TD- Actual Usage?

[COLongbow]

I'm leaning toward a takedown for my next bow, but I'm not sure if it's really necessary. I probably will never fly to hunt anywhere and don't foresee buying extra limbs of a different weight. I just like the idea of being able to break it down if need be.

my question is, aside from traveling, how often do you guys break down your bows for other reasons? Is my perceived need for one due to some imagined reason that will probably never happen?

[buckeye_hunter]

Haven't broken my down in a year and a half. No problems with it.

[PrarrieDog]

I put a bow on my motorcycle in Arizona and brought it back to Wyoming. A three piece take down made it easy.

[Pack]

The real world advantage of a three piece is being able to get different weight limbs for the same bow.  I rarely if ever take the limbs off my three piece.  I also had a bow that had to have the limbs replaced twice!  The bowyer was probably glad he only had to build limbs and not the whole bow.

[ChuckC]

I have and use a three piece Predator recurve.  The handle is pretty substantial (weight) and I like that.  Also I have two sets of limbs.  I have not made use of the break down aspect for travel to a hunting spot yet, but I can if I need to some day.
ChuckC

[Eugene Slagle]

I take mine down every once in a while depending on if I'm going on a distant shoot where I'll be driving with my daughter or the rest of my family.
It's nice when I can have the whole package tucked in a spot in my truck & not have to worry about my or my daughter's bow getting damaged during the trip & a less noticable package for when we stop at a resturant or something.

[trad_in_cali]

It does come in handy for traveling, or in case of needing lighter limbs for form training or injury.
Marco

[Night Wing]

I haven't broken down my two recurve bows since I assembled them. One is two years old and the other is sevem months old.

[Mack_S]

I take mine down (most) every day.  I'm lucky enough to live just around the corner from my local range where I can shoot every day.  I ride my bicycle to the range and it is much easier to stick it in the pack with the arrows for the ride there and back.  I also leave it taken down as it's easier to store in a small condo.

-Mack

[SCATTERSHOT]

I have a few T/D bows, but I don't break them down. However, I'm on a trip right now, and decided to take a bow. Guess what? I broke down one of my longbows for travelling.

Handy, but not absolutely necssary.

[COMPOUNDLESS IN CONCRETE]

I have taken mine down a couple of times, once to put the snakeskin limbsations on, and the first time was just to do it, no reason.  I just like the option of being able to if necessary.

[Tom Anderson]

I almost never took apart my t.d. bows, even when travelling.  The only benefit, to me, was that the t.d. risers added extra weight and I shot better 3-D scores with the t.d.'s.  
All my t.d.'s are gone now and I only see 1-piece bows in my future.

[owlbait]

If your bowyer offers longbow and recurve limbs it is easy to switch. If your bower develops a new design, it is easy in many cases to buy the new design. They are easy to ship when you decide to get another bow.

[Burnsie]

I've only taken mine down a couple times in the past 10 years.
tb

[Bowwild]

I have 8 TD recurves, 1, 1-piece, and a 1-piece longbow (collector's piece). I have another 1-piece on order and a TD on order. I almost never take a TD apart. However, when I do take one apart it is to switch out limbs or to travel by air.  Interestingly, the last time I flew with a TD the airlines required me to put the limbs in my checked bags and riser in my carry-on -- they didn't want the complete bow in one set of bags -- WEIRD! This happened because I told them I had the TD in my checked bag. I am atracted to 1-piece because of the overall smooth appearance. I'm attracted to TD for the portability, limb switching capabibility and for the bit of extra mass weight of the bow.  If I could own only one it would definitely be a TD.

[RRock]

After a hunt in a rain,(and I like to hunt in the rain) I like to take mine apart and get the limb pads dry. I don't like to think about any moisture getting up in the limb pin alignment holes. But thats just me.

[Bowwild]

RRock is sure right. If my TD gets wet I definitely take it apart and dry it and then let it air our a while. For the record, I don't hunt in the rain if I can help it. Wow, we could get a thread going about that subject (bowhunting in the rain)I think. I wouldn't start it though because I wouldn't want to test the sensibilities of the polite folks on this site!

[Ray Borbon]

I use the takedown bow more than anything else. Often I hike several miles before arriving in my hunting areas. The takedown fits in the pack quite well.

[Winterhawk1960]

I currently have 5 bows on the rack. 4 of them are takedown's (and two takedowns on order), 1 one-piece longbow. Elmer Patton was kind enough to build me a set of recurve limbs for my Blackfeather and I have had it apart to switch the limbs back and forth. The rest of my take-downs haven't been taken apart since I received them and put them together.......'cept for drying them out when I've been hunting or shooting them out in the rain.

Like other people have already mentioned, the "pro's" for me are that......I can buy another set of limbs (lighter or heavier).....I like the weight/mass of a take-down riser better.......and if I'm traveling it is very easy to just take them apart and pack them safely away in my things.

Winterhawk1960

[Northwest_Bowhunter]

I am kind of with BrownDogOwner, while I don't own a take down longbow at the moment, we have some early buck hunts in the high mountains and I would rather not have my bow in hand for that hike.