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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Pine on April 05, 2015, 01:06:00 AM
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With modern material bows , do you keep your bows strung or unstrung for extended periods ?
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I unstring the bows that are not in use at the time which usually leaves 4 strung for my weekly shoots. :archer2:
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The one I shoot the most is almost always strung.
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Have one that has been strung for months right now. Still shooting like a champ.
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I voted unstrung, but its a tricky question. My recurves are mostly glass and so they tend to stay strung. My longbows I unstring after each use. I'm sure the HHA could be left strung but its easy enough to just unstring. My Vixen has Elm limbs and even if I thought it could handle being left strung I wouldn't.
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I unstring all my bows recurves and longbows after shooting them or hunting with them. I know it won't hurt modern bows to leave them strung for long periods of time it's just my preference to unstring them after using them.
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I voted unstrung, because that is the way I've learned. I guess, since both my bows are glass on wood, they could take beeing strung all the time. Just dont find a good enough reason to go against what I've learned, that's all.
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I voted leaving them strung. I used to string and unstring my bows after every shooting or hunting session till I found out some bowyers recommend leaving them strung.
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Strung for me unless that bow will be idle for a long period of time.
I read on the net so it must be true, most damage done to a bow is while stringing/unstringing
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My black widow has been strung for 18 years with the exceptions of travel time on planes.
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If I'm not going to be coming back to it for a few days I unstring them.Now mine are 40+ years old. The biggest issue with damage to string and unstringing is not using a good stringer and being careful when doing it.
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Can't answer the poll. Too limited as there are too many different types and ages of bows out there.
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I'll vote with Reddogge
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I voted left strung but like some others I unstring if I will not be able to shoot for a week or so.
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I leave the bow that I am shooting everyday strung...others are unstrung.
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The one I shoot daily strung. The others unstrung.
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I also voted left strung, but the question was a bit like "Are you still beating your wife?"
I normally always have at least one strung on the rack so I can draw it a few times each time I walk by the rack. The others stay unstrung until I get the urge to shoot one of them and then it will probably become the default exercise bow for a while.
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Originally posted by Graps:
With modern material bows , do you keep your bows strung or unstrung for extended periods ?
Didn't realize this was a trick question . Some of the replies seem to be over explained .
But that being said , I am surprised at the results , nearly 50-50 . :archer2:
Thanks for the responses .
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Glass bow stay strung unless I have no plans to shoot them in the near future. Self or wood bows always unstrung after shooting. There is no reason to unstrung a glass bow other than travel or personal preference
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I doubt we have to worry much about leaving "new" glass lam bows strung for extended periods, but I've always tended not to anyway. My current bamboo backed and bellied, lam wood hunting bow, gets strung for a while before I use it, short drawn several times, then slowly worked to full draw. Maybe not necessary, but I love the bow, and baby it. I always unstring it after shooting, and at the end of each days hunt.
Bob
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Strung!
Ernie
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If shooting everyday I leave strung. If not for a few days unstrung.
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I voted unstrung because that is what I was taught to do back in the early 50's. You know almost everything we knew back then has been replaced with new thinking or standards. Some bows shot good but we didn't do any tuning back then for the most part. Arrows were rated 45-50 or 55-60. Now we get to mess with our set-up all the time, what fun we can have with a bow today.
James
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Originally posted by KyStickbow:
I leave the bow that I am shooting everyday strung...others are unstrung.
+1. I would guess that if this had been one of the options, it would have gotten the most votes.
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What does the bowyers say in this matter? A glass bow, is it not a wood bow with fibreglass reinforcement? Is there no "memory" in a glass reinforced bow that can lead to string-following? I will continue to unstring my bow until I get an assurance from the bowyer who made my bow that it is OK to leave it strung.
Red. Question sendt to Bearpaw, Germany. I'll come back with the answer.
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I have asked the Bowyer this question on every bow I have had built, the answer has been the same from each of them if you are going to shoot it pretty regular leave it strung.
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Always unstrung when at home. Hunting camp, strung for a few days.
It takes less than a few seconds to string and unstring so to me it just "makes sense" to unstring them.
Also, young boys in the house + strung = weapon. They always ask, "when can they shoot a broad head. That said, they have never tried firing my bow and I'm not worried about it, but safety is no accident.
I did keep them unstrung before I had kids...
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I believe most if not all bowyers will tell you leave it strung because some people string or unstring their bows improperly.
It really is not that hard to string or unstring a bow that's why I will unstring my bows unless I am going back out to shoot the same day. If I don't intend to shoot said bow that day then I take a couple secs. and unstring.
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I always unstring when not shooting.
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Always unstrung when not shooting.
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I would have voted this way also had it been an option.
"I leave the bow that I am shooting everyday strung...others are unstrung."
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Wow, didnt think that one would be that close!
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my bowyer, Abe Penner says unstrung!
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unstrung
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unstrung
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Took a little while to get an answer, but here it is: Bodnik Bows agree with most of you guys. Keeping the bow strung for shorter periods wont hurt it, but unstring for storing or longer periods of not shooting.
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The thicker the core, the more important it is to unstring it, in my experience.
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I agree with Pavan-- the thicker the core relative to the thickness of the glass (for example, HHA or similar longbow vs. a typical recurve bow) the better it is to unstring the bow when not in use.
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I unstring mine every time I get done shooting!
Bisch
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Originally posted by The Whittler:
I believe most if not all bowyers will tell you leave it strung because some people string or unstring their bows improperly.
That would be what mine said...he's seen way more limbs twisted from stringing and unstringing (regardless how easy it is to do "right") then from leaving strung. His personal is left strung and has been for a long time...