getting your bow wet ??

[Sam McMichael]

Mine doesn't get wet very often. I tend to stay home on rainy days. Now that I am retired, I can be more picky about hunting weather.

[Digger_JC]

Wouldn't get to hunt here in Washington if ya had to keep your bow dry!

[Burnsie]

I have a nice Blacktail Elite VL that I have mostly just hunted whitetail locally with.  But it was the bow I felt most confident with and took it to Colorado for elk just a week ago.  I was a little apprehensive at first, trying to keep it out of harms way.  But after a couple days of being out in the brush and soaking rain with it,  I figured screw-it, I can always send it in to Norm for a re-finish if it bothers me that much.  It now has several battle scars and has received a good drying out and buffing since returning home.  Gonna leave it just the way it is - adds character and each ding has a story to tell.

[Brock]

i dont store it out in rain but if I am hunting...I dont fret too much about it.  I make sure my glass backed bows are good and rain wont much hurt them though it can get down in the wood and raise the grain if bug spray has eaten the finish.....nothing a light sanding and spray with varathane or another product wont remedy.  In addition to that...on both glass backed and self/backed bows...a coat of paste wax a couple times a year is good to help keep it sealed.

Where I live the humidity can be in the 90%+ in early season so it is nearly as bad as rain in pushing moisture into anything not protected or sealed.

I use my bow as a tool...I hunt with it in mud, heat, rain and snow...afterwards I clean it as needed...check for damage or compromises...take care of it and then hang back on rack for next visit to backyard to shoot or woods to hunt.

they are tougher than some of you admit....yes they can be works of art but they are still just a fancier tool.  

[shankspony]

Some of the best hunting can be in lite rain. I'd be more worried about my Fletch's.

[Easykeeper]

I figure I can't really enjoy it until it gets the first ding...then I can quit worrying about it an let it be the tool it is (and I like pretty tools...   )  .  Of course that doesn't mean I use it to dig holes but a few character marks don't bother me at all.

[silent sniper]

Haha Thanks everyone for the comments. I see that my caribow is just gonna have to get wet. I agree with all of your comments, just wanted to make sure before I look my beauty queen out into the weather. Thanks again, SS

[cuboodle]

Old Fred bear used his kodiak as a wading staff to cross streams jamming the tips into underwater rocks and still shot game on the other side

[Brock]

I put the rubber tip protectors on all my bows and have used all of them as props and walking sticks on steep terrain and in deep water.....  I dont plan to do it but if needed...I do use it as needed.  When I get home I take off the rubber tip and dry and clean it and then reinstall...

enjoy the bow and use it as it was intended....and as needed.

keep em sharp

[Pheonixarcher]

Honestly, I worry more about my feathers, strings/silencers, leather grips, and rests than I do about the integrity of my bows. I trust in the quality that I purchase.

[Kituwa]

I agree with the others, dont worry about it getting wet. If it gets dinged or loses the finish anywhere put some true oil over it to seal it.And the paste wax is a great idea too. I know how you feel about taking a beautiful bow out in the rain, but after a few years and it has some dings and scratches or its shine is flawed, im betting the man who made your bow could refinish it for you and it come back looking like the day you bought it.