I knew better.........

ron w · July 16, 2018, 02:56:30 PM

Busy packing for the move to Georgia......took a couple of hours off to go shoot with KAT and huntmaster70 on Sunday morning. Came home and got right back at it with the packing......it was hotter than a pepper sprout. Worked the rest of the day and crashed about 8 pm. Went out this morning to go to the post office and there it was..... my ILF Zipper with the Z-4 limbs.......still strung........

and one of the limbs had a 90 degree bend in it. Just had to much stuff on my mind and forgot all about it. Lesson learned the hard way........so one les s set of limbs to pack for the trip south.

Hermon · July 16, 2018, 02:57:37 PM

ouch!

ron w · July 16, 2018, 04:28:40 PM

The really bad part......the last 2 weeks I have never shot so well as I had with this combo...........

Pine · July 16, 2018, 04:45:16 PM

I hate it when that happens and you can't even blame anybody else....

Wannabe1 · July 16, 2018, 06:24:45 PM

Dang! Sorry to hear that Ron. Hopefully you can get you another set of limbs once you are all settled.

ronp · July 16, 2018, 06:25:08 PM

Dang, Ron, that's sad. Youll just have to order a new set!

Cyclic-Rivers · July 16, 2018, 06:26:14 PM

Oh man Ron,that sux...

drewsbow · July 16, 2018, 07:15:08 PM

sorry to hear that Ron

M60gunner · July 16, 2018, 07:35:40 PM

Sorry for your loss. Don't you just hate it when life gets in the way? It must have been a real barn burner to bend a limb like that. I have been taking only one bow to the range lately because it so blasted hot. Usually I have them strung in their case but not for more than a few hours. After your experience I may modify my way of keeping them covered in the back of my Escape.

ron w · July 16, 2018, 08:50:13 PM

I have a bunch of limbs so I'm not completely beat on this.......bad part is I don't think the Z-4 limbs are available anymore. The rack is full......we'll suffer thru my stupidity........

Biathlonman · July 16, 2018, 09:00:30 PM

You probably ought to just send the riser to me to put the tragedy behind you! haha

ron w · July 16, 2018, 09:32:38 PM

Those zipper ilf to riser are getting hard to get, don't thing are they being made anymore

Steve Jr · July 16, 2018, 10:24:16 PM

What a bummer !

Jwilliam · July 16, 2018, 11:13:01 PM

Oh man that really stinks Ron. Just a case of too many things going on. We have all made those mistakes.

Friend · July 16, 2018, 11:57:16 PM

Hopefully, a stroke of good fortune follows

huntmaster70 · July 17, 2018, 09:17:41 AM

You should have took my advice to just stay here.

(WAY too much work to pack up & move) That does suck though, you were shooting that setup well!

ron w · July 17, 2018, 10:28:24 AM

There are a few things I will miss up here in New York..........but the move will be worth it down the road. Like in January and February ........

LBR · July 17, 2018, 10:36:17 AM

IMO that was actually good fortune. That limb was a failure waiting to happen--at least it didn't go when you were shooting. Epoxy has to be cooked at temps way higher than it will ever get outdoors (unless you are camped near a volcano).

Hermon · July 17, 2018, 10:53:23 AM

Quote from: LBR on July 17, 2018, 10:36:17 AM
IMO that was actually good fortune. That limb was a failure waiting to happen--at least it didn't go when you were shooting. Epoxy has to be cooked at temps way higher than it will ever get outdoors (unless you are camped near a volcano).

I took it that the bow was still in his car.

LBR · July 17, 2018, 10:58:26 AM

My bad--I thought it was just left outside.