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Offline Caleb Andes

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Cold messing with arrow flight
« on: January 19, 2012, 06:32:00 PM »
I was out shooting today in the 9 degree cold. My arrows were flying terrible. I know arrows shoot faster in the heat but I never thought the frigid cold could effect arrow flight this bad!?!?! Anyone having this problem?
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Offline limbolt

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2012, 06:37:00 PM »
I usually blame it on the heavier clothes.  :dunno:
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Offline Shan

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2012, 06:38:00 PM »
I'd guess cold fingers are the culprit
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Offline PaddyMac

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2012, 06:48:00 PM »
Yup. Same here. But I start out fine and then it gradually gets ugly. Cold fingers. Cold muscles. Cold everything.
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Offline Ragnarok Forge

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2012, 07:13:00 PM »
Arrows are not affected by cold.  Form on the other hand often is.
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Offline TAWL

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2012, 09:23:00 PM »
Never heard of temperature affecting arrow flight. Are you saying that it affects the spine of the arrow shaft?
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Offline Roadkill

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2012, 09:30:00 PM »
The cold is the culprit, but it affects the body and not the shaft.   It is in the teens when I hunt rabbits at dawn.  By midmorning the sun creeps over the mountains and the temps go up, and so does accuracy
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Offline Jeff Strubberg

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2012, 10:10:00 PM »
Not to mention that actually reaching full draw when wearing winter clothing is just about impossible.
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Offline Pete W

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2012, 10:58:00 PM »
Don't rule out a frozen stiff tab, glove and fingers.
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Offline don_h

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2012, 02:05:00 AM »
16 below this morning, didn't affect My shooting at all......still poor.
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Offline David Yukon

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2012, 02:17:00 AM »
Wow Don, almost summer!! It's been 40 bellow every morning for the past week....
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Offline Night Wing

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2012, 08:35:00 AM »
"Cold" will affect your form, your muscles and by the amount of heavy clothes you wear. It's the nature of the beast.
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Offline 30coupe

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2012, 08:45:00 AM »
Cold used to affect my arrow flight, but as I've gotten older I've found that, when the temperature dips to around zero, if I remain firmly planted in my recliner while reading Tradgang, the cold has no affect on my arrow flight whatsoever!    :laughing:
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Offline Plumber

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2012, 04:26:00 PM »
thats why the guys in the south shoot better than the guys in the north, lol
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Offline Caleb Andes

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2012, 07:10:00 PM »
haha 30coupe I will have to take your advice or move my target to my unfinished basement! Only problem is it is only 12 yars.. Better than nothing!!
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Offline lpcjon2

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2012, 07:38:00 PM »
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Originally posted by 30coupe:
Cold used to affect my arrow flight, but as I've gotten older I've found that, when the temperature dips to around zero, if I remain firmly planted in my recliner while reading Tradgang, the cold has no affect on my arrow flight whatsoever!     :laughing:  
Why wait till it hits zero, also works when the wind is blowing
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Offline 30coupe

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2012, 10:57:00 PM »
If I didn't shoot when the wind was blowing in Iowa, I'd be spending all my time in the recliner. There is a reason why Iowa is second only to Texas in wind powered generators!    :eek:
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Offline Manitoba Stickflinger

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2012, 07:42:00 AM »
Thanks Plumber...just added another awesome excuse to the list!

Try this: Leave your archery equipment outside and stay inside to keep yourself warm. After your bow/arrows are good and cold, go shoot. Then you'll know if it's you or the equipment.

Personally, I've seen less change in Trad equipment than modern in the severe cold. I once had a wheelie bow that shot 6"s high at 20 yards at -40.
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Online Hawkeye

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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2012, 10:11:00 AM »
There is a Trad Gang member who killed a polar bear and a muskox a year or two ago.  From reading his accounts, it was C-O-L-D there, and he did really well with his arrows' performance...
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Re: Cold messing with arrow flight
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2012, 11:34:00 AM »
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Originally posted by don_h:
16 below this morning, didn't affect My shooting at all......still poor.
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