Interesting collection..............

[Bob Wright]

I went out to a nearby McDonald's for breakfast before meeting my friend for coffee. At McDonald's there was a man there I knew, a roofing contractor. So I joined him. As I sat down I noticed a zip-lock plastic bag containing 60~75 bullets. Most were 9mm, a couple of .40s, and one .22; all fired and some flattened.

"What's the deal with the bullets?" I asked him.

"I dug these out of roofs," was his reply.

Celebrating New Year's, Fourth of July, or whatever. Few folks realize, or care, that what goes up must come down.

Bob Wright

 

[exavid]

Imbeciles abound. Last fall a car driving down the street near my house got hit in the roof by and arrow. It was dark out but the 'archer' was soon found nearby. He was standing on his front lawn with a bow and said he just wanted to see how high the arrow would go. Lucky for him the arrow didn't penetrate the roof of the car. The brain dead are among us.

 

[RoninPA]

I'm not an archer so don't know much (a little but not much).

No snow, weather was so-so, I was bored so I was cleaning up a few debris, I found an arrow in the front yard. In very good condition.

Here is what I found:
Target tip, wrapped around the shaft it has ICS Bowhunter 340 with "Carbon" at the top and Bem(Triangle)n (Beman?) at the bottom. 2 yellow flights and one white (with "Don't Tread on Me" and coiled snake on it).

I'll probably just display it on the wall below an old SXS shotgun as a decoration.

Arrow info: Tip weight 92.59 grains (6 gms)

Length 31 5/8" from the bottom of the nock to the cut end of the arrow

The front of my house faces WNW and the arrow was laying pointed NE. Behind my house is a large field and a good sized wooded area (150 acres or so) so I wonder if some was in the field or woods practicing and it got away from them and they just didn't know where it went. I'll have to keep my eyes open to see if I see any neighbors who might be archers and ask a couple of my clients that live in the neighborhood if they know of anyone. Either way I'm keeping the arrow

 

[Poco Oso]

Imbeciles abound. Last fall a car driving down the street near my house got hit in the roof by and arrow. It was dark out but the 'archer' was soon found nearby. He was standing on his front lawn with a bow and said he just wanted to see how high the arrow would go. Lucky for him the arrow didn't penetrate the roof of the car. The brain dead are among us.

I remember doing something like this, as a kid with my first store-bought bow. It was all fun and games....till the arrow disappeared from sight and I stood there wondering....Where's it coming down? Once was enough. :wink:

 

[Galaxiedan]

We got new neighbors behind us that decided it was good idea to use an old washer machine as a target. We have 5 acre lots with woods between us and they thought the washer and woods would stop the bullets from there July 4th party. Needless to say I picked up five 30-30 bullets out of my house. Yes from inside! And one .223 out of my koi Pond filter. The hole Drained the pond from the leaking filter and killed about $700 worth of Japanese Moi.

 

[Colonel Daddy]

I went out to a nearby McDonald's for breakfast before meeting my friend for coffee. At McDonald's there was a man there I knew, a roofing contractor. So I joined him. As I sat down I noticed a zip-lock plastic bag containing 60~75 bullets. Most were 9mm, a couple of .40s, and one .22; all fired and some flattened.

"What's the deal with the bullets?" I asked him.

"I dug these out of roofs," was his reply.

Celebrating New Year's, Fourth of July, or whatever. Few folks realize, or care, that what goes up must come down.

Bob Wright

"They walk among us!"

 

[blackhawknj]

So what's wrong with blanks ?

 

[Bob Wright]

So what's wrong with blanks ?

You can't rip out fifteen rounds of blanks rapid fire.

Bob Wright

 

[DeletedMember275]

Imbeciles abound. Last fall a car driving down the street near my house got hit in the roof by and arrow. It was dark out but the 'archer' was soon found nearby. He was standing on his front lawn with a bow and said he just wanted to see how high the arrow would go. Lucky for him the arrow didn't penetrate the roof of the car. The brain dead are among us.

I remember doing something like this, as a kid with my first store-bought bow. It was all fun and games....till the arrow disappeared from sight and I stood there wondering....Where's it coming down? Once was enough. :wink:

I MAY have done something similar in my ill-spent youth. I can neither confirm nor deny that allegation.

 

[SAJohn]

Several times while hunting or just out plinking I have had bullets go zinging by my ears. It really gets you attention. I stopped a bullet once and never heard it so I guess the old saying is true.

 

[Tallbald]

Once at about age 13 I was minding my own business sitting on the upper edge of a hillside on our small farm in KY. Just contemplating things and scanning the hillside below. Ground was soft and cattle had grazed it down low. I heard a hefty "thwack" into the dirt maybe 10 feet to my right, and a few moments later heard a far distant gun shot. With a very low population in that area of our county, I guess someone had touched off a round for some reason or another not thinking of where that round would reach earth again. I didn't see the slug hit so I couldn't find where it buried itself into the dirt. It was a lesson that has stayed with me every since. Don.

 

[gtxmonte]

Several times while hunting or just out plinking I have had bullets go zinging by my ears. It really gets you attention. I stopped a bullet once and never heard it so I guess the old saying is true.

This is one of the big reasons I am NOT a hunter.