RDNKHNTR77 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 We have an archery class at my college and i was there the first day and this kid shot his arrow and went to retrieve it before everyone else had shot and another kid(lets just say he wasnt exactly a novice bow shooter) draws and fires and hits the other kid. the bows we were using were only like 40 lbs. and he had a coat on so all it did was put a hole in his coat. We were all worried at first but it was pretty funny later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! Wow, that is scary! Anyone teach that kid about not retrieving his arrow till everyone else was one and anyone teach the other kid about checking his target and beyond(or before it?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! I would have been stomping a mudhole in his rear. Then I would have walked a mudhole in the teacher for being such an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! [ QUOTE ] We were all worried at first but it was pretty funny later [/ QUOTE ] Funny ...even later Sorry man, the kid who fetched his arrow probably didn't know better although being in college and everything, he should have had enough common sense, but that kid who shot the arrow would have gotten HIS BUTT KICKED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIGHTPOINT Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! Good thing it wasn't a rifle class w/ someone retreiving thier target to see how they shot ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! I would have a hard time laughing about something like that. Glad to hear he is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! Talking about having an angel riding on your shoulder..WOW !!! Where in the heck was the instuctor of this class ??? Seems to me he didn't cover all his bases in saftey first....before letting inexperinced people fire weapons...sure glad it wasn't worse... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJR Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! yep no saftey brief, or lane saftey's , but I'll bet he will never do it again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! FUNNY ??? I would have punched him in his mouth for shooting, but then again, i'm smart enough not to walk down a range without checking the line first....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! I don't see any humor in this at all. The instructor should be "Fired". This was a close call that could and should have, been avoided. It very well could have had a very tragic ending to the story. .....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobie Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! That had to be scarry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzorp Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! Nothing funny there, thank God he wasn''t hurt,, but I would have went Drill Sargeant out of **** on the entire class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dg Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! "It's only funny after you know they are okay". My son and his skateboard friends told me that. Lighten up y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switchback29A1 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! Draw back, pin, anchor, oh hey theres somebody walking down the lane. I wonder if it's like golf and u hit the little buggy and everybody thinks it's funny, release. OOPS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! It is possible that the kid walked into the shot. Aim small miss small...I doubt he did it on purpose. Accidents can be funny, but at the time they are not funny at all. Everyone screws up, lets just be thankful nobody was hurt and as someone said above that it was rifle class. reminds me of a time we were chronoing are paintball guns and someone shot the meter reader lol.....not funny at first, but after all is well it was hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! yikes---he was lucky he had the coat on even luckier he didn't get hit in the head. That could have been really bad! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoyt19 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! sounds like he could have won the darwin award Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! Pretty dang stupid , not to mention dangerous as all get-out. Where the heck was the instructor while all of this was going on. Man, I don't see anything funny about this...not even after the fact. You guys need some discipline on that range, some strict rules and an instructor present at all times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooBear Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! A 40 lb recurve will shoot through a car door. Sounds a little strange to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! Geez! Sounds like y'all need a new range officer. That could have been bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDNKHNTR77 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! the reason i said that he was a "novice" shoooter is because the person he shot was in fron of his target which was about 4 ft. away from the target the kid who shot him was aiming at. also, he did not draw the bow all the way back because he did not have proper form which is y it did not go through the coat. and some of u guys need to lighten up, yeah he "could have gotten seriuosly hurt" but he didnt so we busted their balls for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatecsteve Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! Yeah, not funny at all, 40 lbs is enough to down a deer, the kid was VERY lucky...instructor should have been fired...what if it was your kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! [ QUOTE ] We were all worried at first but it was pretty funny later [/ QUOTE ] Just goes to show their is no adult supervision there!!! Even college people need this aparently! Man! What was anybody thinking?!?!?!?!?! Even a 40 lb. recurve can kill somebody! Like TSBH said I would be kicking somebodies BUTT if the idiot shot that at me!!! Its not funny at all!!! [ QUOTE ] u guys need to lighten up, yeah he "could have gotten seriuosly hurt" but he didnt so we busted their balls for it [/ QUOTE ] Your point being??? It doesnt matter, its people like this who wind up killing somebody, then we all get blamed for it because nobody had any smarts that day not to pull it back without a safe down range target!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! yeah, really guys lighten up, I took an archery class and those bows are really weak, even if they claim they're 40 lb draws. And I know could have been bad, but it wasn't and it's just a post here at the tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Re: accident in archery class!!! Lighten up about what......Lucky it didn't hit him in the head....then what say we didn't speak strongly enough.....I'd say that the responses that have been posted here are way to civil....I really could care less if the draw wieght was 20-30 lbs...this will KILL if put in the right spot.....for GODS SAKE a BB-Gun will kill...and you say lighten up......I don't think so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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