I could have died yesterday.

[30coupe]

Dang, Jason! Someone was looking out for you that time. Glad it ended with just a bruise. Thanks for posting. I think we all need a reminder now and then. It's easy to get complacent especially with equipment we use every day. I like the idea of putting the bloody arrow where the blunt goes, even if you carry the blunt, it would be a lot safer.

I need to get over and swap hunting stories again one of these days...it's been a while. Glad to hear I'll still be able to do so!

[far rider]

There was an article in one of the Traditional publications a few years back (TBM or Trad Arch)addressing nearly the same thing. He actually turned and caught his arrow somehow. I think a limb drove the arrow into his thigh.

I think of how many times I've walked out at night with an arrow in one hand and the bow in the other.

I'll take a moment to think about that next time.

[Bullfrog 1]

It is easy to keep something like that going in your mind. It is best to thank the Lord. Learn a lesson and let it go. I had a freak thing happen to me over the summer with a kids kite that could have been a disaster.   BILL

[turkey522]

Glad your ok.Maybe your experience will save someone else from worst results.

[manitou1]

Glad you are okay.  Scary!

[DEATHMASTER]

It happens quick use care and also put on those safety harnesses when in your stands.

[DeerBacon]

Glad your ok. I fell on the nock end of a bowfishing arrow. Does not feel good and its a scare too!

[Sixby]

Jason, I thank God for protecting you. This is a lesson we all need to take to heart. Gun or bow, when we are hunting we are using equipment that kills , There is no room for mistakes. We cannot and should not ever be distracted . I think like this when I am hunting and when I am using saws in the shop. Pay attention is our lesson and you have set forth a very good reason why.

God bless, Steve

[damascusdave]

I am guilty of sometimes carrying broad head arrows...no more...thanks for reminding me safety first is paramount

DDave

[Irish Archer]

Glad you're ok. That kinda stuff needs to be talked about more often, imo.........be safe out there people!

[Hawkeye]

Jason, thanks for the humility it takes to make a "confession" like this.

You'll never know, but it might just catch someone's attention...and save a life.

[shedhunta]

That is scary just to read.  Creeps me out.  Glad you are ok and hopefully you saved someone.  I know it will wake me up.

[riverrat 2]

That is scary Jason. Those arrows can be just deadly. Two years ago in our winter league. Walking down to retrieve arrows,I saw one on the ground. I was carrying one in my hand,and as I bent over to grab the one on the ground,the nock of the one in my hand stuck in a foam backstop. As I was bending over,the damn thing went right up my left nostril tip first. It went up all the way to the arrows bushing. Man I bled,and bled. It happened in an instant. They can be just deadly. rat'

[Jason Kendall]

I have been bowhunting since my early teens so about 30 years and nothing like that has ever happened to me, I am usually as safe as they come.


My son started bowhunting this year and just last week I told him lets change spots, he asked if he should put his arrow away or keep it on the bow in case we see something. I of course told him to never walk with an arrow out of the quiver    :rolleyes:  

One time is all it takes. Good luck out there guys and gals! Be safe.

[kevinbarry]

Glad you are ok.

[Lamey]

good reminder to think about everything... twice.

[Claymore]

Riverrat2 I have thought about things like that happening on the range. I carry mine in my hands back from the target. I guess I need to get a side quiver. I think about a lot more of these issues since getting older and having a few falls. Good post everybody.

[Bladepeek]

I've coached a youth skeet team and safety was always first.

I recently attended an 8-week (once /week) archery class at a local church. They used all the standard safety rules that go with the Archery in the Schools program. After both relays have shot, the signal is given to retrieve the arrows. The first shooter pulls his arrows while the second scores. The person retrieving his arrows has to check to insure nobody is standing behind him. He pulls the arrows one at a time and places them on the floor. When all arrows are pulled, he picks them up with one hand holding the point end the other hand holding the nock end and carries them back to the shooting line.

Seemed so stilted and "over the top" and these are all target points, but I realized it's the same thing as me insisting the shotgunning kids follow every single safety rule every single second. We all get careless once in a while. If we make a habit of always playing it safe and always following all the safety rules, the time when we do something stupid, the remaining rules we didn't break usually keep us safe.

Thanks for sharing that and reminding us none of us is invincible.

[KOOK68]

Last week my young son attended a Cub Scout camp. During the archery phase, the instructor taught them to hold retrieved arrows with both hands, arms out front, arrow parallel to the ground. This was his reason for it. I had never thought of that.
Glad you weren't hurt.

[KOOK68]

Bladepeek beat me    :p  
He also showed a "turkey" carry??? Hand around the arrows, arm behind back with fletch face up.