I did something really stupid and it's haunting me how easy it was to prevent. My brother is trapping this year and had a coon, he sent me a text to come over and kill it for him since he forgot his 22 and I was hunting just down the road. I stuck it with my stinger and it died almost instantly, not wanting to get my quiver all bloody I carried the arrow in my hand back to the truck, it was only 50yds away. As we were walking and talking I tripped on a stick. I went down face first and landed directly on the nock of the arrow and pushed the broadhead into the hard ground 6 inches, hard enough it left a bruise on my chest. If the arrow was flipped I know the stinger would have went into my lung just as far.
It was a very scary moment for me, don't let it happen to you.
Good tip. No pun intended.
We all need reminders. Thanks for posting and glad you're OK.
Jason,
Glad you are OK.
You are right about how quick and easy it can happen.
Last week my dad was walking with my Little brother who for some reason insisted walking with an arrow nocked. My dad lost his balance and fell backward implanting a broadhed ito his arm.
Tree stand falls are not the only things that will kill us.
QuoteOriginally posted by Bud B.:
Good tip. No pun intended.
We all need reminders. Thanks for posting and glad you're OK.
x2!!
Very good message. I'm glad you are okay!
Dang Charlie, that could have ended a lot worse.
Just glad you are ok. This a good reminder to everyone to be safe. Thanks for sharing.
WOW - how many times have you (i) made the same decision? good reminder!
It's good that you recognise what you did and that it wasn't a smart thing to do, that being said, it is very good and nice off you too share this, as it might save one of us from doing the same thing, but with worse results, and don't get too down on yourself, as we're all human and make mistakes.
Thanks for sharing !
Glad you're ok bud.....
Lanier
Man that is an eye opener for sure, Thank you!! And thank goodness your ok!
Boy that could have been disastrous and goes to show how quick things can go south. I'm glad you're OK.
An arrow tipped with a broadhed is a dangerous beast.
It's silly how we think I don't want to get my quiver bloody but we don't think of the dangers of carrying an arrow. I've been guilty of that. What I do now is ill either put the blood or dirty BH in my blunt arrow spot and the clean blunt where my BH was. Or I will poke a new hole in the foam for the bloody or dirty arrow.
Glad you are OK
Glad that ended up the way it did. Scary for sure.
Glad to hear it was just a close call that could have been much worse.
Charlie , I hope that your dad is ok and healing.
How quickly things can happen
Glad your ok, we've all got to be careful.
YIKES! If that happened to me I would still be shaking and talking to myself. Glad you are OK.
Guys look at me as if I'm from Mars when I tell them I won't walk around with an arrow out of my quiver. Be careful.
homebru
Glad you were not seriously hurt.
A few years back our very own, " HuntSchool ", on here had a close call too. He had a full box of a dozen brand new broadhead tipped arrows in another room. He went to get them and as he was walking from one room to another accidently let one end of the box get jammed against the edge of the doorway / wall as he was walking and proceeded to drive a Sasquatch tipped broadhead into his groin. Luckily it missed his femoral by about 1/4"..... :scared: All it takes is a moment of not paying attention or losing respect for a edged tool and disaster can happen. Maybe Bruce will see this thread and tell this story firsthand.
Dang, Jason! Someone was looking out for you that time. Glad it ended with just a bruise. Thanks for posting. I think we all need a reminder now and then. It's easy to get complacent especially with equipment we use every day. I like the idea of putting the bloody arrow where the blunt goes, even if you carry the blunt, it would be a lot safer.
I need to get over and swap hunting stories again one of these days...it's been a while. Glad to hear I'll still be able to do so!
There was an article in one of the Traditional publications a few years back (TBM or Trad Arch)addressing nearly the same thing. He actually turned and caught his arrow somehow. I think a limb drove the arrow into his thigh.
I think of how many times I've walked out at night with an arrow in one hand and the bow in the other.
I'll take a moment to think about that next time.
It is easy to keep something like that going in your mind. It is best to thank the Lord. Learn a lesson and let it go. I had a freak thing happen to me over the summer with a kids kite that could have been a disaster. BILL
Glad your ok.Maybe your experience will save someone else from worst results.
Glad you are okay. Scary!
It happens quick use care and also put on those safety harnesses when in your stands.
Glad your ok. I fell on the nock end of a bowfishing arrow. Does not feel good and its a scare too!
