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As we prepare for the upcoming archery season, please take a moment to "inspect" each and every arrow before you shoot. This did not happen to me, but was the result of a cracked/split arrow.

 

Be safe!

 

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Happy Hunting.

 

Dave

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I've seen this happen on the other end.  A friend was using his practice arrows with broadheads when bow season started.  He shot a hog right above the shoulder in what should have been a good shot.  The broadhead penetrated ever so slightly, but was left in the dirt as the arrow behind it splintered.

 

The hog lived to see another day.

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No risk here.  Too many guns, and no desire for bow.  I use to be the kid that would shoot an arrow straight up to play chicken with my friends like in the movie Grown Ups.  Never got hit, but came darn close.  Made a promise then, that I have kept for about 40 years now. 

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I have some full length, never been shot Gold Tip shafts that I have had for 5 or 6 years. I was planning on cutting them down, cresting, fletching, nocking and installing iserts this year. Will age cause fatigue that will lead to failure? I've never thought about the possibility of them getting brittle with age until now... time for me to start Googling I guess.
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Looks so bad just makes me tear up looking at it.

Although I cannot figure out how it happened. He would have been holding the string essentially so no pressure would have been on the arrow until he released it. It must have gotten "stuck" up front causing the aged shaft to split and make his left hand wish it were a right hand that day.


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Looks so bad just makes me tear up looking at it.

Although I cannot figure out how it happened. He would have been holding the string essentially so no pressure would have been on the arrow until he released it. It must have gotten "stuck" up front causing the aged shaft to split and make his left hand wish it were a right hand that day.


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It's amazing what we don't see:

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI_17jgEdAI

 

Watch how much the arrow flexed on release.

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