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My new bow, ruined :(

Started by SveinD, May 04, 2010, 12:43:00 PM

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SveinD

The weather was warm, the wind mild, and carried with it a hint of seabreeze.
Green grass and flowers swayed gently as me and a friend packed up for a full day of roving, fishing and eating!
We strapped on our backpacks and started walking. Through small streams, over grassy fields with the occasional stump to shoot at.
After some walking we stopped by a pond/small lake to cast some lures, when I suddenly found out I had left my new Whip in the car.
I got his carkeys and started running back. After what seemed an endless run I got to the car,
opened it and grabbed the sock with the bow in it.
As I grasped I could not believe what my hand felt. The clinch made two pieces of wood slip slowly from one another.
I opened the sock, and the bow had delaminated due to the heat!
I was so shocked, but relieved to find that 5 seconds later I woke up, in my bed at home!
Never been so happy to have a nightmare, so I'll be watching the heat this summer, if it ever comes!
Centaur 58" Glass XTL 40@28

~Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand~ Kurt Vonnegut

bolong

That's a nightmare for sure. A dream you hope never comes true.
bolong

Teacher_of_the_Arcane

Yes, the evil one loves to play head games... sometimes while we sleep and sometimes while we're awake.
Lobo Lohr -- Old School Hunter

Zradix

You got me!!! Hahahahehehehe   :biglaugh:
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BowHuntingFool

Damn, you got me hook, line and sinker! Lol!
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Ssamac

Bummer. Fooled me. I was already feeling sorry for ya.

Good yarn.

sam

Wannabe1

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Lechwe

I'd contact the bowyer. That shouldn't happen even in a dream  :biglaugh:

Curveman

Those are my favorite dreams actually. So vivid you don't realize they're not real-then you wake up and are SO relieved you carry a smile for the day! Pleasurable dreams are horrible when you wake up! Don't even ask me about my dream where I had just married Michele Pfieffer and we'd just started our honeymoon-when I woke up I had to skip shaving for fear I might do something drastic! I'm still not in a good mood after that one!  :biglaugh:
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Chester Thompson

I was going to say it has not really even been that hot in Houston,Texas until this last week, so I was going to say that would be weird for Norway.
Ask me about CTO.

COLongbow

dude, that was harsh. I, too, was panicing for you.

BUT, it is a good reminder for us to avoid such a situation. Only problem is, if I bring my bow   in to my office in case the car gets hot, they'll know why I'm leaving early!  :)
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Ragnarok Forge

Good one.  Got me hooked.  I was wondering about that much heat in Norway.  Isn't it still winter up there?
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Earthdog

Man,,you got me good there,,,bet your a top camp fire companion :)
Winning or losing is not the important thing,,the important thing is how well you played the game.

Over&Under

QuoteOriginally posted by BowHuntingFool:
Damn, you got me hook, line and sinker! Lol!
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fido dog

QuoteOriginally posted by Curveman:
Those are my favorite dreams actually. So vivid you don't realize they're not real-then you wake up and are SO relieved you carry a smile for the day! Pleasurable dreams are horrible when you wake up! Don't even ask me about my dream where I had just married Michele Pfieffer and we'd just started our honeymoon-when I woke up I had to skip shaving for fear I might do something drastic! I'm still not in a good mood after that one!   :biglaugh:  
Whew!! Glad it was a dream!

I just woke up a little while ago. I was dreaming I was bowfishing and got a big fat trout. I can still smell the river.    :D
A politician who acts foolishly may NOT be acting!

Bjorn

:laughing:    :laughing:  For about a week I have been wanting to use this emoticon! You got me too.

Eugene Slagle

Good GOD man don't do that you nearly gave me a heart attack, which is what I would have if I had left my bow in the hot truck to come back & find it like that.
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Bill Turner

At the Chester, TX "Stickbow Round-Up" a couple of years ago, a fellow archer left his strung recurve leaning against a tree in direct sunlight, while he went inside for the noon day drawings, etc. When he returned to retrieve his bow it had delaminated. That was one sick archer.
Rest assured you do not have to leave a bow strung in a hot car for the heat to take its toll. I've never seen that happen before or since, but it got my attention. I expect the bow had a problem that was magnified by the heat, but whatever, it still happened.  :banghead:

vtmtnman

I SOOO want to bring up a certain thread here..but all I'll say is ya got me too.
>>>>--TGMM family of the bow--->

SveinD

Sorry for scaring ya'll half to death, but I was so relieved to wake up!
Felt I had to tell it this way to let you guys in on my pain that night!
Though I'm guessing I'm not the only one with such an experience.. It just felt sooo real!
I remember the heat from the sock, the feel of the texture as I graspe, the feel of, heck, everything!

@ Lechwe : I doubt Toelke has guarantees for inflicted nightmares ^^
@ Bill : I hope no one gets to relive that one!

I remember my friend accidentally dryfired his Tomahawk when an arrow slipped of the string!
I was shaky for half an hour afterwards..

We love our bows too much  :p
Centaur 58" Glass XTL 40@28

~Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand~ Kurt Vonnegut


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