Lessons Learned

[Species8472]

Hey Species... For some reason I remember another story on here and I think it was you, about unloading a crossbow by hand but forgetting the bolt was still in it when your boot was in the stirrup.

Yeah good memory Greg - might have been some whiskey involved with that one.

[GW11]

Yeah good memory Greg - might have been some whiskey involved with that one.

I remember it being a pretty intense story, a drawn out moment rather than a quick "whoops".

My closest with a crossbow was with frozen fingers and flip up mitts. Grabbed the string with the mitts still on and pulled the trigger with my thumb. It was probably a 3/4 dry fire and managed to lose only the flip end of each mitt.

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[Species8472]

I remember it being a pretty intense story, a drawn out moment rather than a quick "whoops".

It was the last hunt of the season (New Years's Eve). Hunted until last light and had a few shots sitting in the blind. Certainly not drunk but let's say i wouldn't have driven. In the dark, in the blind, in the shade started to unload the bow and felt something tickle my toes. Look down and oh shyte - broadhead is into my boot at this point. Drawn out part was me cursing and swearing trying to rekok the bow one-handed. Adrenaline pumping i managed. No damage to my toes but boots were never right after that.

[410001661]

The first year I had my Micro I was hunting in the snow and tried to my bow with big winter boots on the my foot slipped out of the stirrup - nothing happened but it scared the crap out of me because of what could have happened!!

[meridian]

Bruise started showing up last night, by the looks of it ,it must have been the end of the rail that got me ,2 perfectly square marks .
I will be very vigilant in future, HAVE A SUCSESSFULL HUNT TO ALL !!.

[cantgetright]

No accidents for me. Only near miss was while uncocking the bow after the hunt and the cocking rope snapped. I heard pieces of the rope fly into the leaves while I was standing there wondering what happened.

[MihajloSimsic]

Good thread and a good reminder to not be complacent around your equipment this season.

Sorry about the knock on the head OP! My brother has a pretty messed up thumb from a decocking incident years ago, accidents can happen.

Hey Species... that pic is a doozy, gets me every time. For some reason I remember another story on here and I think it was you, about unloading a crossbow by hand but forgetting the bolt was still in it when your boot was in the stirrup.

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That happened to my dad a long time ago, went exactly the way you told it. Tried decocking the crossbow and realized the bolt was still in with his boot in the stirrup. He basically kicked his boot out of there, only ended up with a tiny hole at the top of the boot luckily.