Effects of cold weather on bow

[Al Dean]

I have tried hard to get my arrows and bow tuned near perfect.  As I was shooting today at 15 degrees my arrows seemed stiff on spine for my bow.  Does the cold slow down the action of a bow enough to make your arrows to stiff.  Just curious.

[George D. Stout]

The cold should have little effect, especially after a few shots.  Maybe your clothing was screwing up your draw length, or you were hitting a sleeve, etc.  The Byrd expedition to Antarctica (1930's) took selfbows along and used them at temps well below zero farenheit.  Bows are very resilient.

[Wudstix]

Hunted Indiana and 20 degree weather for years with a Damon Howatt Hunter and the weather effected me more than the bow.  You have to limber up well before hitting the woods and do a discreet draw once an hour or so.

[NDTerminator]

I practice in temps considerably colder than 15 degrees all the time...

[AkDan]

I've hunted moose and snowshoes in temps past -40 with no ill effects.  I'm sure John from Tok has hunted in even colder then that.

A buddy of mine has had finish problems in the cold, however that was resolved.  Ended up spiderwebbing like a glass window would.

[longbowman]

All of the above is right on.  Put all your cold weather gaer on and fake draw without the bow.  Especially feel the back muscles draw together.  You'll notice a big difference even without the bow in your hand.  Add your bow and it begins to get tight fast.  It tkaes a bunch of cold weather practice to get things right.

[bowmac]

I think the cold weather affects us much more than the bow. We just don't always realize it.