I hate it when bows break

[LongStick64]

Dang it my kit bow I finished last year made a loud crack when I was stringing her up. It was a Bamboo backed bow and the crack is not visible in the bamboo so might be in the core. Well no tears but a sad good bye, never got a chance to hunt with it, now I need to save up and build another one. So at least I get to look forward toward starting another one soon I hope.

[moleman]

Sorry for your loss.   :(   Ive had that happen with a few old vintage bows, its enough to make a grown man cry.

[chanumpa]

My condolences.I had one blow up on me once that hit me in the eye and made me look like Mike Tyson hit me.No one would believe me later that a bow got me and that it wasnt my wife.Good luck with the next one.

I also hate it when bows break! I have had 3 or 4 break over the years, and it is something you never get used to.

Sorry for your loss,

Bisch

[Stumpkiller]

I've only lost one and that was on the first day of shooting (the fourth shot) so there were no deep emtional ties.  Still a sad event.  

No one likes to see a thing of beauty die needlessly.

[kat]

I have had them break when on the tillering tree, and after being shot for a year or so.
It's always tough to see your work go down the drain.

[Stinger]

I feel your pain. I brought home a bow my Dad made about 35 years ago and reworked the riser to fit my grip.  I then took some weight off the limbs so I could pull it and put snake skins on it.  It was a great looking bow and shot very well.  The intent was to make it my go to bow last season.  I had shot several thousand arrows through the bow and the week before the season opened last year, the bottom limb came apart on me.  I was saddened because I really wanted to take a deer with the bow my Dad had made and I spent so much effort refining it.  Dad will be 89 in May and I'm hoping he and I can make a replacement limb for the one that broke.  He still has the forms.