Leaving a bow Strung

[zinndl]

I shoot my long bow every day; Should I unstring ir each night? I have been leaving it strung and I hang it horizonaly by the string on two level pegs.

[rastaman]

i keep my shooters strung year round...unstring them to work on brace height, silencers, etc...
if i'm not going to be shooting a particular bow for awhile, i will unstring it.  i've done this for years without a problem, but maybe somebody else could jump in.
Randy

[3Under]

My experience  agrees with "Rastaman"!

[Bjorn]

Mine too.......the ones I shoot regularly stay strung for years.

[dino]

I assume your talking of a glass bow??  Self bows should not be left strung for prolonged periods.  Glass bows - leave em strung.  More of a chance harming them by stringing and unstringing them than there is just leaving them strung. dino

[zinndl]

Originally posted by dino:
I assume your talking of a glass bow??  Self bows should not be left strung for prolonged periods.  Glass bows - leave em strung.  More of a chance harming them by stringing and unstringing them than there is just leaving them strung. dino

It is a custom made wood laminate long bow with glass on the limbs. I am new to tradidional archery so I'm not sure I understand the term "self bow"

[One eye]

Self bow is generally referred to as a bow made out of one piece of wood.

Dan

[STICKDP]

if you leave it strung for prolonged periods it will loose weight -this is what a master bowyer told me and i belive it.

[longstick]

Blackwidows are to be left strung and hanging by string which is what I do until I travel a distance with it..forgot to mention its a recurve  

[Lefty]

longstick,
 Black Widow actually recommends that you unstring your longbow.  Because of the wood to glass ratio in a longbow compared to their recurves (which they say can be left strung), they say you may lose a pound or two in draw weight over time, if the longbow is left strung. Only adverse effect that I have ever heard on leaving a bow strung though, that you normally shoot.
Chris

[R H Clark]

If I remember correctly,Widow says to unstring their longbows, or at least they did at one time.

[PAPALAPIN]

Depends on how much wood to class ration.

In my opinion, a long bow is not as suseptible to limb twist as a recurve.  With that in mind, i see no problem with unstringing between uses.

I don't have a long bow.  I leave my shooter recurves strung all the time.

[Gordon martiniuk]

do not unstring bows with glass it is safer to leave them strung only unstring if you have to change brace hight far less of a chanch to twist more good bows are damaged unstringing or stringing  

[Widowbender]

Longbow, unstrung....Recurves, strung...mine are widows.

David

[Shawn Leonard]

I have had one recurve pretty much strung since 1967, it has not lost a pound. i have also owned longbows that were strung for years at a time with no ill effect. Leave them strung. If Wido wrecommends that, do it with widows but most longbows I know of, it does not hurt. Shawn

[jacobsladder]

Dont leave any bow strung in a hot space...like in a hot car......other than that i leave my shooters strung if im shooting them weekly..

[overbo]

Bob Thompson of Zipper bows has a bow that's been strung for 30+ years w/ no effect.

[snag]

I was told by a great bowyer to just leave my recurve strung if I am shooting it every few weeks. Pretty much what others have said.

[bayoulongbowman]

REcurves maybe leave strung, I always unstring my longbows , recurve , and I string my bows always with a stringer.     good luck..remember the 2 things that hurt ur bow is direct sunlight and heat , like in back od hot car or truck!

[LEOPARD]

As long as I'm shooting the bow regularly, I leave mine strung. If a bow will be sitting for a while without being shot or travelling, I'll un-string it. No probs with any of my bows!