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Title: Where do you store your bow?
Post by: BUCKY on July 29, 2016, 03:47:00 PM
I just moved into a Townhouse which has a garage that doesn't get to hot or cold but I've decided to store them in a inside closet. Just wondering where some of you store yours. By the way my wife said the closet is all mine so all my hunting and fishing stuff is in one spot. Not many wives will give you a closet!
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Post by: Bladepeek on July 29, 2016, 04:19:00 PM
Mine are stored in the heated basement of our house. If you are going to store them in the closet, will you be able to hang them up? Shower curtain hooks work well to hang by the string with the bow unstrung.
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Post by: CRM_95 on July 29, 2016, 04:26:00 PM
I picked up an old wall hanging gun rack at a garage sale. I just keep mine unstrung hanging in the gunrack. It's on my bedroom wall.
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Post by: BUCKY on July 29, 2016, 04:31:00 PM
Yep hanging in a big closet
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Post by: Gdpolk on July 29, 2016, 04:40:00 PM
I store mine on a horizontal rack in the master bedroom closet.  Out of sight for the wife, but easily accessible and well taken care of for me.
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Post by: Stump73 on July 29, 2016, 04:45:00 PM
Mine hangs on my bow rack I built over MY recliner in the living room.
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Post by: Longtoke on July 29, 2016, 05:06:00 PM
90% of the time on the back of my couch, sometimes under the bed.  I made this bow rack real fast with some pallet wood my dishwasher came in.

  (http://i.imgur.com/2mkFE2A.jpg) (http://imgur.com/2mkFE2A)

still not as handy as the back of the couch.
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Post by: Trond on July 29, 2016, 05:11:00 PM
On the living room wall, of course. Where else?
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Post by: Longtoke on July 29, 2016, 06:43:00 PM
my wife thought my bow rack looked so good i had to put it in the garage lol
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Post by: ranger 3 on July 29, 2016, 07:05:00 PM
 (http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm216/ranger500us/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04/F5B9E69A-3582-4742-9BD9-F09FA7859FC1_zpswcvri6vh.jpg) (http://s297.photobucket.com/user/ranger500us/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04/F5B9E69A-3582-4742-9BD9-F09FA7859FC1_zpswcvri6vh.jpg.html)
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Post by: Bladepeek on July 29, 2016, 08:30:00 PM
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Originally posted by Longtoke:
my wife thought my bow rack looked so good i had to put it in the garage lol
Yep. Been there and done that   :(
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Post by: Carpdaddy on July 29, 2016, 09:02:00 PM
Most all of the above, too many bows for one place!
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Post by: CoachBGriff on July 29, 2016, 10:08:00 PM
Bedroom closet!

  (http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b542/CoachBGriff/Bow%20Rack%202_zps8ei5mcr3.jpg) (http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/CoachBGriff/media/Bow%20Rack%202_zps8ei5mcr3.jpg.html)
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Post by: MnFn on July 30, 2016, 10:08:00 AM
Like you, I downsized from a standard house to a townhouse.  I do have a small den for my personal use.

  I took an oak 1X6 stained it, and finished it.  I drilled  holes about 6" apart and glued stained dowels into it.

I had enough room on both sides of the french doors, so I cut the 1x6  and attached equal lengths on either side of the doors.  

I like it because you can't see them unless you actually walk into my den.  It's simple and would work in your closet.
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Post by: 1flyfish on July 30, 2016, 10:58:00 AM
I also store mine on hooks in my basement,stays cool in summer.Never have to worry about heat.
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Post by: Babbling Bob on July 31, 2016, 11:24:00 AM
Use an old $2 used gun rack from a thrift store  behind my desk for my four best looking old rosewood and bubinga Bears ('59,'60,'61'and '62) and then hang the rest in bow socks on the old door to our office. Seeing those beautiful works of art on that rack everyday keeps the fire lit to shoot'em.

