you too.[8D]

As they say........http://sounds.wavcentral.com/televis/snl/farley_mark.mp3

Planter: re the limb hitting a tree. If you shoot right handed and the left limb hits the tree, the xbow will attempt to launch itself to the right. Should the right limb be the one that hits the tree....... That sore thumb will be the least of your problems!!! Seriously, you do not want that to happen. Did you read the post by 10 pt about the guy that tore the stitches out of his thumb w/ string? And he got the stitches from doing it the first time! He should make the next issue of the DARWIN awards. I was at a 3-D shoot awhile back and had to take one shot squatted down to get clear of some trees and that changed my grip enough to trim my right thumb nail. Close call.

Hope yput thumb recovers,, Thats why I like my TenPoint ProElite ,, with its secondary safty on the forarm. with it having to be depressed before the bow will shoot it keepd my thumb out of the path of the string..