I shoot my long bow every day; Should I unstring ir each night? I have been leaving it strung and I hang it horizonaly by the string on two level pegs.
i keep my shooters strung year round...unstring them to work on brace height, silencers, etc...
if i'm not going to be shooting a particular bow for awhile, i will unstring it. i've done this for years without a problem, but maybe somebody else could jump in.
Randy
My experience agrees with "Rastaman"!
Mine too.......the ones I shoot regularly stay strung for years.
I assume your talking of a glass bow?? Self bows should not be left strung for prolonged periods. Glass bows - leave em strung. More of a chance harming them by stringing and unstringing them than there is just leaving them strung. dino
QuoteOriginally posted by dino:
I assume your talking of a glass bow?? Self bows should not be left strung for prolonged periods. Glass bows - leave em strung. More of a chance harming them by stringing and unstringing them than there is just leaving them strung. dino
It is a custom made wood laminate long bow with glass on the limbs. I am new to tradidional archery so I'm not sure I understand the term "self bow"
Self bow is generally referred to as a bow made out of one piece of wood.
Dan
if you leave it strung for prolonged periods it will loose weight -this is what a master bowyer told me and i belive it.
Blackwidows are to be left strung and hanging by string which is what I do until I travel a distance with it..forgot to mention its a recurve :knothead:
longstick,
Black Widow actually recommends that you unstring your longbow. Because of the wood to glass ratio in a longbow compared to their recurves (which they say can be left strung), they say you may lose a pound or two in draw weight over time, if the longbow is left strung. Only adverse effect that I have ever heard on leaving a bow strung though, that you normally shoot.
Chris
If I remember correctly,Widow says to unstring their longbows, or at least they did at one time.
Depends on how much wood to class ration.
In my opinion, a long bow is not as suseptible to limb twist as a recurve. With that in mind, i see no problem with unstringing between uses.
I don't have a long bow. I leave my shooter recurves strung all the time.
do not unstring bows with glass it is safer to leave them strung only unstring if you have to change brace hight far less of a chanch to twist more good bows are damaged unstringing or stringing :knothead:
Longbow, unstrung....Recurves, strung...mine are widows.
David
I have had one recurve pretty much strung since 1967, it has not lost a pound. i have also owned longbows that were strung for years at a time with no ill effect. Leave them strung. If Wido wrecommends that, do it with widows but most longbows I know of, it does not hurt. Shawn
Dont leave any bow strung in a hot space...like in a hot car......other than that i leave my shooters strung if im shooting them weekly..
Bob Thompson of Zipper bows has a bow that's been strung for 30+ years w/ no effect.
I was told by a great bowyer to just leave my recurve strung if I am shooting it every few weeks. Pretty much what others have said.
REcurves maybe leave strung, I always unstring my longbows , recurve , and I string my bows always with a stringer. :) good luck..remember the 2 things that hurt ur bow is direct sunlight and heat , like in back od hot car or truck!
As long as I'm shooting the bow regularly, I leave mine strung. If a bow will be sitting for a while without being shot or travelling, I'll un-string it. No probs with any of my bows! ;) :thumbsup:
i have a 68# PLX thats been strung for 3 yrs and just checked it ....68# i leave them strung if shooting everyday. ron