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Title: Bows in cold weather
Post by: Vroomvroom on March 01, 2023, 10:02:37 AM
Does anyone stop using their bows if it gets down to really cold temps?
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: Terry Lightle on March 01, 2023, 10:22:39 AM
Nope,if it will not handle bad conditions I will get one that will.
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: Vroomvroom on March 01, 2023, 10:50:31 AM
Ok. Yeah, been -15 celcius here. About 5 in Fahrenheit
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: Orion on March 01, 2023, 01:49:33 PM
Nope.  Coldest I've been out was minus 20 fahrenheit.  Fred Bear hunted Polar Bear for days on end with the temps well below freezing. 
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: PrimitivePete on March 01, 2023, 02:13:56 PM
That's why I prefer bows made in Montana
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: Elkchaser on March 01, 2023, 03:40:56 PM
That's why I prefer bows made in Montana

 :biglaugh:
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: GCook on March 01, 2023, 04:10:54 PM
I'm sure my bows will perform in really cold weather but I cannot say I would.
In all seriousness I can only attest to the performance in the mid to upper teens.  I've killed a couple of pigs and a turkey in in the mid teens and low twenties but honestly, that is about as cold as I want to sit for hours in.
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: Vroomvroom on March 01, 2023, 05:36:30 PM
Yeah I was wondering what people’s experiences were.   Things do tend to get more brittle at lower temps
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: John Cholin on March 03, 2023, 10:52:23 AM
Way back when I was shooting a bow with wheelthingies at the end of the limbs I had troubles with plastic vanes getting stiffer and becoming brittle.  Then I saw the light and went back to my recurve, cedar arrows with feather fletch.  I never have problems with the equipment now.  However, at 73 I do have problems with ME!  When it gets below 20 F my hands get stiff and I need extra clothing that makes an effective draw harder.  So, I generally hunt much less once the temps go below the high 20s.  Getting old ain't for sissies!  But some things get so hard that you have to adjust or quit.  And quitting bowhunting is NOT and option.

JMC
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: George Tsoukalas on March 03, 2023, 11:50:22 AM
It is not the bow it is me. I've been shooting in my cellar. Jawge
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: Hud on March 03, 2023, 09:18:05 PM
Brittle? Never take a bow from a heated tent, string it and set it outside when it is below freezing. Leave it outside at night, or unstrung outside until it is cold, or the finish might fracture, like safety glass that just broke.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Title: Re: Bows in cold weather
Post by: Walt Francis on March 03, 2023, 10:43:54 PM
-30 with 30-40 mph winds is the coldest I have hunted with one of my selfbows; No problem.