Have you ever dry shot your bow ??

Madocmike · #1 03-03-2021, 09:11 AM

Not sure whether this topic has reared its ugly head here recently, so thought I'd generate a topic of conversation.
Listen, I've bow hunted since 1977 and owned a bunch of bows over the years and It's happened to me twice. Should never have happened, and both occasions I was simply not paying attention. I was caught up shooting the bull with buddies while shooting. Luckily neither occurrence caused any damage but my point is it can happen. Love to hear if you have a story to share.

Michael.

CNP · #2 03-03-2021, 09:43 AM

20 years ago or so I dry fired a Bow Tech... Tech 29 was the model I think? My wrist took a beating......looked like I tried to slash my wrist. Ended up having to replace both cams. Can't remember the exact cause....other than stupidity.

mindoutside · #3 03-03-2021, 10:39 AM

Does it count if you draw your bow with an arrow nocked but you relax to much and flexes back without shooting the arrow but kind of hurts your shoulder and scares the **** out of you?

Elkster · #4 03-03-2021, 01:35 PM

First bow I got. Bow tech assassin. So excited about it, no arrows yet, out of the box and pulled to full draw, the left off was more than I expected, bow strings cam off cam, cleaned my pants and surveyed the damage. Took it to someone smart( Jimbows in Edmonton) they fixed me up, even gave me some beginner lessons about how to shoot. Didn’t buy bow there but that doesn’t matter to them.

Round 2 with bow tech reign 7. Broadhead must have touched the string, shooting at home and boom. Panic set in as it was a few weeks before elk season hunt. Cleaned pants again and back to jimbows. They ended up getting strings off a bow tech in Calgary and shipping them up to Edmonton. Saved the day again.
Not permanent scars other than pride.

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MountainTi · #5 03-03-2021, 02:06 PM

Never dry fired a bow, but about 25ish years ago picked up my PSE compound and drew it back with no arrow in it (luckily). Both limbs broke, I think at the same time, and one stuck into a wall. Was left standing there with the riser in my hand, cables/strings dangling, and a few new pains. Scared me

Madocmike · #6 03-03-2021, 03:31 PM

That would scare the jump'n out of you. I remember 40+ years ago an old bow hunter at the time told me to randomly rub a cotton ball across the limbs. If there were any fine splinters the cotton would catch on it. Something I do whenever I think of it.
Thanks for sharing your story MountainTi.

-Michael

58thecat · #7 03-04-2021, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MountainTi

Never dry fired a bow, but about 25ish years ago picked up my PSE compound and drew it back with no arrow in it (luckily). Both limbs broke, I think at the same time, and one stuck into a wall. Was left standing there with the riser in my hand, cables/strings dangling, and a few new pains. Scared me

wow..could have imagined the stunned look by you and anyone near....lucky...no dry fires to date but had arrows leave the bow letting down and slipped off finger tab....

tracker · #8 03-04-2021, 04:47 PM

Not a dry fire but result was the same. Mid-day on a muley hunt I decided to shoot a few as I brought along my target bag. I always flex my arrows before sending them but for some reason when I released I heard a loud snap, my string was hanging loose with the back half of the arrow still attached. Top limb was cracked. The front of the arrow hit my truck 40 yards away to the right. To this day I can't figure out what exactly caused this but I'm very glad I was out far from other people and not practicing in my back yard as some on the forum seem to want to do.

Madocmike · #9 03-03-2021, 03:33 PM

Never dealt with Jimbows in Edmonton. But can testify they're a great bunch in Calgary as well!

brendan's dad · #10 03-03-2021, 03:36 PM

Brand new Prime Alloy. Setting the peep height. Drew without an arrow to confirm peep height and without thinking I just went right into my normal shot sequence. New cams, string and cables... and a peep because I still haven't found it.

cody j · #11 03-03-2021, 04:05 PM

I’ve been fortunate enough not to dry fire my bow, but gotta point out to never draw without an arrow. I was in my basement doing some tinkering, I had just drew my bow back and the release failed. Would have been a dry fire if I hadn’t had an arrow on the string. Arrow took a chip out of a cinder block, so I guess always be careful where your pointing your bow too. Would have sucked to have taken a window out

Lefty-Canuck · #12 03-03-2021, 04:48 PM

Thankfully no but I can’t even count as high as the ones I have witnessed. Many of them during competition.... people get so focussed.

LC

NCC · #13 03-06-2021, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by cody j

I’ve been fortunate enough not to dry fire my bow, but gotta point out to never draw without an arrow. I was in my basement doing some tinkering, I had just drew my bow back and the release failed. Would have been a dry fire if I hadn’t had an arrow on the string. Arrow took a chip out of a cinder block, so I guess always be careful where your pointing your bow too. Would have sucked to have taken a window out

I had a similar experience with a release failing. Stuck an arrow in a $2500 tractor tire and hit myself in the nose when the release let go at about 2/3 draw. I won’t pull a bow with a release unless it has an arrow mounted. I’m also very conscious of where my arrow is pointed while drawing.

Stinky Buffalo · #14 03-03-2021, 03:59 PM

Had the whole family at the range, years ago.

Between getting the kids set up and fiddling with their bows, finding lost arrows and swatting mosquitoes, I finally had a chance to use my bow.

Still not sure how I drew without an arrow loaded - I’m quite religious about that - but in my harried state I shot, and realized a microsecond later that the bow didn’t make the right kind of sound.

Packed the bow up in shame, thanking the Lord that no one was injured.

Took it to Jim Bows, and it was fine. Another thing to be thankful for!

Just something to keep us humble, I suppose, eh?