Dry Fire

bow hunter · Post by **bow hunter** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:52 am

Been hunting with an xbow since 1991. I have never dry fired my bow before. Last week while taking a few practice shots, I cocked the bow, carefully sighted in and let a perfect shot go, except for one thing. I forgot to load in a bolt. I thought the bow made a different noise when I shot and I looked down range to see where my arrow hit. At first I thoght I had missed the target completely, then after a few seconds, the dreaded phrase crosssed my mind. Oh crap, I just dry fired. I inspected thouroughly for damage and couldn't find any. Continued to shoot without any problems. Wow that was too close for comfort. Can't believe I forgot to insert a bolt. It must be an age thing.

ecoaster · Post by **ecoaster** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:04 am

Can happen to anyone. Not a fun experience. I got some nice blood blisters out of my dry fire, when the string whiped off and caught my knuckles.

Sopchoppy · Post by **Sopchoppy** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:30 am

There are 2 kinds of dry fire bow hunters: Those who have and those who will.

hikerman · Post by **hikerman** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:11 pm

Only once??

Welcome to the club.

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:17 pm

Sopchoppy wrote:There are 2 kinds of dry fire bow hunters: Those who have and those who will.

Sopchoppy you missed the 3rd one "those that lie about having never dryfired".

Rich

sumner4991 · Post by **sumner4991** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:34 pm

Rich wrote:
Sopchoppy wrote:There are 2 kinds of dry fire bow hunters: Those who have and those who will.
Sopchoppy you missed the 3rd one "those that lie about having never dryfired".

Rich

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:36 pm

Boo is president,don't know where I fit in but I'm up thereCheck this out from Shafferm

http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... hp?t=23117

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:09 pm

in 3 years ive done it twice.... 1st time it split the limb. Different bow this year and no damage LOL

it can happen to anyone

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:52 pm

saxman wrote:Boo is president,don't know where I fit in but I'm up thereCheck this out from Shafferm

http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... hp?t=23117

LOL! Your a punk!

DuckHunt · Post by **DuckHunt** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:54 pm

I haven't admitted mine till now. I had my first two weekends ago while doing final preseason checks. It threw the string about 50 feet to my left. I began to think I would never find it.

No damage done. Restrung to the proper brace height and proceeded to drill a plastic bottle cap at 30 yards with my next shot.

Priceless.

DuckHunt

Cossack · Post by **Cossack** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:19 pm

I haven't admitted mine till now.

And I actually INHALED once. No shame in a DF, just proves that we who do it shoot a lot....sometimes after happy hour.

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:15 pm

Haven't dry-fired yet, but I have laid a motorcycle down.

As is said, I'm sure my day will come!

HW · Post by HW » Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:07 pm

No dry fire yet but look out..

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:09 am

I was so CERTAIN it would never happen to me, but last year it did.

I'm certified member of the DF CLUB. Looks like I'm in good company though.

bow hunter · Post by **bow hunter** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:33 am

Hey guys thnx. Nice to know I've joined an exclusive club.

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