Back Up Bow

[Ray Lyon]

Gotta figure out which bow is the primary before I know if there's one that's a backup.   :rolleyes:

[dbd870]

Originally posted by Ray Lyon:
Gotta figure out which bow is the primary before I know if there's one that's a backup.    :rolleyes:  

[michaelschwister]

I currently have three sets of backups tuned and setup.  That is 3 pair.  Each pair shoots identical arrows. One set is two osage selfbows I made.  One is 66" and one is 67".  Both are 60#ish and shoot 670 grain tapered surewood arrows.  The next pair is a homemade glass lam R/D bow of my design and it's mate is a 64" Classic toelke whip.  Both are 64# and shoot 625 grain Beman ICS 340s.  The third tuned set are both Abbott longbows in yew. One is 56# and 68" and the other is 60# in 66". Both shoot 675 grain surewood arrows. I am close enough on shooting all six I can pick up any one and be hunt effective out to 25 paces.  

This is something I have worked to do since my 12 year go-to bow was destroyed several years ago.

[wasapt]

My back up shoots the same arrows as my primary, has the same string and is as accurate as my primary bow. I shoot them both lots?

[elkhunter45]

I don't have a back up bow at this time, but when I did it was the exact same bow with a shot in string on it. There was no difference between the two. A job loss forced me to sell my other bows and I kept the cleanest one of the four Kodiak Hunters in my stable at that time. I do plan on picking up another nice one someday.