Another cracked limb victim

[Howard94]

So here I am sitting in the stand for michigans bow opener. Life is good and I’m trying to will a big buck into existence. I start admiring my lift 33 hanging off the pine tree I’m in. That’s when I see it……..the dreaded cracked limb. Good thing I took all week off and can at-least enjoy being up north.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

Keep hunting, it’ll be alright

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Could be worse.

 

[Thess87]

If I was on a trip I’d keep hunting. I may not practice shoot a whole lot though lol.

 

[atmat]

Dude let it run. It only needs to last one more shot.

 

[CMF]

Keep hunting! I had the same thing happen on my Mathews DXT. I realized it on a Thursday evening after a 3 hour ride to deer camp. I shot an arrow at camp without a problem, went hunting and killed a buck Friday evening.

 

[Swamp Fox]

what's the worst that can happen ....

it has the resistance phase damping ... gosh ...

 

[Elkhntr08]

Looks like a splinter, not a crack to me. Keep hunting.

 

[Howard94]

She had at least 1 more in her.

 

[atmat]

She had at least 1 more in her.

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My guy. Congrats!

 

[Swamp Fox]

nice ...


i can see the family resemblance ...

 

[Ho5tile1]

She had a good shot in her as well good shot congrats


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[joshnewman82]

That’s funny. Never happened to me but I wouldn’t take thought of still continuing the hunt. Not a catastrophic failure expected?

 

[blackveltbowhunter]

I have never witnessed or seen the aftermath of a "catastrophic" limb failure in the lifts, due to the manufacturer defect. ( Not to confuse with abuse or operator error). I am sure it has happened, its not meant to discredit those who have seen the defect catastrophically fail. I have seen the cracked limbs multiple times over hundreds of lifts. All have been similar to the OP situation. Multiple situations the owner didn't even know, but brought in the bow for another reason and the crack was discovered through routine inspection, or tuning trouble was traced to the cracked limb/s.

 

[06 SB]

That’s funny. Never happened to me but I wouldn’t take thought of still continuing the hunt. Not a catastrophic failure expected?

It is not a true cracked limb. It is a slight splinter or delamination. It is cause for replacement but not an indication of immediate failure.

 

[joshnewman82]

Makes sense.