Brought some eastern red cedar boards back from my home state, Oklahoma, so hope to make a simple cedar rack for 8 about the time the apples get ripe early this fall.
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Post by: Sam McMichael on July 31, 2016, 02:21:00 PM
I have a small room in the house for my bows and firearms. I have several gun racks that I hang longbows on horizontally. I hang recurves vertically on a couple of cap racks that have pegs.
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Post by: doubleo on July 31, 2016, 02:28:00 PM
Mine are in the basement, hanging on a gun rack. Some are strung, some are unstrung.
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Post by: BAK on July 31, 2016, 06:42:00 PM
Mine hang on the living room wall.
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Post by: tomsm44 on July 31, 2016, 10:31:00 PM
This was a home office/man cave.  Had all my hunting stuff including gun safe, plus this desk for doing leatherwork, knife work, and building arrows until recently.  We're working on cleaning it out to make it into a bedroom for my youngest son and this picture shows all that's left in it now.  I built the three bow rack about three years ago when I had only three bows.  Guess I should have planned ahead a little better.  I'm working on figuring out where all of this is going now.

  (http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg614/tomsm44/image_65.jpeg) (http://s1246.photobucket.com/user/tomsm44/media/image_65.jpeg.html)
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Post by: Eric Sprick on July 31, 2016, 10:43:00 PM
I built a couple racks where they hang in our mudroom/laundry room

Eric
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Post by: Captain*Kirk on August 02, 2016, 02:53:00 PM
On the carpeting under the sofa in my den. Out of sight, out of mind, lying flat and unstrung.
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Post by: longbow guy on August 02, 2016, 05:47:00 PM
Up on the bedroom wall  , next to the bed
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Post by: Red Beastmaster on August 03, 2016, 07:55:00 AM
When we bought our house I claimed a dark corner room of the basement as my Bow Room. After a coat of paint and better lighting I have created the perfect man cave. It's warm in the winter, and cool in the summer.

All my bows hang horizontally on racks. About 200 arrows in tubes and 5gal buckets. Work desk for fletching, sharpening, and keeping up my hunting journal.

The key to keeping my daughters and four granddaughters out is to never kill the spiders!
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Post by: Captain*Kirk on August 04, 2016, 01:46:00 PM
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Originally posted by Red Beastmaster:


The key to keeping my daughters and four granddaughters out is to never kill the spiders!
Now, that right there is GENIUS, my friend!
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Post by: Red Beastmaster on August 04, 2016, 11:19:00 PM
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Originally posted by Captain*Kirk:
 
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Originally posted by Red Beastmaster:


The key to keeping my daughters and four granddaughters out is to never kill the spiders!
Now, that right there is GENIUS, my friend! [/b]
I'm swimming in a sea of estrogen here. My bow room has been how I kept my sanity raising two girls. When a Lifetime movie or a "birthing" show came on TV I just headed down stairs. Now they each have two girls and they're always here. The spiders and I enjoy a couple PBR's and Black Sabath cranked when I'm making up a batch of arrows.  :)
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Post by: Captain*Kirk on August 05, 2016, 01:26:00 PM
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Originally posted by Red Beastmaster:
 
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Originally posted by Captain*Kirk:
 
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Originally posted by Red Beastmaster:


The key to keeping my daughters and four granddaughters out is to never kill the spiders!
Now, that right there is GENIUS, my friend! [/b]
I'm swimming in a sea of estrogen here. My bow room has been how I kept my sanity raising two girls. When a Lifetime movie or a "birthing" show came on TV I just headed down stairs. Now they each have two girls and they're always here. The spiders and I enjoy a couple PBR's and Black Sabath cranked when I'm making up a batch of arrows.   :)  [/b]
I had no idea spiders enjoyed PBR. I think it's time for me to stop killing them and reach out in brotherhood.
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Post by: Pine on August 05, 2016, 06:15:00 PM
I have most of my bows hanging on the bedroom wall have a couple in the closet and one in the coat closet near the front door .