Jason, I thank God for protecting you. This is a lesson we all need to take to heart. Gun or bow, when we are hunting we are using equipment that kills , There is no room for mistakes. We cannot and should not ever be distracted . I think like this when I am hunting and when I am using saws in the shop. Pay attention is our lesson and you have set forth a very good reason why.
God bless, Steve
I am guilty of sometimes carrying broad head arrows...no more...thanks for reminding me safety first is paramount
DDave
Glad you're ok. That kinda stuff needs to be talked about more often, imo.........be safe out there people!
Jason, thanks for the humility it takes to make a "confession" like this.
You'll never know, but it might just catch someone's attention...and save a life.
That is scary just to read. Creeps me out. Glad you are ok and hopefully you saved someone. I know it will wake me up.
That is scary Jason. Those arrows can be just deadly. Two years ago in our winter league. Walking down to retrieve arrows,I saw one on the ground. I was carrying one in my hand,and as I bent over to grab the one on the ground,the nock of the one in my hand stuck in a foam backstop. As I was bending over,the damn thing went right up my left nostril tip first. It went up all the way to the arrows bushing. Man I bled,and bled. It happened in an instant. They can be just deadly. rat'
I have been bowhunting since my early teens so about 30 years and nothing like that has ever happened to me, I am usually as safe as they come.
My son started bowhunting this year and just last week I told him lets change spots, he asked if he should put his arrow away or keep it on the bow in case we see something. I of course told him to never walk with an arrow out of the quiver :rolleyes:
One time is all it takes. Good luck out there guys and gals! Be safe.
Glad you are ok.
good reminder to think about everything... twice.
Riverrat2 I have thought about things like that happening on the range. I carry mine in my hands back from the target. I guess I need to get a side quiver. I think about a lot more of these issues since getting older and having a few falls. Good post everybody.
I've coached a youth skeet team and safety was always first.
I recently attended an 8-week (once /week) archery class at a local church. They used all the standard safety rules that go with the Archery in the Schools program. After both relays have shot, the signal is given to retrieve the arrows. The first shooter pulls his arrows while the second scores. The person retrieving his arrows has to check to insure nobody is standing behind him. He pulls the arrows one at a time and places them on the floor. When all arrows are pulled, he picks them up with one hand holding the point end the other hand holding the nock end and carries them back to the shooting line.
Seemed so stilted and "over the top" and these are all target points, but I realized it's the same thing as me insisting the shotgunning kids follow every single safety rule every single second. We all get careless once in a while. If we make a habit of always playing it safe and always following all the safety rules, the time when we do something stupid, the remaining rules we didn't break usually keep us safe.
Thanks for sharing that and reminding us none of us is invincible.
Last week my young son attended a Cub Scout camp. During the archery phase, the instructor taught them to hold retrieved arrows with both hands, arms out front, arrow parallel to the ground. This was his reason for it. I had never thought of that.
Glad you weren't hurt.
Bladepeek beat me :p
He also showed a "turkey" carry??? Hand around the arrows, arm behind back with fletch face up.
Next time drown it, lol.
That's terrible! Thank God it was the nock end.
Thanks much for the reminder, Jason.
It's good info.
Safety First.
Glad you're OK. We need you around to build us some more good bows.
Scary :scared: Glad you are ok and were able to share this warning with all of us.
Scary stuff. I used to walk around with an arrow nocked all the time. One time, the tip snagged a small branch and flew in front of me. I didn't see where it went until I walked right into it, blade facing up. The broadhead sliced right through my pants between my thigh and family jewels. Not only have I never walked with a nocked arrow again, I sewed up those pants and wore them for many years as a reminder of what can go wrong. Let's be careful out there guys. There aren't as many of us as there should be.
Great to hear your ok, but even better to learn from others. Ty for sharing. Lesson learned
The sharp end isn't the only dangerous end, a friend and I were coming off of one of the slopes at Denton hill the other year and a gentleman a few yards ahead of us slipped and stuck himself in the nostril with the nock end of an arrow I'm not sure if he had a hip quiver or was carrying the arrow but it did cause some bleeding and I'm sure it hurt be careful out there guys.
Dang you Jason ; Don't bugger yourself up before you can build me a new bow . LOL Glad your ok ! You must have more road to walk ; my friend . Be calling ya for to long .
Dang you Jason ; Don't bugger yourself up before you can build me a new bow . LOL Glad your ok ! You must have more road to walk ; my friend . Be calling ya for to long .