Extra bowstring: How many have needed one while hunting

[Marc B.]

I have been carrying a spare string while hunting for over 20 years and never needed it.

Have you ever needed your spare

[razorback]

Only at Denton Hill last year, during the 3D shoot, and didn't have one.     Went to the backup bow instead. Probably should replace that string carrying a backup bow in the woods seems a little stupid in hindsight.

[Marc B.]

I will keep carrying mine just in case    

[lablover]

Have never needed one but I always carry one when away from home. Better to have and not need than need and not have.

[Brock]

I carried one for many years...15+...and never needed it while out hunting.  For that matter I have never had a string break on me while shooting for 20+ years of traditional.  Maybe it was luck...maybe it is because I use generous amounts of string wax on them...I dont know.  I dont carry one now unless I have my haversack but only for that particular bow I am using that season.  If I grab a different one for some reason...I will be SOL as I dont want to carry 10 different strings for different types of bow, string materials, weights, etc.

It is a good idea but I guess it is like a spare tire or a handgun.....it is a tool....and you hope you never need to use it but are thankful it is there if you ever have the need.  So far I have not had the need...knock on wood.

[Hoyt]

I was using my pruning snips to cut through real thick honeysuckle vines (little ones look just like a bow string) and greenbriars when I mistook my bow string for a vine.

I realized the mistake an instant before the final squeeze. Still cut over half of the 14 stands. Only time I've used the step through method..but had to get it unstrung fast and didn't want my head around the tip for a push pull. Had an extra with me.

Now I use the brightest colors I can think of for bow strings.

[fujimo]

had a mate touch his string with a broadhead while nocking an arrow-
he only cut 2 strands, but i put a spare on for him

[ron w]

I have never had the need for one.....but I always carry 2!! Better safe than sorry!!

[FerretWYO]

Cut the string right off my bow one time antelope hunting. It can happen.

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

Broke one this fall while elk hunting. (no fault of the string...just me) I had an extra one in the pack twisted up perfectly, nock set, and silencers on. I was ready to go within a minute. 1st practice shot was dead on with perfect flight.

The one time you might need it will be worth having it!

[wtpops]

I needed one on two hunts, one broke at the shot on a hog and i cut one with a broad head.

[deaddoc4444]

I Also carry one   have for more than 35 years  I have NEVER  needed one  BUT  I still carry it . MIGHT never need it  but Its there Can be used for a  lot of other things also in a PINCH. Almost weighs nothing so its NOT a burden to carry .

[Blackstick]

Twenty miles is the farthest away from home that I hunt. So if I broke a string, I would just call it a day and go home for the spare.

[LKH]

Murphy's Law.

The reason you carry an extra string is so that you won't need it.

[Bighornangler]

I don't recall ever having to replace one while hunting, but I always carry a spare. Better to be safe than sorry.

[legends1]

I cut a bow string while hunting on Santa Catalina island in the mid 80's. It would have been a disaster if I wouldn't have had a backup string with me.

[MnFn]

I always have a backup just in case. I have never needed it so far.  My dad broke one while target practicing. The broken string somehow went sideways and snapped me on the cheek.
No damage but it stung pretty good (57 lb).

[ISP 5353]

I have extra ones at the house, but have never carried one on a hunt.  I am usually not more than an hour from home though, so I would just call it a day if I broke one.  If I ever hunt farther from home I will take at least one.

[RkyMtn Joe]

Like ISP, I too hunt mostly close to home but in about 60 years of taking a bow to the woods, I have NEVER had a string break or get cut or anything else.  I'm not really superstitious BUT I sure hope I haven't jinxed myself LOL.  I have never taken an extra string to the best of my memory.

Joe

[cacciatore]

I never was in the need on one for sooo long,so i never had an extra one. One year elk hunting in WY I crossed a rocky ravine and my bow hit a sharp rock breaking my ff string.I had lo leave my camp to drive 3 hours to closest archery store,,but they didn't carry one of my size,in Laramie,so I had to drive up to Cheyenne.            At the end I lost 3 days of elk hunting.Never without a spare string,maybe 2.