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Gary Finch Outdoors
Your annual Bow Tune-Up
It Prevents More Than Bad Shots
By Steve Layton & Gary Finch
TV 27” w/dVd & VCR built
in; entertainment center; color
printer; electric smoker; 52”
ceiling fan; 592-4798.
2 barrel horses; 3 barrel
saddles; mules that pull/ride; 2
wheel horse cart; ponies; other
horses & tack; 592-2494.
The key to improvement is attributed
to learning from previous mistakes
and by making the necessary changes.
That would have been an important
policy to remember before I pulled a
bow to full draw on a nice 6 pt. buck
at only 15 steps away. As I began to
Australian Shepherd pups, go through my check list of settling
registered/purebred, Blue Merles the bow, finding my anchor point, and
& Black Tris, great dispositions,
pedigree; 585-9302.
placing the sight pin on the vitals, it
happened.
A deafening report came right be-
32” TV w/remote; mini-horses,
black/white stud & brown stud;
2 mares, black & brown; 579side
my ear as if someone had fired a
.38 caliber pistol next to my head. My
instant reaction was to flinch, close
my eyes, and try to steady myself on
3978.
the strap of my safety harness some 20
feet off the ground in a lock-on stand.
1982 F-100, runs good, $1,200;
579-2062.
In coming to my senses, I could see
that the deer was obviously gone
and my bow was a crumple of loose
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cherry finish and 3 leafs;
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included, good condition, $75;
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limbs and a web of cables and string.
Later I would find that the arrow had
been broken into 5 separate pieces
and was on the ground beneath me.
All this occurred when a cable broke
and snatched a carbon arrow complete
with a fixed blade broad head up
This picture shows the broken cable,
broken sight, released cams and arrow
included.
pound bow allows it to store and
release an enormous amount of energy
1993 dutchmen travel trailer,
self-contained, central HVAC,
all appliances, new awning,
excellent condition, $4,500
through the limbs. I never found the
broad head, but continue to be thankful
that it did not flip backwards into
my face or chest. 4742102
Luckily, there were no injuries to
through an arrow. Likewise, a malfunction
of that same bow will have
it releasing its energy and havoc in all
directions.
“Two situations that should never be
OBO; 573-3426.
anything, other than my bow, arrow, a factor in an archer’s injury are incor-
and pride. Upon taking the bow into rect equipment or poor conditioning.”
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Marianna well, electric pole,
water lines, cleared & quiet,
$39,500; 573-0950.
the pro-shop, it was discovered that I
had been shooting with worn cables.
On this occasion, I took one shot
too many and it broke. I shoot a lot
throughout the year, aside from the
- I wrote that in an earlier article and
now am judged by those same words.
Unlike gun hunting, bow hunters require
a great deal more than a trigger
finger to accomplish a shot. In an ac-
actual hunting season. It takes a toll tual hunting situation, bow limbs still
29’ Conquest travel trailer on cables and strings. It was some- have to be drawn and held on target.
w/large slide out, like new,
$13,000; 557-6206.
thing that should have been changed
in proper tune-up maintenance. All the
events of this incident could have been
Usually, this position will have to be
held for a length of time before a clear
shot is presented. Just because there is
avoided through routine maintenance, no gunpowder involved in shooting a
which I neglected.
bow, that doesn’t mean that the equip-
The mechanics of a modern comment can be taken any less seriously.
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