Cracked Limbs?

[chukar hunter]

I noticed these hairline cracks on the limbs of my bow mid season.  My pin height never changed and the bow seamed to shoot fine, so I hunted with it like this all season.  The bow has always been dry stored, in it's case, never dry fired, not too severe temperature swings.  It's taken it's share of bumps and bruises in hunting, but nothing that I'd expect to cause limb cracking.  It's a 2005 PSE Baby G-Force.  Hairline cracks seam to be focused where the limb splits for the cam and pulley on both limbs. 

Do you think I need new limbs or is the bow safe to shoot?  Let me know what you think. Thanks!

[carpsniperg2]

NEW LIMBS!!!! You could get messed up really bad over trying to shoot that bow!

[sebek556]

  had a friend in the army that had to have his ear sown back on trying to shoot one that was not even that bad....

[huntnphool]

  No way would I be pulling on that thing.

[Wa hunter]

Just say no to cracked limbs.

[JLS]

Absolutely not!  That's a trip to the emergency room waiting to happen.

[h2ofowlr]

Time to retire the bow or get new limbs.

[buck man]

Time to buy a hoyt .

[carpsniperg2]

Time to buy a hoyt .

It would have exploded a long time ago if it was a hoyt. Just teasing I shoot them all and own hoyt as well.

[sirfunkeybut]

I don't know pse's warranty policy but if it were a Martin limbs would be replaced free of charge

[RadSav]

Replacement limbs are always cheaper than emergency room visits. 

The overlays at that area of PSE bows gets brittle over time and repeated stress.  Usually it is just in the overlay and not the entire limb.  And, I expect the crack in photo three that shows it all the way through might just be through the overlay and then cracking the paint.  But, replacing limbs with the better bow companies today is so easy and painless why take any risk.  Ask yourself, "If this was a gun with a bulging barrel would I shoot it?"  My answer would be, "Heck no!"  So why would you in the off season not replace it immediately? 

A new set of limbs always makes me feel like I just got a brand new bow    In most cases for the price of a bottle of Jack!  That's way too good a deal to pass up.

[chukar hunter]

Thanks for all of the replies.  My wife will appreciate no emergency room visits! 

[blackveltbowhunter]

New limbs.  They may be replaced for free.

[pianoman9701]

Probably covered under warranty. Get them replaced before you take another shot.

[Fullabull]

They may be covered under warranty but most likely PSE will not have any more in stock. I asked about new limbs for my 2005 Vengeance bow (just wanted 70lb ones to purchase) and they said they did not have any. They might give you a discount on a new bow or something to help compinsate for the warranty.

It's worth a try. Your other bet would be to look for limbs on Ebay or something like that. There were a lot of Baby-G's sold out there!

Good luck!
Fulla