[TowerTalk] Fwd: Ropes in trees

[Hans Hammarquist]

 Bob,
It is no problem removing the feathers as the string will keep the arrow straight.
Hans - N2JFS
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Shohet, KQ2M <kq2m at kq2m.com>
To: mike stokes <mike9v at gmail.com>
Cc: Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net>; towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>; Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesattaway at bellsouth.net>; jim <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 26, 2018 10:53 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ropes in trees

Yes, that’s EXACTLY how I learned why I needed to use the heavy glove.  I once had a VERY swollen and painful knuckle from a similar experience to yours and it prevented me from doing a lot of things for several weeks.  Fortunately it did not take a similar experience for me to start using a faceshield.  That I did from the beginning.
I also use a nitrile glove on my pull hand (right hand).  

I learned not to use a bow and arrow because I have had the feather on the arrow cut my finger more than once.  I don’t have good technique and decided that for me the slingshot was safer and easier to use.

73


Bob  KQ2M