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Topic: leaving your bow strung up? (Read 756 times)
reddogge
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Re: leaving your bow strung up?
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Reply #20 on:
June 06, 2014, 09:21:00 AM »
Modern-no, classic-yes
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Re: leaving your bow strung up?
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June 06, 2014, 10:13:00 AM »
Just for info; I talked to Dave Wallace who builds longbows and he said they all change once they come out of the form. He said he can see were they start to follow the string and if you let them sit unstrung for a time they do parcelly recover. He said they are the fastest as soon as they are made and age slowly. We all get older just like our bows. If you shoot a self bow you really have to enjoy your short time with it. On the other hand I have talked to allot of bowyers that say they have some glass bows over 50 years old. I honestly don't think they were shot that much. I like the idea that bows wear out so I can always have a couple new ones on order.
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mightyox
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Re: leaving your bow strung up?
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June 06, 2014, 11:24:00 AM »
When im done shooting, it gets unstrung and stays that way until im shoot it again.
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Shakes.602
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June 06, 2014, 04:27:00 PM »
I unstring my All Wood Bows, but hardly ever my Fiberglass. Usually because they are in use daily.
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Re: leaving your bow strung up?
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June 07, 2014, 01:50:00 PM »
I had given a bow to a kid who left it strung leaning in a corner (after instructed not to).
The limbs are twisted badly and I am trying to get them straight again.
If left strung, store them correctly and you should be alright assuming they are glass backed bows.
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joe skipp
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June 07, 2014, 04:44:00 PM »
I leave all 3 of my hunting bows strung from Sept to Jan.
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stevem
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June 07, 2014, 07:45:00 PM »
If I expect to shoot the next day or two, I'll leave it strung. If not, I'll unstring it. But I would not hesitate to purchase a bow that the owner said "it's been left strung for the past few years".
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Kris
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Re: leaving your bow strung up?
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June 07, 2014, 09:20:00 PM »
Why not un-string your glass bow? I always do...no cost in that. It won't hurt it to keep it strung, true...but why do it when any trad bow is so easy to unstring...reduces the uncertainty in my mind.
I don't indefinitely hold 10 lb. weights horizontally with my arms either.
Always un-string a selfbow when not actively shooting or hunting.
Kris
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