Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: Diligence on June 26, 2010, 11:42:00 pm
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....so, I was in a rush to drive 30 minutes to a different club so that I could shoot in the Friday night longbow group. Left my spare string at home. While on the way there, I realized that my serving was in pretty bad shape. So I strung the bow at a red light, and rolled some crazy glue through the spot that was falling apart.
Got the range and shot 3 arrows. Noted that the nocking point was a bit thick and hard because of the glue, so I just reached over to my leatherman and used the pliers to squeeze the serving with the glue on it. My idea was to soften it up a bit.....well - don't ever to that.
I must have twisted the pliers a bit and suddenly the string exploded - thank heaven my bow seems okay. Oh well, I got to drive across the city for an hour, just so I could make my wife unhappy (she wanted me to hang around, but I needed to get out) and all I got for my efforts was 3 arrows shot and a busted string.....so I stopped at Dairy Queen for some ice cream.
Anyway, moral of the story appears to be - don't put super glue on your serving and then try to soften it up with pliers, while the bow is strung.
Later,
D
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Are you sure the moral isn't "No matter what, stop at DQ"?
;D
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LOL - I think the moral is that when wife says, "are you sure you want to go shoot tonight" - she really means, "may the curses of a thousand mummies infect your bow string!"
I told her the story and asked her why she was upset, her answer, "I wasn't upset"......which really means, "if you have to ask, then you will never understand".... :D ;D
In all seriousness, my wife is the most understanding woman I know. She lets me pick up parts of road-kill....and even acts as a spotter for it from time to time. ;D
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Jaye, Like texting while driving it ought to be against the law to string a bow while driving! ;D
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....so, I was in a rush to drive 30 minutes to a different club so that I could shoot in the Friday night longbow group. Left my spare string at home. While on the way there, I realized that my serving was in pretty bad shape. So I strung the bow at a red light, and rolled some crazy glue through the spot that was falling apart.
Got the range and shot 3 arrows. Noted that the nocking point was a bit thick and hard because of the glue, so I just reached over to my leatherman and used the pliers to squeeze the serving with the glue on it. My idea was to soften it up a bit.....well - don't ever to that.
I must have twisted the pliers a bit and suddenly the string exploded - thank heaven my bow seems okay. Oh well, I got to drive across the city for an hour, just so I could make my wife unhappy (she wanted me to hang around, but I needed to get out) and all I got for my efforts was 3 arrows shot and a busted string.....so I stopped at Dairy Queen for some ice cream.
Anyway, moral of the story appears to be - don't put super glue on your serving and then try to soften it up with pliers, while the bow is strung.
Later,
D
No no the moral is always carry spare ice cream! :P
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I'm trying to visualize someone stringing a bow inside a vehicle :o
Ya'll probaly a look or 2 ;)
Thanks Leroy
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I actually jumped out of the jeep at a red light and quickly strung it.....I'm sure I got a few looks! lol....never really thought about that until just now.... >:D
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lol :) ;D
That would definitely make me laugh if I saw someone get out of their car, wrestle a stick, and hop back in at a red light. I can only imagine the what the people who had no clue what that stick was were thinking... lol ;D
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HAHA travis.
They probably thought I was a witch or a shaman or something with the beaver balls and deer antler tips dangling off of it.
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lol. seen some goofy stuff but hoppin out and stringin a bow is pretty high on the list. ;D
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ya that would be a sight wouldnt it ;D
ive gotten good at stringen a bow from a sitting position.
but aint never tried it in my car yet
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It's hard to do a drive by with a bow! ;D
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sure is Pat...and you have obviously seen me shoot. Now if I can only figure out how to shoot bucks-shot arrows, or #4 shot arrows, I might have a chance....lol
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It's hard to do a drive by with a bow! ;D
That is what I thought. I wonder if the guy who cut you off thought he was going to get shot. :o
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Hey, pat, what goes clip, clop, clip, clop, clip, clop, Bang! bang! clipclop, clipclop, clipclop.......? An Amish drive by shooting...... ::) ;D ;D
Diligence, while spotting road kill, she is probably looking for body dumping spots...... :o ;D I assume you got .......Chocolate Ice Cream......? Chocolate is always good, even when they are mad they will eat it, and chocolate is a natural relaxer, and calming agent. ;)
Wayne
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It's hard to do a drive by with a bow! ;D
tried it. even with an aisin horse bow thing its kinda hard. :-\ ;D