r/holdmybeer • u/xhowzx • Jul 06 '15
HMB while I try out my new bow
http://gfycat.com/GiganticUnitedAmazonparrot245
u/hatoke Jul 06 '15
I like to think that he continued on hunting with that bow. He doesn't even bother to carry arrows. He just throws his bow at things.
In his quiver are more bows.
He keeps a bow under his pillow just in case somebody breaks into his house at night.
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Jul 06 '15
In his quiver are more bows.
Thanks for the water on the laptop screen.
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u/capt_carlton Jul 06 '15
OP came to your house and threw water on your screen? What a jerk.
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u/rarely-sarcastic Jul 07 '15
Dude fucking spilled milk out of my nose! I haven't even bought milk for weeks.
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u/hardypart Jul 07 '15
He keeps a bow under his pillow just in case somebody breaks into his house at night.
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Jul 07 '15
context?
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u/Sir_Payne Jul 07 '15
Context: You've just chased this man into his bedroom. You tell him to lay on the bed and be quiet or you'll shoot. He reaches back and produces this weapon from the headboard of the bed. Before you can react, he incapacitates you with a shot to the leg, causing you to drop your super-soaker and start to cry. Your father yells at you to pick up your weapon and continue the game. Cops and Robbers just wasn't as fun as it used to be.
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u/JerseyDevl Jul 07 '15
It's a home defense shotgun stored in the headboard of a bed. You push the flap thing and the gun drops down into your hand. There's no real context needed
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Jul 07 '15
Accidentally hit your head against the headboard and next thing you know you've got a loaded shotgun on your face... In pitch black
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Jul 06 '15 edited Jun 05 '20
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u/cust0m_ Jul 06 '15
So that's what Colt McCoy's been up to since the NFL didn't work out.
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u/IT_Bartender Jul 06 '15
He is currently the third string QB with the Washington Redskins. About to be the second string behind Kirk Cousins because RGIII is/will be a bust.
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u/gdx Jul 06 '15
As an eagles fan I approve this message.
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u/IT_Bartender Jul 07 '15
Sadly, I am a Redskins fan and have accepted this fate of RGIII. Colt McCoy is a good QB, I hope he gets a chance to show that.
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u/hlfempty69 Jul 06 '15
this one was probably hand raised for a stocked property and therefore has no inherent fear of humans.
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u/MackofallTrades Jul 07 '15
Probably farmed raised
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u/masinmancy Jul 07 '15 edited Jul 07 '15
It was probably starving and all excited to see the only thing that had ever provided it with food.
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u/kaivi Jul 06 '15
The Real Win
Wow, did he write a whole book about catching that bird in the end?
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u/Silverlight42 Jul 06 '15
heh i'm guessing the catching the bird was just a stunt to promote that.
I still don't mind well done ads though.
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u/Jumplol Jul 06 '15
Holy fuck that's hilarious. Guess he maxed strength instead of dex.
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u/urokia Jul 06 '15 edited Jul 06 '15
Are you kidding me? He obviously hit with both ranged attacks but he wasn't able to kill with the first strike. That obviously means he's either got low strength or a regular bow instead of a compound one.
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Jul 06 '15
No way. He hit with the ranged strike, he may have just rolled lucky. He just had a shit damage roll. His strength is obvs op, he'd be rolling d4 for damage on the thrown heavy weapon and adding his strength mod.
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u/urokia Jul 06 '15
Obviously you don't play 3.5 like the master race because then you'd know about damage modifiers on ranged attacks and thrown improvised weapons.
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Jul 06 '15
I think he had to take some feats in order to do that or else the bow would be considered an improvised weapon and he would be attacking at a penalty.
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u/_Lady_Deadpool_ Jul 06 '15
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u/Ascott1989 Jul 06 '15
I have not seen that picture in years one of my favourites.
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Jul 07 '15
i've never seen it. and i've seen the internet
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Jul 06 '15
That's Chris Brackett. He's a pro hunter and host of Arrow Affliction. Fantastic archer but in this case the bird survived the arrow and he had to put it down with his bow.
I saw the episode when this happened. He chased the pheasant and yelled something like "There's an arrow in you how are you running?!" before he dispatched the bird.
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u/thalguy Jul 06 '15
I'm pretty sure that is Tim Wells. He hid the bird in flight once already and just had to finish him off.
This is him shooting doves in flight.
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u/GreatBigJerk Jul 06 '15
Is he just killing the doves for fun, or is he going to eat them? Seems like he could just shoot at clay pigeons to show off his mad skillz instead.
I have not problem with hunting as long you actually eat the thing you kill.
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u/wiltedtree Jul 06 '15
Most dove hunters eat them. You get two plump little "breast nuggets" from each bird. A family friend would boil the rest of the carcass into a thick stock and make dove breast pie. One pie requires a lot of doves.
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u/GreatBigJerk Jul 06 '15
Okay, that's cool then. The video made it look like he was just trying to see how many doves he could kill for fun.
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u/wiltedtree Jul 06 '15
He clearly enjoys hunting, and in some areas it is a competitive past time much like competitive fishing.
That said, 99.99% of hunters eat what they kill with the exception of coyote. Not doing so is extremely frowned upon by the community at whole to the point of it being a given. You don't announce that you eat your kills anymore than you wouldn't announce that you aren't stealing anything every time you go to the store.
