Trad archery/hunting injuries

[lpcjon2]

Not to be weird but share your tad hunting or shooting injuries. And tell what caused it, or what you should have done different.

  It could be a learning experience for others.

[Stumpkiller]

Callus on the inside of my right index finger.

What should I have done different?

Not a damn thing.    

[lpcjon2]

[dhermon85]

Feather burn, learned to fletch better and orient feathers accordingly.

[OBXarcher]

Darn near ripping my nose off every time I try switching to 3 under.

[jrchambers]

stuck my gnock into my thigh pulling it from a really bad target.  I got a new target

[lpcjon2]

Originally posted by dhermon85:
Feather burn, learned to fletch better and orient feathers accordingly.

Done that one once,had a feather in my knuckle.
  And also had the nock in the thigh, thatwas a pleasure

[lpcjon2]

Originally posted by lpcjon2:

Originally posted by dhermon85:
[qb] Feather burn, learned to fletch better and orient feathers accordingly. [/b]

Done that one once,had a feather in my knuckle.
  And also had the nock in the thigh, that was a pleasure

[Stumpkiller]

Years ago I had a self-bow and was shooting off my bow hand.  Buried a feather into the top of my hand.  Hurt like a son-of-a-gun and was worse pulling it back out.  Feathers onlt go one-way.

Learned to whip thread around the tips of the fletching after that.

[moebow]

Originally posted by jrchambers:
stuck my gnock into my thigh pulling it from a really bad target.  I got a new target

I tell all beginning archers (kids and adults) that the most dangerous part of an arrow is the nock!!  Especially when the arrow is in the target.

[bruinman]

Many many years ago when I was about 12 or 13 years old, I went to the first annual carp derby in Montana. I was with Dick Robertson. Yeah I was lucky like that, LOL. Anyway, the carp shooting was fast and furious, and during all of the rapid shooting, I had somehow managed to get the string from my fishing arrow wrapped arround my bow string. I shot at a carp, the arrow went out about ten feet, then came back pretty much as fast as it went out. The knock end of the arrow struck me in the stomach making two little holes and knocking the wind out of me. After that I just started shooting regular arrows at the carp and swimming out and catching the periscoping arrows, LOL. I also managed to shoot the biggest carp of that event, which was 12 3/4 pounds. Quite small by southern standards but I guess it was a pretty good one at the time in Montana.

[Pine]

Back in the late 70s I was shooting an indoor league and the lady standing to the right of me stuck her finger in front of my string . I was shooting a 65# Hoyt 64" long . I didn't notice it , dropped the string . broke her finger as well as cut it deep , the string hit my elbow , got under my arm guard , the metal nocking point cut my for arm about 3" long and about 1/8" deep . I felt so bad and she was so apologetic and kept repeating that it was her fault . I still have a faint scar on my arm . I also don't use metal nock points because of that .  

[Brently]

I got tangled up in my longbow an fell the pointy top nock end went all the way through my cheek.  I still don't think the doctor believed me.  Anyway I got a cool scar for my trouble.

[bosteldr]

About 4 yrs ago I was shooting by Martin Hunter and wood arrows.  After about 4 or 5 rounds one of the arrows broke just in front of the fletching as I released.  The front of the arrow flew about 15 yds, the back 1/3 went into my hand between the my thumb and pointer finger and stopped as it hit the riser under my grip on the bow.  Emergency room folks had never seen anyone who had shot themselve with a bow before. Every one had to stop in and ask how I did it. I found out if you have a strange one of a kind injury they move you to the top of the list for doctor to see.

[Zradix]

When I first started I shot a LOT.
Was really enjoying the experience.

After a few days of that, I woke up one morn basically unable to move my bow arm.

I must've torn/ripped...just basically abused that shoulder to the point I couldn't lift it past 45˚ for a couple days.

It hurt for almost a month...really needed to lay off a while.

Seems fine now and has been for years after.

It was just a case of an excited newcomer overdoing it before my muscles were built up enough in that area.

[gonefishing600]

I read some where that the most common injury in archery is pulling an arrow out of the target and impaling the person that's standing behind you.

[Longbow58]

Maybe my fault, but had a friend let a branch fly at a 3D shoot and crack me above the eye and busting me open. He didn,t even know he did it...even after I crawled in the briars to find his arrow.lol

[Bowwild]

I may have boogered up my drawing shoulder in December 2009 when I was trying to switch from compounds to recurves by practicing with a 59# Predator. Or, it could have been carrying lots of lumber on that shoulder for a DIY home project?

It took 9 months to recover from that. It cost me the 2010 deer season with trad. I wasn't able to shoot until August so I stayed with my compound another year.  No surgery just laid off shooting for the entire time.

[Red Beastmaster]

I was stringing up my Martin Hunter 60# recurve with my bow stringer. Everything looked good and I started to relax the stringer. The upper looped slipped off ripping the bow from my hand, slamming the bow on top of my foot!

It felt like I was hit with a hammer! It drew blood even through a tennis shoe and sock.

I learned how to string a bow by hand after that.

[trick00]

Stepped on a gar i had shot and jerked the arrow out and stuck the barb of the muzzy fish point into the bottom of my foot through my tennis shoes