Drenalin LD Failed Me Tonight

[agtex42]

Where to begin,

So after a relatively low-key hunting season, passing on deer early on and really not seeing much of anything over the past month or so I finally have a shooter buck dead to rights at 15 yards. I draw back, settle the pin, trip the release and CRACK!, my arrow disintegrates into pieces the buck goes sprinting off and I'm left holding a badly damaged bow in my shaking left hand thinking holy crap what just happened. After I calm down I climb out of the tree and lug all my gear back to the truck to inspect the damage. Just doing a quick analysis on my part looks like it needs new limbs (or at least the lower), a new cam, and possibly a new idler (no visible damage but there was some unusual side to side play in the bearing, it's hard to tell due to the bus cable still being attached and in good order). I'm still not exactly sure what happened but on release the string jumped the cam causing the cam to dig in to the lower limb and the arrow came up and hit my sight housing (causing it to bend up and seize the threads on the adjustable rheostat). I'm very thankful to be injury free and I've already contacted the original owner to see if I can send it back to him to find out if Mathews will cover the damage. Not looking to point fingers or raise caine about how much Mathew owes me something, but hoping maybe some of yall can shed light on why this might have happened and how I can avoid it in the future.

Chris

[tookeymonster]

If he takes it back to the place he bought it from it should be taken care of.

[bowmansdad]

First off, glad you are OK! If it was me, I would take it to my bow shop and see what they can
do as far as dealing with Mathews.

[Bowhunter004]

Do you practice with the arrows you hunt with? Maybe the arrow had a splinter and shattered upon release. If that happens its basically dry firing your bow. Glad you didn't get hurt and im sure if you can contact the original owner he can have it taken care of for you.

[Marion]

Glad you weren't hurt.

[bowhuntntxn]

1. was there a nick in the pieces of arrow when you fond them? It could have been cracked and exploded upon release, essentially dry firing the bow.
2. You could have torqued the bow so the string jumped off the lower cam upon release.
3. There could have been a stick, twig or debris in the cam or idler making it jump off when you shot.
It is highly unlikely that the bow just blew up without some sort of indication before hand. Glad you were not hurt, and hopefully the original owner will help you out getting it repaired.

[Skinny]

Sounds to me like your arrow failed you, and not your bow. What arrrows are you shooting???

[mav918]

Mathews bows

I'm really glad ur okay. I would have cr$&&@/ myself. I don't shoot Mathews, but I ain't a fan. All bows have problems, but........I ain't joining the band wagon!! I started with PSE many years ago and will stick with them. IMO!! I ain't ever had anything go bad!! "Pull, Shoot, Explode" hasn't ever been a problem. If this (Mathews) is where you need to be, go for it. Not my cup o tea. Maybe I just ride for the Brand!!!! Good luck. There are alot of choices out there. Don't follow!!!!

[wheels]

Yea arrow maybe!

[Concho Man]

Sounds to me like your arrow failed you, and not your bow. What arrrows are you shooting???

X2. Glad you weren't injured.

[agtex42]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I was only able to recover one part of the arrow and there was no visible damage to the nock, the shaft itself had splintered right at the cresting. In hind sight I was very fortunate not to be injured during this ordeal as where the arrow had split was inches from my face when it all went down. I suppose torque would be a possible but I'd like to think not probable, it's just hard to say as I practice regularly during the off season and I shoot out of my hunting setup "at altitude" prior to and during deer season. I guess in the moment I could have really jacked up my form, but I was waiting at full draw with all my typical anchor points for at least 30 seconds waiting for him to turn for the shot. Thanks again for the suggestions and words of encouragement.

[agtex42]

I'm really doubting suspect arrows, I set aside arrows as "hunting use only" when I'm tuning my broadheads and don't reuse them once they've been shot through an animal. Thanks again for the suggestions I'll be sure to post up what the dealer says if I can get it in to be inspected.

[Shark Attack]

Classic arrow failure . When an arrow snaps in half and hits your sight so hard it bends the scope it isn't much different than a dry fire . The energy intended to go into the arrow goes back into the bow thus stretching strings and torquing limbs and cams . This does damage in many cases but sometimes none at all . I have witnessed more dry fires because of nocks shot during practice ( not your case ) . Ive seen every type of manufacturer that makes a carbon have failure . I'm not going to hate on anyone manufacturer to start a war on the net . Glad you didn't get hurt !

I doubt you had anything to do with the arrow failure unless you had used the arrow regularly and didn't inspect it prior to the hunt ? People always rag on me for shooting Axis FMJ's but I have never seen on snap when someone shot it even if it was bent before it left the bow ..... my 2c

The bow didn't fail you brother your arrow did .

[JHardin2007]

I had that exact same thing happen to me 2 years ago with my Switchback XT. The situation, was I was in a tree stand and a buck was roughly 25 yards to the left of me. I drew back, set the pin, released, and KABLAAM, my arrow got sent off in 3-4 pieces and my bow was in the same shape as yours, I'm talking identical. After a few choice words and throwing a fit that my bow was all busted up, I over looked the whole situation and found out what happeded. When I turned to the left drawn back to set the pin (and not looking at my surroundings very well due to a pretty nice buck in eyesight), I released and my bottom CAM hit a little branch causing my bow to explode and scare the crap out of me. Needless to say I had to replace my CAM because it was bent a little and LIMBS due to the bottom one having been split in the CAM pocket because the cam was wedged in there. Sorry for the long read. Hope this helps.

[WoJo]

X2

Classic arrow failure . When an arrow snaps in half and hits your sight so hard it bends the scope it isn't much different than a dry fire . The energy intended to go into the arrow goes back into the bow thus stretching strings and torquing limbs and cams . This does damage in many cases but sometimes none at all . I have witnessed more dry fires because of nocks shot during practice ( not your case ) . Ive seen every type of manufacturer that makes a carbon have failure . I'm not going to hate on anyone manufacturer to start a war on the net . Glad you didn't get hurt !

I doubt you had anything to do with the arrow failure unless you had used the arrow regularly and didn't inspect it prior to the hunt ? People always rag on me for shooting Axis FMJ's but I have never seen on snap when someone shot it even if it was bent before it left the bow ..... my 2c

The bow didn't fail you brother your arrow did .