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Author Topic: Cold weather recurve hunting question  (Read 281 times)

Offline Stringpuller#1

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Cold weather recurve hunting question
« on: November 11, 2014, 12:42:00 PM »
Im ready in, shoot-abilty, to bring my Wes Wallace Mentor out for Minnesota whitetail but our snow has kicked in already. I always have kept this one piece bow un-strung and hanging flat on my unheated garage wall.
I figure I'd continue to store it there when not in use so it will always stay the same temp as my practice/hunting climate. I shoot daily and dont know if I should bring it in and out of the house daily or if its safe to keep it out there ?
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Offline Diamond Paul

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Re: Cold weather recurve hunting question
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2014, 02:33:00 PM »
I would think cold would be less of a threat to the bow's safety than heat, within limits.  I wouldn't leave my bows out in the garage down here where it's very hot and humid all the time, but seems like cold wouldn't hurt one, especially if you don't hang it up strung.
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Offline centaur

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Re: Cold weather recurve hunting question
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2014, 02:41:00 PM »
I don't think it matters. I took my bow from my house this morning into 2 degrees, and it performed just fine. I have never had a problem in cold weather. As stated above, heat is more of a problem than cold.
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Offline Trad Whitetail

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Re: Cold weather recurve hunting question
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2014, 05:53:00 PM »
I don't think it matters.  I bring my Howatt Hunter, that I never un-string, inside where it is around seventy and then outside in very cold weather for a day of shooting (sometimes below 0F) with no problems.  I have done this for years.  When whitetail hunting from a friend's house in the country I used to leave it in the truck to keep it the same temperature as I was hunting in, but did not notice any difference from bringing it inside.  I also hunted in the rain with freezing / unfreezing temperatures in an un-heated tent last year and no problems - except for trying to get clothes dry!  Fiberglass backed bows are tough and very stable.  Now, if I was not using a fiberglass backed bow with a good finish and carbon arrows things would be different!

Offline Kamm1004

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Re: Cold weather recurve hunting question
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2014, 06:08:00 PM »
I worry a million times more about the heat than the cold. I've heard that in general wood does well in the cold, I've heard you need temps of -80 or something ridiculous to have problems. Hopefully some of the bowyers will chime in here!
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