First gather everything you'll need. I like to use carpet tubes when I can for a few reasons, they give great protection and are free for the asking being at the top of the list.

1. Bow(I like to ship in a bow sock for extra scratch protection)
2. Carpet tube
3. Piece of cardboard
4. Bubble-wrap
5. Plastic grocery bags (recycling is good)
6. Tape
7. Scissors or Stanley knife
8. Sharpie or other writing instrument.

Now wrap the riser of the bow in bubble-wrap. The tips should be wrapped in this also unless you are like me and have some foam pipe insulation around to wrap the ends in.

Now take the tube and place it on the cardboard piece and use your Sharpie to outline the tube on the cardboard, make the outline a little bigger than the tube. Cut this out and use it to outline a second one. Tape one to one end and always tape around the tube over the tape you use to hold on the cardboard. Stuff the top of the tube with some bunched up plastic grocery bags and then push the bow down into the tube.

Now stuff this end with bunched up grocery bags and it should look something like this.



This bow does not move in the tube at all and neither should your's.

Now tape on the other cardboard piece and the ends should look like this.

When you are finished all that left is taping on an address label.

There you have it and inexpensive and very safe way of packaging a bow for shipping. It may cost you a little more in weight to ship this way, but I have never had one damaged in shipping when packaged like this. Rusty Izatt can let us know how it works early next week lol. This Griffin is headed his way.

That looks great! I wish every bow I have ordered had been packed like that. The last one I got had a nock sticking out of the package. Fortunately, it was a cheapy glass bow I got for the kids/women to experiment with.

Even USPS/UPS would have trouble dinging one packed like this!

Thanks. I know this is pretty basic, but there are a lot of new folks amongst us and how to ship a one piece seems to be getting asked a lot lately so I figured since I had to ship one anyways I may as well do a build-along of sorts.

and then measure the length and around the fattest end. If they add up to more than 84", be prepared to pay an extra $20 for shipping.....

Keep the tube 70" or under and you have no worries. It is 13.5" around. This one is cut 68" long for a 64" bow.

I wrap tape around the tube 1/3 down from each end because they broke open when they ran over it.This keeps the bow from sliding out.

I got this one at the perfect length when I went through the pile. Common lengths are 15', 12' and 6'. I use a hacksaw to cut when I have to take a longer length tube.

very good thread dave  

Looks good, can't wait to get the bow.

Rusty

In have a bunch of those that I use in the garage , I even ship arrows and knives in the . :0)

Great Information!!! I have to ship a bow, in the end of February for a hunt. Now I know how. All I have to do is find some carpet tubes.

Bill

Good thread and remember to write '19 Alpine Ave' on the tube!

You can also buy 'sono tubing' at a lumber yard, or use PVC and ABS pipe in 4'' diameter.

Also make sure the people know what they are doing and have them read the actaul postal rates, even at the post office. The 84"s applies to parcel post and 2-3 priority it can be longer. David very good but for fifty cents ya can get 2 plastic end caps to test pressure on pipes and seal the ends with them, they are about 22 cents each at Lowes. Shawn