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Title: Travelling with bows
Post by: Joshua Long on May 15, 2013, 07:59:00 PM
I will be travelling across country this summer and wanted to take my bow with me.  The problem is the only room available would be on the roof in a black cargo box.  The bow would be unstrung, but I am sure it will get hot up there.  Are my concerns legitimate?
Title: Re: Travelling with bows
Post by: Mike Vines on May 15, 2013, 09:10:00 PM
If you have to ask, you are probably already thinking it is going to be a problem.  I wouldn't want to chance it.  keep the bow in the car with you, or buy a take down to make traveling easier.
Title: Re: Travelling with bows
Post by: VictoryHunter on May 15, 2013, 09:27:00 PM
x2 on not taking a chance.
Title: Re: Travelling with bows
Post by: monsterbuck on May 15, 2013, 10:07:00 PM
Yea don't chance it. To much could go wrong. God bless.
Title: Re: Travelling with bows
Post by: onewhohasfun on May 16, 2013, 12:46:00 PM
If you think about it that is how your bow was glued up in the first place. Cured in a hot box. Definitely not a good idea.
Title: Re: Travelling with bows
Post by: Joshua Long on May 16, 2013, 03:58:00 PM
Thanks all!  

I have always wanted a takedown anyway.
Title: Re: Travelling with bows
Post by: KOOK68 on May 16, 2013, 05:09:00 PM
will it fit across the backseat? If so, I have some neoprene gun supports on the back of my bucket seats that work good.
Title: Re: Travelling with bows
Post by: Big Lefty on May 16, 2013, 10:21:00 PM
Find a way to rig it up inside. You can't be without a bow all summer!
Title: Re: Travelling with bows
Post by: TxAg on May 16, 2013, 10:42:00 PM
What if you insulated it in a bow sock (or two) and then put into a white pvc tube?
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Post by: lablover on May 17, 2013, 02:20:00 PM
I'd go with "across the back seat." Even with the back window will be cooler than in the travel rack on the roof.
Title: Re: Travelling with bows
Post by: paoliguy on May 17, 2013, 03:51:00 PM
I once made a little bracket that fit on my rear view mirror. I then found an inexpensive clothes bar for above the back seat. I attached one end of the bow to the bracket at the mirror and the other end across the clothes bar. The bow ran right down the center of the car along the ceiling. Wasn't pretty but it worked.