I wasn’t allowed to play with the bow and arrows b/c it was only for the boys for some reason.
My cousin had his eye put out by an arrow shot by another kid while they were chasing each other around.
He’s a good sport and we laugh every time we hear that line from Christmas Story: “You’ll Put Your Eye Out!!”
Because that is exactly what happened to him.
I got the one and only “D” I ever received in archery in the 10th grade — I couldn’t hit the bale of hay for the life of me. I am left handed and I don’t think the teacher knew how to show me to hold the bow.
Imagine we had archery back in the “bad old days!!”
***My cousin had his eye put out by an arrow shot by another kid while they were chasing each other around.***
A half inch higher and I would be one eyed back in 1956. Then a few months later I took an arrow in the shoulder. Good thing it was a field point, not a broad head.