layin on the smackdown Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 you have ever shot with your bow? (i know this should go in the bow hunting room, but i think its lounge material) I'll admit it.....One night when i was in college, my buddies and i were shooting from the road into our garage where we had a deer target set up.....We were shooting at 45 yds, in the dark with only the garage light on, and our shooting lane was about a foot and a half between my truck and our house...I smoked the driver side door, inches from taking out my window, and into the gutter off the back of the house...I think thats the dumbest thing i have ever shot... :clap::oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I tried to shoot a red squirrel one time during deer season. Me and my dad were not seeing much and a squirrel was on a tree with an apple in its mouth. I drew back and tried to shoot it but flung it over its head. I didn't hit it but it is the dumbest thing I tried to shoot, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I tried to shoot a grouse in a bush about 10 ft off the ground once. I never did find that arrow ...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 LOL...speaks for itself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Just a bird. What made it dumb though was due to the fact the bird was flying in the air. I have no idea where the arrow went. Looked in the area where it would be, but never found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierbuck Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 A vine that hung down from a tree near a tree stand I favor. I actually hit it, but too high to get my arrow out when I was down on the ground. It has hung there for probably 10 years, all the fletching has dissolved and yet it still mocks me. HB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I dipped some rags in diesel fuel, lit it on fire, and then shot a 5 gallon plastic gas can........KABOOM!!!!!!! Ok, so maybe I saw that on tv. I shot a tree this year while attempting to shoot a doe. Thats pretty dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m gardner Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 On a bet I shot the head off one of the little lizards that frequent the range here. He was on the top edge of the target butt at 19 yards. Have no idea where the arrow went. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TennesseeTurkey Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Bow hunting it was shooting a squirrel in a tree, I missed but he felt the wind go by him LOL..... rifle hunting late one evening on my food plot in MS a swamp rabbit came out at about 40 yards and I thought it was a bobcat.... Yes you can mistake a swamp rabbit for a bobcat it its too dark to see..... I still killed it tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 My canoe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 My canoe.... Haaa!!!! Three raccoons in one sitting, with 4 arrows. I sat in my treestand for 10 minutes just unloading my quiver Didn't see any deer that hunt either for some reason... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Coons, possums, armadillos, birds, and squirrels....... But..... the worst shot I made was in college when we'd come home and shoot every day rain or shine. Sometimes when it would rain I'd shoot inside the trailer I lived in, from the bedroom through the kitchen, down the hall, about 20 yards. After I put an arrow through the bedroom door I decided to quit. :bang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I just want to say have a little respect for God's critters....I think shooting a non game animal for entertainment and to see if it can be done because "you're bored" or something is a little bit "sick". Just my opinion though.... Dumbest thing I shot was a bad shot at the deer target and it hit the plastic leg and I hada horrible time pulling it out. Otherwise at the price of arrows, I don't want to waste my time attempting to shoot something unnecessary. If I'm not eating it, I'm not shooting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1 Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 One of the targets at our clubs 3d shoot last year was a baboon up in a tree. We were shooting unknown yardages and there were more than one arrow in the tree behind it....I was lucky enough to catch the 'skin' on its back, it was enough to keep the arrow from going through it. You should have heard the crying about that target from some of the guys..... Maybe not a dumb thing to shoot at, but it was certainly out of the ordinary. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 My canoe.... LOL Jim!:hammer1::stupid: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Used to set up a few human sillouette targets in the yard and call the boys over.:ninja: Got a lot of looks from the locals when they passed by until I finally got a 3-d target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushy Tail Butcher Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Bird I tried to shoot a grouse in a bush about 10 ft off the ground once. I never did find that arrow ...LOL I didn't do it, but I watched my Dad shoot a grouse one time. We where walking out of the woods and run into a grouse, and he didn't fly, he just run about 25 yards ahead of us. And the old Man nailed him, right in the neck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyman Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 The dumbest thing that I have ever shot would have to shooting at a black bear in mid air on a WINDY day. I was using a riped flu-flu and the arrow started flying messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I put an arrow between the eyes of a skunk one time.... right in the middle of the front yard of our cabin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Dumbest thing was probably shooting straight up in the air one day. Buddy and I were walking out one morning and he said "I wonder how high an arrow would go if I shot straight up..." To which I nocked and arrow and said "Let's see...." As you could imagine, that arrow was out of sight in no time (even from my butt old PSE). We sat there laughing then it hit us, "oh #$%&, that's going to come down somewhere....." We sat for a bit under some trees, didn't hear anything so we looked around. The arrow fell about 200 yards out in the middle of a field. That was pretty stupid. :stupid: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhuntMN Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Dumbest thing was probably shooting straight up in the air one day. Buddy and I were walking out one morning and he said "I wonder how high an arrow would go if I shot straight up..." To which I nocked and arrow and said "Let's see...." As you could imagine, that arrow was out of sight in no time (even from my butt old PSE). We sat there laughing then it hit us, "oh #$%&, that's going to come down somewhere....." We sat for a bit under some trees, didn't hear anything so we looked around. The arrow fell about 200 yards out in the middle of a field. That was pretty stupid. :stupid: when i was a younger i did the same thing with my little Golden Eagle bow that was set at probably 20 lbs. only i lived in town and instead of finding the arrow stuck in the middle of a field, i found my arrow lodged in our neighbor's roof thank god he was nice and got it down for me after some laughs. Other than that, a few years ago i was shooting at my target in the yard. I missed high, the arrow bounced off the top of the target, and continued another 15 yds where it put a nice hole in the bottom of our brand new 14 ft. duck boat. my dad wasn't too happy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 (edited) I just want to say have a little respect for God's critters....I think shooting a non game animal for entertainment and to see if it can be done because "you're bored" or something is a little bit "sick". Just my opinion though.... Opinion noted and respected, but I choose to shoot coons every now and then solely because they're pests that eat song bird eggs and do major damage to our turkey population. I don't know about you, but I would much rather have an abundance of turkeys and cardinals than racoons. Telling someone to "respect God's critters" isn't much of an opinion... Edited February 18, 2010 by backwoods07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Opinion noted and respected, but I choose to shoot coons every now and then solely because they're pests that eat song bird eggs and do major damage to our turkey population. I don't know about you, but I would much rather have an abundance of turkeys and cardinals than racoons. Agreed. I shot at a possum one night from my tree stand. It was getting dark and I was getting redy to clmib down when I saw him. I shot and thought I hit him but when I got down there I found my arrow...broken in half with no possum. There goes about $10 :bang: I did shoot my bow straight up in the air once like Tominator out in a huge cornfield. Talk about some hang time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Agreed. I did shoot my bow straight up in the air once like Tominator out in a huge cornfield. Talk about some hang time. Ha, apparently I'm not the only one who has always wanted to do this. On a related subject, after becoming a huge fan of Arrow Affliction, I have an arrow set aside just in case a flock of geese decide to fly by...:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Ha, apparently I'm not the only one who has always wanted to do this. On a related subject, after becoming a huge fan of Arrow Affliction, I have an arrow set aside just in case a flock of geese decide to fly by...:D It is definitely possible. In fact you would have more range with the bow on them geese than you would with a shotgun. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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