Dagnabit!!!

[Looper]

So, there I was, out in the yard, shooting my bow.  It was a beautiful afternoon.  The bluebirds and robins were flitting about, my dogs were rolling in the cool grass, a storm rumbled in the distance.  I hitting a fist-sized target from a variety of different yardages.  Arrow after arrow zipped into my chosen spot.

I was well pleased.  My mind drifted to the unopened pack of 200 grain Woodsman broadheads I had on my desk.  I had almost forgotten about them.  Wanting to see how they fly, I dashed inside, tore open the pack and screwed one on to the GT 7595.

Back outside, I took aim from around 20 yards.  Zip, right into the spot I had picked on the Block.  It penetrated all the way through and was poking out a good 5".  I pulled it and went to another spot.  Ten yards.  Zip, right on the spot.  Again.  Twenty-five yards.  Perfect.  Hmmm.  I'm feeling pretty confident.     It wasn't going to come out quietly, either.  So, I took a hammer and chisel to my glorious maple.  

After much whacking and wailing, I freed my $10 prize.  There's a quarter-sized hole in my tree, but at least I salvaged my broadhead.  I stood there thinking how fortunate I was to save the head, when I noticed a little ding on one edge.  I must have pryed into it with the chisel. No big deal.  Then I noticed that the entire tip was bent.  Actually it's more like the top 1/3 is bent. %$*&*(#! It's useless now, unless I can figure out how to straighten it.

Lessons learned:  Don't get cocky.  Don't strut.  Don't shoot maple trees with new broadheads.

How's that for a long, drawn-out tale?

[Wannabe1]

Stick a plug in the hole and maybe you'll get some maple syrup for your troubles!  

Sorry to hear about your broad head. That can be a very expensive lesson learned.

[MCNSC]

On the bright side, it sounds like you got pretty good penetration on that maple.

[Over&Under]

Good story telling, enjoyed it all the way through.  That said, sorry to hear bout your broadhead, I have done that a few too many times myself (and I usually say more than dagnabit)...I need to learn to stop what Im ahead!

[jason1040]

I too decided to "test" out the strength of my Magnus broadheads on a tree rather than at a spike bull elk. The tree won on my broadhead too.

[crotch horn]

I like happy endings better, but that's just me.

[Looper]

Me, too.  I think I'm going to order up some of those new Abowyer Brown Bear screw-ins.  I doubt they'd bend.  Of course they might actually cut the tree down.  The little lady might not like that.

[Gunnar Mullins]

sorry about the bhead.. make the ones you have count

[James on laptop]

Two blades should be better if you hunt a lot of maple trees.They could be dug out with a chisel or screw driver with less damage to the broadhead.It is all about picking the right broadhead for the job at hand.  :D

[Eugene Slagle]

Man that hurts but hey you know now what your max hunting distance is with your bow.  :D

I won't go into what I did once with broadheads but let's just say that the better half was not pleased, we all need to learn to stop when we are ahead.  

[mrpenguin]

I have the "gettin' cheeky" issue myself... I need to learn: patience, grasshopper... patience.

[Aeronut]

Been there.  Dead Hackberry but was able to save the Snuffer.



Dennis

[Pete Arthur]

Yup.. center punched a nice Basswood in my yard a couple years ago. Tree survived, Woodsman didnt!

[string bean]

Better a tree than a tractor!!

[Eugene Slagle]

Originally posted by string bean:
Better a tree than a tractor!!

Or your house... ooopppsss

[Ground Hunter]

I've got a few garden hoses with duct tape on them.  H

[ChuckC]

A heavy single bevel head woulda likely split that tree in half and penetrated thru to the other side so you could remove the head easily.


ChuckC