what have you shot at home accidentlly

[Gordon martiniuk]

Yes indeed I also shoot in the house(basemnent) have a  couple of bag targets it's 12 yds was shooting one day ,, had a bad release hit the telepost I shoot by ,, deflected , shattered and went through my spare bedroom door!!  :(    

[mj seratt]

I swear this wasn't me, just something I remember reading when I was a kid.

I shot an arrow into the air
It came to earth, I know just where
Though aimed at a buck that stood afar
It pierced the radiator of my car

Be Careful, Murray

[Austin]

Well, when I was quite young my brother and I had really lousy fiberglass bows and even worse arrows. If I did something that pissed him off when we were shooting I usually took a field point in the back the next time I turned away. Of course that was always an "accident"    

This past winter I was shooting with my brother in law in his basement, and everything went without a hitch for the first several dozen arrows. We took a small break to adjust his wheel bow and when I came back, I must have been standing  very slightly forward of my previous position. By this time I felt pretty dialed in on his target so I drew back and let one rip. There was a loud crack as the top limb of my recurve came forward and smacked one of the floor joists above me and the bow kicked up. My first fear was that I had damaged my bow, but after a quick inspection, everything seemed fine so I went to hunt the arrow. The impact caused the arrow to go slightly right and about two feet high. The arrow demolished a ceramic horse figurine on the top of a bookshelf and punched  a hole in the wall of one of the cinder blocks that form the foundation.  It's amazing what a full length 2317 can do with some power behind it.
If I ever shoot down there again I'll bring a shorter bow.

[Chaz]

A "glancer" off my target into my neighbors garage! .... Oh did I mention my neighbor was a police officer?

[ti-guy]

The garage wall,target field point was protruding from the dry wall inside!!! ooops! it took a few weeks for my wife to find out,trying as best as i could to hide the holes.

[DXH]

my old room mate missed the target, shot through the shed door and nailed the lawnmower tire...

[TDHunter]

Dido on the cats, accident of course.

[joe ashton]

garden hose, folding chair,tool shed, flower pots, sprinkler heads but the worst was the guy next door found one of my arrows under his '57 chevy.    

[bigugly1]

Shed, niece took out shed window. After that a big backstop.

[wildgame]

got goosed while drawed and took out 3 spindals of my parents deck!

[eddings220]

Ice Cream maker, skill saw, garage wall. they were behind my target.

[Firstlight]

About 10 years ago while renting an apartment with a really long hall way (25 yards) I was shooting my recurve (field points) at a target; missed, and to this day there is a nice hole in my wife's antique rocking chair.

[LookMomNoSights]

SWOOOSH!  NOTHIN' BUT DRYWALL!
I had a can of spackle at the ready for a little bit.

I was living by myself then and didnt know just how bad I was gonna suck with trad gear!
Ive since gotten alot better after thousands of arrows from a distance of 10 ft or so,  working on my form and release.   And just for insurance,  I beefed up my target area from a small "Block" to a MONSTER TUFF BAG!

[Kevin Dill]

I have it on expert authority that one TGer actually shot out the glass in his bedroom window while "deer hunting" from inside his house. It was...of course...during deer season, and the kill (if it had happened) would have been tagged and considered "legitimate". It's a tickle-me-ribs funny story, and I hate to steal a guy's thunder. Maybe someone can convince him to re-tell it!

[wingnut]

Anyone else shot an outboard motor?

LOL

Mike

[BCWV]

I missed a chipmunk and put a nice hole through my cattle watering trough last summer. I was trying to get the arrow out when my wife came by and asked " what did you do?". She loves to tell that one on me.

[sffar]

I put a nice hole in the side of a ultrasonic parts cleaner just to the left of the target bag in my apartment. It's near the top of the reservoir,and should be repairable if it didn't rattle the electronics too bad. I really should move that away from the bag.

[Wiley Coyote]

I once shot by brother-in-law's boat. I didn't want it around anyway and it was a great incentive for him to move it. I did pay too have it fixed. Another time an arrow ricocheted off the back of a deer target and landed in the neighbour's pond. Not a good thing! The arrow was floating. Luckily these folks don't spend much time outside so just before dark I slipped over the fence and using my fishing rod I was able to cast and hook the arrow and return it to it's proper place in my quiver!! Note:Deer target was moved to a safer location!      

[ncsaknech1ydh]

Years ago we had a neighbor with a few chickens that would always dig up our garden when we were not around, I had my target just to the back of the garden on the far end of our yard, I went out early one morn to do a bit of target practice and to my suprise there was a chicken just having a ball digging up our plants, he was at about 40 yards, so I figured I would scare him, I quickly nocked an arrow and about the same time he saw me and started making a quick get away as I drew and let fly, I've shot at cyotes and fox, along with pheasents many times on the move at half that distance and never connected, but that day the arrow flew true and that was one dead chicken! Thats a bit off subject, but I have also hit a few of our buildings over the years when using as a backstop, then I got wise and had a few loads of sand hauled in!

[trad_bowhunter1965]

The shed,fence,decoy,