It Happened

[Bruce M]

I tempted fait too much and the bow folded.
I really shouldn't have been shooting this bow, being so old, but I really did enjoy shooting it while I had it. A 1952 (I believe) Bear Polar
Broke as I drew back.
https://i.postimg.cc/dtPGjVTf/368814-D7-B6-CA-441-E-842-D-98851585-F08-B.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Ls6tgQZ6/45-EDCA2-F-46-E3-4863-97-FB-C12-B6-E5-DA325.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/L5fLFrGv/A96432-FF-6318-42-BF-96-F6-2-EF4821-F578-D.jpg

[McDave]

It's a shame; nice looking bow.  But nuthin's forever.

[GCook]

Definitely not a fun thing.

[Friend]

Sad ending....

[SlowBowKing]

It's always sad to see these old bows give up the ghost, but I firmly believe that it's better to see them in use than being neglected and collecting dust on a rack.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

It happens.  Hope no one was hurt.

[1Arrow1Kill]

Ouch!  At 67, I'm starting to wonder when I'll be broken beyond repair more than when my longbows will be broken beyond repair. 

[woodchucker]

They were meant, to be bent...  Sometimes, they break... 

Better to have shot and lost, than to never have shot at all...

[Bruce M]

Yeah I'm of the same mindset of rather shoot and break than let it sit on a rack collecting dust.

No, no one hurt. Rather uneventful, just kind of had enough and gave up during the pull, not at full draw yet.

[Matt Fowler]

It'll make an awesome wallhanger now!

[Bruce M]

lol, yep already hanging in the basement bow shop/woodshop/hang out

[MattfromVT]

Sorry about the bow... and the new underwear you probably needed when you heard that crack

[Kokopelli]

For what it's worth, the last bow I had break, a black glass / rosewood Super Diablo, I cut off the limb tips for key fobs. Seems fitting that my key to the range is on a bow tip.

[blacktailbob]

That lower limb looks like my left knee before a TKR.
Sometimes fate will sneak up on you when you least expect it.

[Wudstix]

I'm praying that doesn't happen with any of my bows.  Closest was the horn tip cutting a FF string at full draw (66.2#)