Watch those bow limbs

[fairchaser]

My third hunt of the season and finally had a doe come in. I knew I was gonna be close to the tree with the Xbow limb. It's an Excalibur so it's pretty wide, not one of those narrow bows with pulleys. But it was clear so I focused on the vitals but the angle was wrong. She took a few more steps and turned broadside. Unfortunately the few more steps brought the limb closer to the tree. You know what happened. For the first time ever, my Xbow kicked like a 12 gauge.

I had no idea where the bolt went but amazingly it was pretty close to where the deer was standing. I'm just glad I missed her clean!

I've done the same thing with my compound bow on the rail. But it been awhile.

 

[Creek]

I am glad you are not hurt.
The energy stored in these bows is no doubt dangerous at times.

 

[Ski]

My buddy got down on one knee to shoot a deer and rested the cam on the ground to help hold steady. You can imagine how that went lol

Stuff happens. Can't do anything but cuss then laugh. Stay safe out there.

 

[recurve60#]

Check that bow over very good! Run your fingers over the limbs feeling for slight slivers. Itd be a good idea to unstring it and check the limb tips in the string grooves also. That's a ton of energy to get directed where its not suppose to go. Be safe.

 

[Andy S.]

Glad you are safe bud. As mentioned, inspect your Xbow thoroughly and then inspect it again with a good light.

 

[fairchaser]

Glad you are safe bud. As mentioned, inspect your Xbow thoroughly and then inspect it again with a good light.

I looked it over good and shot it to make sure it was still on and it looks to be ok. I guess they make them pretty tough.

 

[Heath423]

Glad there were no injury and sounds like no bow/limb damage.

 

[Laserman1]

Yea check your bow. A few years ago I was in a tree and thought I could hear a cricket crawling up the tree bark. Could not locate the sound and then looked at my crossbow limbs and it was the lamination on the limbs slowly cracking and pulling away from each other. The bow was still cocked.

 

[Billboy]

I bought an extra set of limbs directly from Excalibur specifically for this reason. ~$150 If I remember correctly. You know, just in case...

 

[backyardtndeer]

Glad it didn't hurt you or the bow. Have heard some stories about bad things happening when limbs hit stationary objects.

 

[Bell3wv]

My third hunt of the season and finally had a doe come in. I knew I was gonna be close to the tree with the Xbow limb. It's an Excalibur so it's pretty wide, not one of those narrow bows with pulleys. But it was clear so I focused on the vitals but the angle was wrong. She took a few more steps and turned broadside. Unfortunately the few more steps brought the limb closer to the tree. You know what happened. For the first time ever, my Xbow kicked like a 12 gauge.

I had no idea where the bolt went but amazingly it was pretty close to where the deer was standing. I'm just glad I missed her clean!

I've done the same thing with my compound bow on the rail. But it been awhile.

I've been there. When I was 16 my dad bought me an Oneida Screaming Eagle with those wonky folding limbs. It was fasssst! I'll be it was lobbing East XX75s at 200 fps The bottom limb hit the climber of my treestand. There was an explosion, when I opened my eyes, my bow was gone. It took me a few seconds to see a tangled mess of strings, cables, and limbs about 8 feet above me in an adjacent tree. I had to come back with a chainsaw to retrieve it and sent it back to Oneida in a little box. Their service rep called when they received it and was laughing when he opened it. He told me they see it all the time either from hitting a treestand or racks on atvs.

 

[Atchman2]

Glad you are safe! I use ground blinds a lot, and I think all of them have a hole where the arrow went through the sides. Most of the time it wasn't me, but the guy I was with. I warn them, but they get excited and SPRANG!