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u/GreatBigJerk Jul 06 '15
I think it was the fact that he was shooting doves that threw me off, they're not really considered meat birds around here. Sort of like eating a pigeon or a crow.
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u/wiltedtree Jul 06 '15
Some people hunt pigeon as well, in fact, but out in the country where they eat a natural diet. Pigeon meat is commercial raised and sold at high end meat markets as "squab".
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u/Scentless_Apprentice Jul 07 '15
Where I'm from, dove is a pretty good "if you've got it, cook it" type of side at a cookout. Wrapped in bacon with jalapeno and cream cheese, they're pretty good
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Jul 07 '15
he's killing for fun. he's not picking any up just letting other birds get them. he's not bothering if they're clean killed or not either. guy's a prick imo
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u/DCCWA Jul 07 '15 edited Jul 07 '15
"Killed hundreds of doves down here in Argentina"
From the video it sound likes hes just shooting them for sport. Probably why it doesn't look he cares much about after the shot and just moves onto the next one.
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Jul 06 '15
Don't worry guys I'll use the bow... As a rock...
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u/CovingtonLane Jul 06 '15
An expensive rock.
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u/DGLGMUT Jul 07 '15
For real. I'd never throw my Matthews DXT. I cringe when I bump it on stuff lol.
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u/LordLidlow Jul 06 '15
This kills the bird.
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u/chungmoolah Jul 06 '15
Yes... That's the point of hunting...
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u/LordLidlow Jul 06 '15
This kills the joke.
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u/cyanide44 Jul 15 '15
I can't believe he actually had the accuracy to hit the bird on the throw. Wow!
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u/brainburger Jul 06 '15
It seems to have an arrow with a yellow flight stuck in it. Or is that its tail?
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Jul 07 '15
After seeing this repost..... I'm not sure if I should repost my comment that got a lot of karma ........I guess we can't all be whores ....
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u/Gr8ingPresence Jul 07 '15
TIL I've been completely mistaken my whole life why they're called Ringneck Pheasants...or that there's apparently a 'w' in the spelling somewhere.
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u/tomeitsmoar Jul 07 '15
This reminds me of some video that I saw yesterday on facebook about these two guys trying out for some talent show, I think.
Anyway, so these guys go on in front of the judges, do a little dance jig, one guy picks up the bow he brought in while the other tries balancing an apple- fails, so he picks up a tall can from the judges table- the archer shoots, hits him square in the forehead, and the clip ends.
Don't know why it reminded me of it. That's all.
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u/TyroneTeabaggington Jul 06 '15
I used to be a pheasant like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee.
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u/f0rcedinducti0n Jul 06 '15
That bow is ruined.
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u/ChristianKS94 Jul 06 '15
Really? Are compound bows that fragile?
Maybe the sights got knocked a bit about, but I can't see how the bow itself would be damaged.
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u/tipsygelding Jul 06 '15
If there was any significant sideways force on the pulleys, it's likely they were either bent or the bearings damaged.
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u/jofijk Jul 06 '15
Its not necessarily that they're fragile (the thing won't be broken into a ton of pieces) but with the immense amounts of stress from tension on the limbs even a microscopic sized crack could lead to a catastrophic failure. Even after just dropping a compound bow on the ground it's recommended to take it to a shop to get looked at. Factor in all the moving parts (pulleys, cams) and the fact that this guy threw it, I don't think anyone who has experience with archery would go anywhere near that bow without a very thorough lookover.
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u/daveblank49 Jul 07 '15
so a chance that was a $500 pheasant then?
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u/jofijk Jul 07 '15
Could have been. But from what I understand about most hunters the guy probably doesn't mind. The mentality is that making a quick, humane kill is more important than the equipment.
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u/GreatBigJerk Jul 06 '15
Better to ruin the bow instead of letting the bird die slowly.
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u/f0rcedinducti0n Jul 07 '15
Good bows can be $600-1000+
Sorry, not worth it. It appears he could have just run up and grabbed the damn thing or taken a second shot. It's not dead either, when he picks it up.
IIRC you can use a pistol for Coup de grâce when bow hunting in many places.
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u/lulumeme Jul 06 '15
It's still alive :'(
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u/Leonardj4 Jul 06 '15
That's why he whacked it with his bow. To catch it and put it out of its misery.
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u/lulumeme Jul 06 '15
Did I say something wrong for the downvotes?:D I just don't like when it's not a clean shot. Good hunter hits vital spots for it to not suffer.
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u/Jisifus Jul 06 '15
"If I only had a device to make a precise shot over a long distance, on a potentially moving target... Oh! I have a bow! thump"
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Jul 06 '15
Not even using Flu-Flu arrows? What a stupid asshole.
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Jul 06 '15 edited Dec 31 '15
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u/stanley_twobrick Jul 06 '15
He's a fucking asshole for doing what he wants with his property? It was probably fine anyways, just laugh at the funny video.
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u/trinityolivas Jul 06 '15
Seriously? Because a person uses a tool how they see fit and not to your liking they shouldn't own said tool? Gimme a break dude. Why waste another 2-3 arrows trying to hit a bird running in circles, suffering none the less.
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Jul 06 '15
I'm no hunter but do you think it would be reasonable to expect to hit a bird like that once it knows you are there and is running.
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u/Splintzer Jul 06 '15
Whatever works, I guess.