Keeping Your Recurve Strung???????

[camoman45]

is that ok??? i leave mine strung, and i figured if you leave a longbow like that then it shouldn't hurt my recurve, true??? or should i keep it unstrung??? thanks for your time and all of your guy's help on here

[Mark Trego]

It will not hurt to leave it strung. I believe whats more important is, how it is stored.

[BUFF]

leave it strung BUT don't stand it up with the weight of the bow onj the bottom limb. Hang it on a couple of pegs

[joebuck]

I have had my strung since 1998 basically all the time.  It has lost 1#. 62" 58#@28 2glass and 2 wood core limb with 10" fade outs. osage/gordon glass

[bayoulongbowman]

Joebuck , what did ya do put ur bow on diet!! LOL        ...I have cool longbow that over time it develope , what is call set in the bow . Its still good shooter 68 inches, but shes just getting old I guess...I leave her strung if Im shooting her for few days...I guess with recurve you can do better...just remember the wrost things for a bow are direct sunlight exposure and heat ( like in the back of your car or truck...

[Diamond Paul]

Mine stay strung at all times.  I just hang them riser-down by the string, on two pegs as mentioned above.  The biggest danger to a trad. bow is the stringing process; why risk it unless you have to?

[cch]

I am a bad boy. I leave mine strung all of the time and standing on my lower limb. I have never had any problems yet. But I don't see any harm in it. The only time it should hurt is if left in a hot car.

[Unitone66]

Wow.  I have been unstringing my bow each time I use it.  After reading this thread, maybe I will leave it strung all the time.  It sure would be handy to just grab it already strung and shoot a few shots.  I might practice more now.  Thanks for the info guys.

[HumbleHunter]

Have you guys ever un-strung it then hanging it vertically on a single peg, between the limb and the string? Does this cause any damage? Thanks fellows...HH

[stickbow24]

I also have been unstringing my bow everytime I use it.  This is great info to know.

[Kevin Bahr]

I have a Schafer recurve that has been strung for 15 years.  Still puts a solid fiberglass fish arrow through a 20 lb carp, at least when I do my part.

[Labs4me]

Black Widow recommends storing recurves strung-up and hung horizontally by the string if they are being shot on a regular basis. On the other hand, they recommend that longbows should not be stored while strung-up. Instead, they recommend storing longbows in the horizontal position by resting the face of the limbs on pegs.

With the exception of changing strings from year to year, I have a couple Model MAII Widow recurves that have been stored in the strung position for almost twenty years with no noticeable adverse consequences. These are still among my go-to bows.

[joe skipp]

My bows stay strung from Mid Sept to the end of hunting season....January. The only time I unstring them is when I'm travelling.

[J-dog]

glad to read this thread, My Schafer stays strung almost all the time. But I store it proper-never standing-I take it down for stints that I know I will not be able to shoot any or to clean it-take the limbs off wipe it down and let it sit.

But I try and shoot at least a couple arrows every day, just walk back in the yard and shoot what is in the quiver, so I keep it strung.

Dave stated in his pamphlet that it is OK to leave the bow strung as long as it is stored proper and you take it down and clean it every now and then.

J

[scriv]

I have always left mine strung, hanging from two points on the string.  In the basement (cool and absent of direct sunlight) I have had the MAIII I am talking about since 1993 stored this way with no ill effects.

[sagebrush]

I leave mine strung all the time too. I lay it down on it's side when not shooting. Gary

[Shawn Leonard]

When I see these threads I always tell this same story so here goes. I have a 67 Pearson Hunter that was given to me. When I got it, it had been hanging by two pegs by the string in a guys basement since 1968, it had the original linen string on it. That was 2001, I unstrung it and replaced the string, other than that the bow has been strung continuously for 41 Years. It says 50#s at 28"s on the riser but when I remove the strike plate it read 52#s. I scaled the bow and it is still exactly 52#s. Leave them strung, I o all the time. Shawn

[Dr. Ed Ashby]

Bob Lee kept a strung Red Wing Hunter hanging over the door of the Wing Factory for years, until Wing closed up. Every month he would take it down and check the bow. Last I knew, after years of being strung, Bob could measure absolutely no change in the bow or its draw force curve. Leave them strung!

Ed
TGMM Family of the Bow

[joebuck]

Bayoulongbowman...your memory is that of an elephant! Last time I refinished it , I took 4# off of it....I'm getting old...but I built 3 sets of limbs also for that riser but they are all on the up and up!

[J P]

Only time I unstring a bow is when I switch from one bow to another and won't be using any of the other bows for some months. A local bowyer told me that you can do more harm to a bow stringing and unstinging. I hang all my bows horizontally on two pegs from the string.