Is it possible to catch an arrow hurtling towards you?
Say for example there’s an arrow with a dull wooden tip heading your way and you want to be able to catch it, when is the right time to raise your hand and close it just in time to catch the arrow?
Is this even at all possible?
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Xena did it all the time.
Terry Bryan can do it. I would imagine it depends a lot upon what sort of bow. I can pick up a $10 dollar “bow” from Walmart and catch the arrow pretty easily.
I nearly caught an arrow with my right cheek (the cheek of my face, that is) when I was a boy. I don’t recommend the experiment.
The neighbor who shot it definitely caught hell from my mother, and from his own mother, too, when she found out. I came out nearly unscathed, except for the bruise along the side of my face that I had to explain to Mom.
There was an episode on mythbusters that did this.
plausible
I was shot at by a bow hunter on trail with my horse about 8 years ago. Riding the logging roads in the Sierras.
Catching the arrow never crossed my mind…it ricocheted off a tree about 5 feet from my horse and I. Guess it would have been an interesting way to go. lol
I didn’t go off trail after that in the fall hunting season. :-/
Depends on how fast it’s going, but theoretically it’s possible. However, the chance of it happening would be very, very slim. You’d have to have super reflexes and luck and perfect timing at your side.
Heck, I’d probably even be able to catch it hog-tied——between my calves! ;)
I’m not sure it is possible because I don’t believe that arrows hurtle.
If an arrow can hurtle, then @MRSHINYSHOES can catch it between his calves. Maybe even his thighs.
@blueiiznh I can catch anything between my legs. Lol.
Alright you guys, get a room. lol
I don’t want a room, @Coloma. I’m like you. I want to do it in nature. Preferably on a horse.
And I’m not getting coffee for everybody, either.
@mazingerz88 Absolutely. That’s why I’m able to catch mine between my legs…..before it’s too late. Lol-lol.
Dicks generally do not hurtle unless attached to small boys running around the house shooting at the walls with a bow and rubber-tipped arrows.
@wundayatta There’s a bratty neighbourhood boy who regularly comes over and runs around our yard and house, armed with a toy weapon, so I can relate to what you said. He’s on my pesty hit list. Lol.
You can catch it in your chest… But you won’t live to tell about it.
@Symbeline Lol, I just noticed your avatar change!
Three out of four avatars in my selection are Xena. :D Big fan. :)
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