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Paul
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 | 02:22 PM
Oh please!!!
Do you REALLY think there would be 3 or 4 specks of blood on his hand if an arrow exploded.
More likely he'd loose the hand!! |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 | 05:29 PM
was the Pierce Arrow a car? |
astewart
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 | 04:53 PM
What I found curious was that the bars on the lower shard don't seem to align with the other shards. As well, shouldn't there be extensive bruising?
That's whay I sent it to the experts though. |
Art Sanford
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 | 08:28 AM
I was just looking on the Net for any other information or accidents like this. I had an Easton Carbonaero snap in-half while shooting at a deer back in Nov. 03. The Temp. that morning was in the upper 30's and at 7am I shot at the deer. Upon release of the arrow, the deer just looked up at me - strange since it was less than 10 yards from the tree. Things happen so fast. I couldn't believe that I missed !!! As I lowered my left hand which was holding the bow I was shocked to see the fletching moveing also. OH SHIT was my first thought, What had happened?
There was no real pain, maybe because it was so cold or maybe bacause it happened so fast. The arrow has broken in-half and the back half ended up in the gap between my thumb and first finger. It actualy went thru the skin and was stuck into the wooden grip of the bow. Needless to say I was shocked, confused, and alittle scared. What do I do now? Do I leave it in or do I pull it out? After studying the wound and gathering my thoughts I decided I had to pull it out, mainly so I could climb down from the tree. I pulled the bow from my hand and just dropped it to the ground, there wasn't much blood yet. Before I pulled the arrow out, I pulled some tissues from my backpack in anticipation of bleeding. The time had come, I grabbed to 8 inch shaft and pulled it from my hand. This hurt, and alittle more blood started to flow. I dropped the arrow to the ground and packed the tissues around the holes. I also had a rag in my pack that I used to wrap my hole hand with. I just dropped my backpack to the ground and sat there for a minute before climbing down. I tried to figure out what had happened, what caused the arrow to snap, why? I still don't know why... I climbed down and walk to where my son was hunting. Needless to say he wanted to know why I had come to get him so early in the hunt. He didn't notice my hand so when I told him what had happened he kindoff laughed. I guess it would be kind off funny if I had been in his place !!! He climbed down and we walked to the truck and on the way I tried to explain it all to him. He drove us to the Hospital ER and here we go walking in fully clad in camo gear, fresh from the woods. I'm sure the girls at the desk thought we were crazy. I told the girl at the desk that I had shot myself with an arrow and you could tell by her look that she was thinking, "How in the world do you do that..." The doctor had never seen anything like this before but he was very understanding. The xrays wouldn't show any of the arrow fragments because they are graphite, they mainly wanted to check for bone damage. Fortunatly there was no bone damage or nerve damage. The doctor started exploreing the wound and managed to get over a dozen arrow fragments out. THey looked like pieces of pencil lead. He didn't want to dig around in my hand to much so he just bandaged up my hand and made me an appointment with a hand surgeon. Later that day the hand surgeon checked me out and decided it was better to just let things start to heal and if more arrow fragments were in there they would work there way out over time. He said if any pain or lack of movement developed we would have to go in and find out what was wrong. To shorten a long story, I have had to surguries since that time, both in March ot 04, and 05. Both times there were over a dozen pieces removed. Both times my left hand got very sore and irritated around the wound. It has been a real pain at times but what do you do. Some paople say I should have sued the Easton Company. I say no, mainly because I didn't suffer an injury that caused lack of use of my hand. I can still shoot my bow but I don't use it much. I can still use my hand, although it does hurt at times. I'm just glad it didn't do more damage and cause me pain. I just thought you would like to hear my story. |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 | 09:28 AM
Anytime you have a puncture wound you should leave the offending object in place. This is the thing that keeps you from bleeding. |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 | 12:19 PM
Also, I hate when old threads get pulled back up again... |
Mark-N-Isa
in Midwest USA
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 | 01:32 PM
I like this part Maeg... "To shorten a long story," which comes about 15 minutes and 1,000 words into reading this...
TOO LATE BUD!!! |
chris
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 | 03:03 PM
Sounds like the shaft was broken BEFORE you shot it. It's common knowledge that if a carbon shaft is nicked by, lets say being sideswiped by another arrow, it's considered trash and should not be shot again. Carbon shafts are downright dangerous if you try to use a fractured one. Only upon inspection of the arrow would you notice something like this. It's good that you didn't try to sue Easton as you would have had to PROVE that the arrow was not damaged prior to use, which would have been impossible to do. |
Marty
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 | 09:56 AM
Just three weeks agi I had a arrow break on release and go into my left hand....it can and will happen if you do not check your arrows. |
James
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 | 03:16 AM
My son was just injured in a similar accident with an arrow from Eastman Wolverine. How common are these accidents |
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