How do you guys store your Bows ???

[JParanee]

Sorry double post

[Three Finger]

House I like that bow rack. Mine is Cedar arrows into a cedar board. I need to kill a few bucks and I may make one like yours. Great pics.

[Matthew Bolton]

I keep mine strung and laid up underneath my bed.

[lpcjon2]

Originally posted by Matthew Bolton:
I keep mine strung and laid up underneath my bed.

Matt thats not a good idea, hang them by a peg or coat hook on the back of a door. Mine are strung and hung by a single peg

[Guru]

I keep mine hung mostly strung, and some unstrung on rubber coated bicycle hooks on each end off the garage ceiling.

Strung bows hang by the string, un-strung bows from the limbs.

Easy access and out of the way....
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   quote:Originally posted by Matthew Bolton:
   I keep mine strung and laid up underneath my bed.

Matt thats not a good idea, hang them by a peg or coat hook on the back of a door. Mine are strung and hung by a single peg
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Whats wrong with keeping them under a bed??

[lpcjon2]

My brothers recurve limbs twisted from lying strung flat under the bed for a month last winter.

[Bjorn]

Pat B here is a pic of my bow rack it is a piece of Sassafras with holes to accept some pre-made pegs I bought at a lumberyard.



I took the pic with my phone and it is pretty grainy but does the job.

[lpcjon2]

Bjorn I like those Hill heads

[Pat B.]

Thanks Bjorn.  I couldnt figure out how you were getting the bows to hang that way.. Now it's clear!

[AkDan]

nice looking racks guys!   I dont have anything quite as fancy....been needn an excuse to build something more good'r  

[gutpile580]

I leave mine strung on one peg  i guess that is ok have not had any problems that i know of???

[JamesKerr]

I unstring all of my bows and put them in a case when I am done shooting them for the day. When I go to shoot them the next day I just unzip the case they are in and string them up. The way I figure if I pay $800 for a custom bow I want it to either be strung up while hunting or shooting it or unstrung and in a case protected.

[Bjorn]

lpcjon2 Those Hill heads were tough to find in the original packaging. That dozen heads originally sold for 4.95-says so right on the package.

[legends1]

Bjorn, nice collection !

[L. E. Carroll]

Like this.... this rack is 6' wide and will hold 36 Longbows [at 3 per peg] or 24 recurves [at two per peg].  If I have them equipped with a bow quiver, then each gets a peg by it's self to keep them from touching.  I usually have a combination on L/B's and R/C's so the number hanging at any one time varies a bit.. I usually hang them un-strung unless it's a bow I'm hunting with or shooting often.

Gene
This picture is out of date, and several shown here are at new homes and have been replaced by those listed below along with a few more that are not on the list.    
 

[lpcjon2]

Originally posted by Bjorn:
lpcjon2 Those Hill heads were tough to find in the original packaging. That dozen heads originally sold for 4.95-says so right on the package.

That is a great find,$4.95 back then was probably around the todays $50.00 mark.

[Sam McMichael]

I store all of them horizontally, unstrung, and in bow socks.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I found a way to fill space in my archery room.

 

 

 

 

[Hunter74]

So I notice some of you say you leave some strung while hanging... How long can you leave a bow strung?

I was kinda under the impression that you should un-string them once your done shooting or hunting... But is it ok to leave them strung for a weekend of hunting or something like that?

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I've heard of some bows staying strung for 60+ years and still going strong.