Rule four

Posted in uncategorized on March 23rd, 2009 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

Mikee Says:
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
We had a similar issue arise with a teen bow hunter in my old neighborhood in MD. Shooting his arrow from his 2nd story bedroom window (to simulate shooting from a tree stand), he missed his target bag. The arrow ricocheted off the hard ground and ended up lodged in the house behind his. Unfortunately the arrow buried itself in the house siding about 6 inches from the open window of an infant’s bedroom. Needless to say, the parents were not happy when the teen came over, asked to retrieve his arrow, and then showed them where it was stuck.

However, after some heated words by the father of the infant to the father of the teen, and then some very heated words from the teen’s father to the teen, the teen was allowed to live. He was no longer allowed to shoot towards the neighbors’ homes. In what I thought was a brilliant compromis he had to use his own home as a final backstop for all further practice.

I don’ think he ever got the offending arrow back.
Paul Says:
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:09 pm
The fence I use as a back stop is on a four lane highway. I’ve had arrows poke throught the fence, don’t think they have ever gone through.

Might not be the best idea ever, but how else will I get in the practice? Now if I gave in an got the handicap permit I can get I could use a cross bow and that would help some, but I am stubborn.

Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.

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