Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: quadrafire on March 22, 2010, 03:56:26 PM
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If you hunt with traditional equipement (recurve or longbow) do you have to unstring daily after a hunt? Lets say these are laminated bows with glass backing. How long can you leave them strung? If any of you use self bows with no backing or at least no glass what would be the amount of time you could leave them strung. Would it be dependent on weather at all???
I have never hunted with traditional equipment and have no idea. BUT am considering the transition so any help would be appreciated.
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Glass-backed bows can stay strung for weeks and even months, so long as they are kept from extreme heat, and they are hung up, not stood up.
Selfbows should be strung in the morning and unstrung at the end of each hunting day. Weather affects different woods differently; a well-made osage bow for example would handle any weather Washington could throw at it.
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I've got a Fred Bear Recurve and i string and un string before and after each hunt/shooting session. I'm not sure why i guess it's the same logic in my head as why i don't leave fully loaded mags sitting in the safe for extended periods.
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I unstring all my bows at the end of a day. I have glass and self bows.
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I also unstring my bows at the end of the day. However, Bob Lee recommends leaving his bow strung. :dunno:
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Good info guys. Thanks
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I unstring after each session/and end of day. Glass and unglassed
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I unstring them after each shooting session or day afield. My homemade takedown recurve has held up well since I made in 1994. I was a rookie (still am) and never thought it would last this long. Some argue that you don't need to unstring your bow because compound limbs are under constant flex and in the not too distant past they were wood core with glass lams, the same as most laminated recurves and longbows. I just feel better letting them rest. I also "warm" them up by shooting a few arrows before hunting. Good mojo if nothing else :chuckle:
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I dont think it makes that much difference with "modern" traditional bows (fiberglass laminated) as long as they are treated with respect, but the older ones (no fiberglass) can lose some of their draw weight due to the limbs relaxing.
But then I am still a rookie too...
NEVER leave them strung in a car or on hot days, I had a bow "fold" on me sitting in the sun while I was tapering some arrows to put field tips on, heard a "crack" and looked down at my bow next to me and :bash:
glad it was a Ben Pearson and not one of my Bears... :'(
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I unstring after shooting, only time I leave strung for any amount of time is to stretch a new string.
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One line of thinking of why to leave a bow strung, say like while on a hunt, may be that it keeps the string and limbs loaded. I notice on my bows that the brace height gets shorter after a bit of shooting. I will twist the string up a bit and get it back where I want it and then it stays for much longer. I don't shoot my taditional bows all that much these days though.
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i unstring my recurve when not in use for the same reason as mentioned above about the loaded gun. a strung bow is a weapon, an unstrung bow is a stick.
i have no problems leaving it strung all day while out hunting. most of the modern "manuals" you get with bows state that it is ok to leave them strung for days on end.
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The reason I'll keep a glass-backed bow strung come summertime is that I'll then it is quick and easy to take it off the hook and shoot an arrow or two or three whenever I walk past it.
