mattwill00
Member
Well I had an unfortunate experience on my last elk hunt. Full draw with a bull at 25 yards behind a pine and he won't budge. I go to let down after what felt like minutes and the next thing I know the bow explodes in my hands. Arrow shatters, sends the broadhead flying, full derailment, cams look like they are locked, cable slide disappears. You get the picture.
Luckily my buddy was right there and it gave me the opportunity to sneak over a ledge and call some more and lure him from the tree. Double lunged him and he went 60 yards so the outcome wasn't all bad.
This is my first season with this bow. PSE EVL 34. Now I'm not saying that it wasn't my fault, I'm sure I added some torque to the bow while I was attempting to let off, I've just never had it happen with any other bow. I contacted PSE and they told me to get with my local shop. Local to me is 2 hours unfortunately. I plan on replacing both cams regardless, replacing the axles, getting a new cable slide, and checking over the limbs. Should I consider new limbs? I have a nice bow press, nice drawing board, all the tools to do all of my own tuning and have been at it for a couple years. This is my first dry fire experience. I'm just wondering what leaving it at a shop will do for me? Like do they have some special way to check over these things that I'm missing? I don't see any obvious splintering or any real damage at all, just want to be safe. What would you all do if you were in my shoes?
Luckily my buddy was right there and it gave me the opportunity to sneak over a ledge and call some more and lure him from the tree. Double lunged him and he went 60 yards so the outcome wasn't all bad.
This is my first season with this bow. PSE EVL 34. Now I'm not saying that it wasn't my fault, I'm sure I added some torque to the bow while I was attempting to let off, I've just never had it happen with any other bow. I contacted PSE and they told me to get with my local shop. Local to me is 2 hours unfortunately. I plan on replacing both cams regardless, replacing the axles, getting a new cable slide, and checking over the limbs. Should I consider new limbs? I have a nice bow press, nice drawing board, all the tools to do all of my own tuning and have been at it for a couple years. This is my first dry fire experience. I'm just wondering what leaving it at a shop will do for me? Like do they have some special way to check over these things that I'm missing? I don't see any obvious splintering or any real damage at all, just want to be safe. What would you all do if you were in my shoes?
