I usually try to shoot everyday and today I have the day off work. A perfect opportunity, right? But, it's 100 degrees out and expected to climb the next few days. I'm afraid to even string a bow up for fear of some kind of damage. I don't have air conditioning so shooting inside is also out. What do you do?
Now, is when it is too hot to shoot. Probably won't hurt the bow, but I can't see through the sweat!
We are in the same boat here in WI, I shoot about 15 arrows and go in The house, then a couple arrows later I do it again. Shot a few times today
I shoot and it's been 107. Or so . It's too hot if you can't stand it, which for me is after 30 or so shots
i don't worry about it...
Out the up stairs bedroom window. Just like shooting out of my tree stand.
When it's so hot the string wax under your serving melts and the serving starts sliding around like eggs in bacon grease.
Heat Index here, right now is 104. Went out back, and after a half dozen arrows, sweat was dripping off my nose. Had to come back in. I can tolerate the cold much better than this heat.
For me, it gets too cold easier than too hot. Shot a bunch earlier, and it was plenty hot all right
I wish i was shooting. I justed mowed an acre a cut down 4 trees. Now i ve got to haul them off. Its 101 here. I plan on shooting this afternoon
QuoteOriginally posted by rastaman:
i don't worry about it...
It's going to be this hot or hotter when our season comes in.....
When it's more work than fun.
I just shoot for about 10 or 15 minutes right at dark.
TODAY!!!! Except in the basement....
Took about 25 shots earlier. Pretty darned hot. Came inside and set my bow on the table and will go back out after dark. I'll turn the lights on and shoot when it is a bit more tolerable out there! I doubt the ambient temp will hurt the bow... just don't leave it laying out there for extended periods, or in and enclosed vehicle!
Not quite that hot here in Pa. a cool 94 degrees. I get up earlier and shoot before I go to work. That works for me.
What Owlbait said. If you're spending more time wiping the sweat out of your eyes than shooting it's too hot to shoot.
When it's so hot the change in your pocket melts, you can assume its too hot to shoot.
:biglaugh:
Try early morning or evening :archer2:
Heat used to not be an issue, but in the last few years, I just don't handle it well. It has been over 100 degrees several days lately, so I have mostly stayed indoors. It was 108 a few days ago with humidity to match. Early morning is about the only good time to shoot this time of year.Even when the season opens, I quit fairly early on the really hot days. There's just something wrong about sitting in a deer stand with sweat dripping off the end of your nose.
You call 100 degrees hot??? :coffee: :archer2: :archer2: :archer2: :nono:
I shot several times today. 100 degrees, but not too hot for this former Alaskan yet.
You bunch of yankee pansies. :bigsmyl:
It has been pretty warm lately though.
QuoteOriginally posted by wudstix:
You call 100 degrees hot??? :coffee: :archer2: :archer2: :archer2: :nono:
Yeah, but I was looking for opinions from South Texas or other places that this is normal.
106 here... but it's dry heat.
I shot 25 arrows early. My problem is not the heat but the wind. Hot air rises with a vengeance in the rockies.
eminart!! that is some hard hittin'low blow to us bluebloods. :bigsmyl: . We only have A/C in the bedroom,the bows are unstrung under the bed right now. Wife thinks I'm nuts,I will string one up and fling some arrows at dusk. rat'
107 here a couple days ago. Reminded me of hunting in the SW, Fl. swamps first part of archery seasons. Only here there is a little oxygen and the humidity is not 100...not to mention if you step in the shade there for a little relief the mosquitoes swamp you.
I shoot late evenings and early mornings..not so bad.
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eminart!! that is some hard hittin'low blow to us bluebloods. :bigsmyl: . We only have A/C in the bedroom,the bows are unstrung under the bed right now. Wife thinks I'm nuts,I will string one up and fling some arrows at dusk. rat'
Haha.
We were at the beach all last week. The temps were in the low 90's but high humidity, which is basically normal for home this time of year. It was hot. Came home to 106 degree heat, but unusually low humidity and it was much more comfortable here than at the beach.
Been in the high 90s or low 100s fir a while here. I just keep on shooting. No different than mowing the yard or going for a jog.
Been in the high 90s or low 100s fir a while here. I just keep on shooting. No different than mowing the yard or going for a jog.
Hit 107 here a couple days back as well, today it cooled down to a chilly 100. Ive been doing most of my shooting right at dark, or by the lights of the porch, but im still shooting.
Do not worry about damage in 100 heat. I have shot in 110 degrees for years in Australia no problem. We shoot in Alabama with heat indexes over a hundred in the summer. Best get used to the heat in the summer and the cold in the winter......it is your best chance at survival in the future.
I hate the heat, I cant shoot in anything over 80. Its not the heat so much as my concentration. I dont worry about the bows too much in those high temps though.
Alabama summers are hot and humid. I get up at 5 a.m.,drink a couple cups of joe then go out and shoot around 40 arras,then take a mile walk. I'm usually soaking wet by then so I take a cold shower under the hose pipe. It will be over in a few months and I am looking forward to my favorite time of year.
It's just good old miserable string twisting weather.
It averages around 119 degrees here for about 4 months and then cools off to around 105 to 110 for about 3 months, so , the weather in the states is not that bad.
Thats perfect rabbit hunting temps.
Sounds like another 3 days of 100+ here before we get a slight break from the heat. Never thought I would look forward to low 90s.
Shoot in the house I can get 16yds from the front room into the kitchen. :archer:
It's about 65 in my basement bow range. That's a nice temp for shooting.
As far out outside today in the 100 degree, humid heat? I'll be poolside sipping on a pina colada and not even thinking about shooting a bow outside. :D ;) :)
Call me crazy but I like it. Probably because the heat means I know where the pigs are going to be, especially in west Texas. Find water and they're there. So I figure that shooting in the heat is good conditioning:)
Never. I'd prefer it a lot cooler, but in FL you can't wait for cooler weather.
I was born and raised in AL and used to laugh at all the northern fellows fussing about it being so hot.
Most summer days in the south are hot as #&!! and the humidity will knock you down.
Now that I've been in OH for two years I can understand why the fuss. Todays temp is supposed to be close to 100. Normal average temp for around here is supposed to be in the low 80's.
Walked outside this morning to shoot alittle and sprung a leak in less than two minutes.
Troy
I laugh at all the poeple who think 60 is cold so I guess its a geographic thing.
I was up and on the range with a cup of coffee before daylight and I'll be there again around dark, just before skeeter-30. Thinking seriously about lighting just my target so I can shoot longer in the evenings, I try to shoot 50-100 arrows every day. I'd shoot from my back porch but my longbow is too long a longbow and I don't wanna get it hooked up in the ceiling fan!
I shoot late evenings or early mornings. When it is really hot I may not shoot as long, but I do shoot.