backup bow

[ron w]

Just a ?. How many of you take a backup bow when you go hunting. I don't care if your going for day or a week. If you do is it very much like your primary bow or is it something totaly different? Can you shoot the same arrows, this would make sense.

[MI_Bowhunter]

I have two bows that I primarily shoot.  A Hornes Brushbow LB and a Quinn Stallion TD Recurve.    

I hunted primarily with the LB this year but have taken both on all of my hunting trips so far.  They are different weights but due to differences in performance I shoot the same arrows from both with approx the same gap.    It really works out well for me.

[Bird Dog]

I usually take two bows--or at the very least an extra string.

[going trad]

As the name implies I am just starting and this is my first year hunting with a recurve, that being said my first time out this season I had the opportunity to take a shot at a nice 8 point, I drew back on him and SNAP the bow I was using was a 50 year old Blackhawk, my day was done at 9 am and with a 45 min drive home that was it for the day at this spot, I went out later closer to home. But back to the point, I never carried a spare when I used the compound but now I carry a spare recurve, my primary bow is a 58" Red Wing Hunter 50# @ 28" my back up bow is a 58" Ben Pearson similar grip and feel 43# @ 28" its close enough that I can use the same arrows.

[Tim Fishell]

If I am just going out for a day around home I dont take a backup but if I am going a ways from home or going for a longer period of time I always take one or even more backups.  Most of mine are all Shrews.  And if I take backup bows I also bring lots of extra arrows.

[L. E. Carroll]

Same as Tim,  If near home, one will do. However, if 2 days or more away I always take at least two. Where he likes his Shrews I like my Griffins and Shrew. Shoot all equally well and with the same arrows.

Just got a new to me T/d Griffin,,, can't wait to get that one out there too.
Gene

[blueline]

I take two string for each bow and two bow's

[Pat B]

I make 2 bows each year to hunt with and they both go with me when I hunt. Both usually shoot similar and shoot the same arrows. This year they are a 60" osage static recurve selfbow and a 64" yew straight limb self bow. Both 58#@26"    Pat

[James Wrenn]

I always have a td of some kind under my seat during hunting season just in case.All my bows will shoot the same arrows if needed.

[Night Wing]

Same as others. If I travel far for a package bowhunt where I can leave the second bow in the place I'm staying, I take two bows with me. Close to home with a one hour drive, I only take one bow.

[Curveman]

I take a longbow that I am hunting with now and a recurve. Both shoot the same arrows. That is for week long trips, for day trips I just bring an extra string.

[Dave Lay]

I have 2 recurves of the same make, grip poundage and length, they shoot identical,one is a one pc which I have been usin as a primary bow the other a TD which I can stash behind my truck seat I also always carry a extra string. I have ran over a bow, left another leaning against my truck when I drove off and had one blow a riser several years ago, so yea, I carry a back up.

[Curveman]

Hey Dave, we're both members of ROBC! The Run Over a Bow Club!         I STILL can't believe I did that!          

[R.V.T.B.]

I really look forward to my time in the woods and don't want to miss a minute of it if I can help it. Over the past 25 years I have witnessed two bows being run over and had it happen to two more of my friends when I wasn't around. So I now Never, ever lean my bow against the back of a pick up, especially if it is pulled into a spot.

I have shot take down recurves for 15 years now and each year I go into the season with two bows that are pretty much identical. One I hunt with and the other is disassembled and riding in a soft case in the tool box of my truck. I also keep a hard arrow case back there with another 1/2 dozen hunting arrows and sharp broadheads, 1/2 dozen field points and a couple blunts. While I have never backed over my bow yet (knock on wood) I have taken a nasty fall on a steep ridge in the snow a couple years back. I got up and I was O.K. but every aluminum arrow in my quiver was bent badly. The hunt was over for that day. I like to keep the extra arrows back there also to do a little shooting at a block target or stump shooting during the middle of the day. So far, I have never had to go to the back up bow to save a hunt, although I did switch out the bows one lean year hoping the back up had better "mojo". On two different occassions though my back up bow has been pressed into service by one of my hunting buddies.

One guy lowered his bow to the ground with his haul rope and then climbed down the tree with his Summit. When he got on the ground he realized when he lowered the bow it had stood up and was leaning against the back of the tree. He climbed down his bow with his stand and it was trapped between the tree and stand strap and held by his weight. The other guy had purchased a nice zippered soft case for his one piece. Tossed it in the truck and it aparently blew out of the truck on the way to the hunt. Probably still in its case laying somewhere over the side of the mountain. A lot can happen to a bow so yes, I always tote a back up bow and arrows along.

[R.V.T.B.]

"The Run Over a Bow Club" Thats funny right there. I guess I am a member also, even though I haven't run over my own bow. Maybe I am a member of the "Run Over my Buddy's Bow Club"

I remember we had pulled off of a National Forest road to do some evening hunting. After we loaded up that night I was backing my 3/4 ton Dodge out and in the headligths we could both see this mangled mess which had at one time been an expensive bow, quiver and arrows laying there in the headligths. We just sat there for several minutes, neither of us saying a word.

[wingnut]

yep alot can and will happen if you do it enough.  The further we go on a hunt the backup stuff we carry.  We usually have an extra bow in camp to backup everyone and arrows to match.  Also Jason and I usually shoot the same setup so that we can back up each other if needed.

Mike

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