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Author Topic: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One  (Read 666 times)

Offline Greg Szalewski

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Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« on: June 23, 2009, 08:43:00 PM »
Recently Karen and I were at a shoot in NW Wisconsin. The first shot was at a back stop with balloons on it at about 15 yds. The object was to shoot(pop?, break?) the balloon with your first arrow and then you collect a door prize. Karen and I had just collected our door prizes when we got back to the line and fellow Wisconsin Traditional Archers board member Russ Johnson was up for his shot. He centered the balloon with his shot as if he had just shot a grapefruit. The arrow was sticking right thru it. After looking in disbelief for a few seconds it occurred to me to take a picture as it was loosing air very slowly. However my camera was in my tent 150 yds away. Handing Karen my  bow I made the dash there and back to get these shots. Russ then stepped back to line and administered the coup de grace with his next arrow. How about that. Lets see Myth Busters do that shot.

 

 
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Offline L82HUNT

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2009, 08:52:00 PM »
thats pretty neat.
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Offline flint kemper

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2009, 09:01:00 PM »
COOL BEANs never seen that before. Thanks for sharing Flint
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Offline Onions

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2009, 09:05:00 PM »
That's AWESOME!!
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Offline vermonster13

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2009, 09:07:00 PM »
Pretty cool.
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Offline Mo. Huntin

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2009, 09:10:00 PM »
that is awesome.
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Offline Whip

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2009, 09:11:00 PM »
So, no broken balloon on the first shot means no door prize for Russ, huh?  Gotta follow the rules!  :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:
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Offline LoneWolf73

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2009, 09:13:00 PM »
Thanks for sharing that! Pretty cool.
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Offline Plumber

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2009, 09:14:00 PM »
you should get a door prize for running 300 yds.
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Offline Bear

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2009, 09:23:00 AM »
I remember seeing this on "Mr. Wizard" when I was a kid. If you put a pin/needle/whatever right in the very center of the top where the rubber is a bit thicker... it wont pop. Needless to say I went right out and tried it. It worked a couple times, but not every time. I would have never thought it could be done with an arrow.
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Offline Sharptop

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2009, 10:56:00 AM »
That's impossible!  But there it is.
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Offline TheFatboy

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2009, 11:13:00 AM »
... wow.
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Offline bowboy

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2009, 11:37:00 AM »
WOW!
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Offline Chris Surtees

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2009, 11:56:00 AM »
Now that is cool   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Offline rod251

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2009, 11:57:00 AM »
A similar trick I learned as a kid is that you can put clear tape on the balloon and stick something through the tape without the balloon popping.  But to hit a balloon with no tape on it with an arrow and not pop it is pretty cool!
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Offline Son of Texas

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #15 on: June 24, 2009, 12:23:00 PM »
That is COOL!!!   :notworthy:
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Offline Curtiss Cardinal

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2009, 03:58:00 PM »
I know a bit about physics and I can say that for that to happen there are no less than 100 variables required to be filled in order to repete that shot. The most crucial are ambient air temperature, air pressure in the balloon, thickness of balloon wall, sharpness of fieldpoint tip, ambient humidity, surface moisture on the point and arrow shaft(if any) and seep of arrow, arrow placement. I think those alone would make it impossible for MythBusters to duplicate the results.
Still "WOW" is appropriate; but would you believe I have not only seen this before but done it myself?
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Offline Billy

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #17 on: June 24, 2009, 04:30:00 PM »
I'd say that set up is 'dialed-in' !!!

Think we should clone the arrow? the balloon? the bow? Certainly the shooter had nuttin' to do with it!!   :saywhat:  NIce shooting.

BUT....rules are rules...did they bend them??
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Offline Doc Nock

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #18 on: June 24, 2009, 05:25:00 PM »
Truth is always stranger than fiction
...and "seeing is believing, eh?

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Re: Shot Of A Lifetime, I Bet Myth Busters Can't Do This One
« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2009, 05:42:00 PM »
Who said there's no "void area" in a deers chest?...heck balloons even have one!  ;)  

Pretty cool  :thumbsup:
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