Safety reminder: check your shafts

[EHK]

Checking in with a safety reminder guys.  

I'm not fortunate enough to have a big piece of property that allows me to shoot outside so I shoot in my basement a lot.  I can only get 12 yards down there, so I have my fair share of broken nocks and shaft slapping.  It happens so frequently that I guess I've gotten kinda casual about it.

This morning when I went to draw my first arrow, I heard a faint "click" as I drew the bow.  I thought maybe I didn't seat the string properly or something so I let down to inspect.  What I found was a pretty good crack formed in my arrow about 3/4 of the way down.  I don't know what may have happened if I let that thing fly, but it could have been ugly.  For safety sake, check your shafts if you get any contact at the target.

Shoot straight.  Shoot safe guys,

[Austin]

Very important

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Glad you were smart enough to let down and inspect!

[celticknot]

I'm glad I have inspected my shafts before shooting them. I have found shafts with cracks that I had planned on shooting. always chek em.

[mcgroundstalker]

Just don't shoot "groups" in your basement... Use your imagination to keep things safe and interesting.

... mike ...    ...

[shadman]

I too shoot down my basement, but I don't shoot groups.

[EHK]

Great points guys.  Off-hunting season, I shoot dots on a bag target, but this time of year, I tend to shoot a 3D deer so I'm used to drawing on an "animal" and forced to pick a spot.  Maybe it's time to think about doing that one arrow at a time.