how often??

[bmb]

i have had my favorite hoyts factory string on since i got it about 2 years ago. only the serving shows wear...no fraying or fuzzies on the string itself. my question is how often do you replace your strings?

thanks in advance

[frank bullitt]

Brandon, if your doing alot of shooting I would suggest once a year! More likely it is a f.f. or modern low stretch material. They will wear out, even with good maintenance, waxing. The constant bending at the nock area seems to be a common breaking point. And being under the serving, kind of out of sight out of mind type thing!

  That being said, I have had strings on bows longer than should be! Some bowyers recommend 1 year or 10,000 shots, who's counting? So I would recommend you get a new one and save that one for a back-up, already shot in  and set -up, and just rotate out like that as you have the bow. Strings are cheap, broken bows aren't! Good shootin, Steve

[Smallwood]

once a year

[Curveman]

Yeah, I put a new string on at the start of deer season and move the replaced one to back-up status. Why risk missing a shot or injury for such low money?

[mcgroundstalker]

All statements above are true. Interesting point about string material wear under the serving.

... mike ...