getting your bow wet ??

[silent sniper]

Hey guys I have a question for you ? I know this is ridiculous but do some of you guys have trouble with getting your nice bow rained on ? I assume it wont hurt the bow at all but I just can't imagine letting my nice caribow sit out in the soaking rain. Anyone else feel the same ? SS

[JAG]

My ole crooked oasge dosen't mind the rain, as long as it gets its rub down with bear or pig grease!

[Rob W.]

Does it say "Display Model" on it?  

[Bjorn]

However fancy a bow is a tool built to be used and not babied!  

[MnFn]

Yeh, I hate messing up a pretty bow.  But I mainly buy a bow to use.  Case in point,  I recently bought a nearly perfect Blacktail VL.  I took it as my elk bow on a recent trip to CO.  In that country if you hunt hard you will probably do worse than just get your bow wet and I did.

The only way to keep it perfect is to keep it on the rack at home. My VL is going back for a refinish soon, but again mainly to make it more useable as a hunting bow by putting a less glossy finish on it.

[hitman]

A bow is to hunt with. It can't help that it is so beautiful. Just needs to be used for what it was intended and taken care of at the end of the day.

[Killdeer]

Ain't none of us as purty as when we started!
Mine gets rained on every time I look at my 3D scores.

Killdeer  

[-snypershot317-]

haha i dont mind mine getting wet, muddy or beat up really. and its not because its a samick sage either       its because its a tool to be used to put meat in my freezer or embarrass the mess out me      truth be told i even thought about switching out the wooden riser for the cartel riser to make it even more uglier...er i mean more useful and weather proof  :p

[Wannabe1]

Use Johnson's paste wax and you'll be ok. Take it from me, I live here in Oregon where it rains a lot!

[Thumper Dunker]

Mine was wet most of the day .Still has mud on it.

[LB_hntr]

I beat the crap out of my bows. They hunt in the rain, snow, sleet, etc. my bowfishing bow gets bounced around on the aluminum floor of an air boat 6 months a year. They get punished.
At the end of the season I just go over any nicks scratches and dings with a little polyurethane on a qtip or spray a light coat along the edges. been doing this to my bowfishing bow for 14 years and its the most beat up bow i have and it still looks good and functions perfect.
Im my opinion.... a bow is tool to use to enjoy hunting. But i understand having some beautiful bows to admire and display if somebody wants to. If that were me Id also have a bow that was a tried and true tool. for me personally all my bows are tools. I love them dearly but they have to work around here, no free rides, and no sitting on the wall, they have to earn thier keep...lol.

[Flying Dutchman]

Caribows are build  like a tank. No need to baby them.

[hawkeye n pa]

If you notice a spot where water is get in under the finish. Quality nail polish will usually seal it up.  After a hunting in a good soaker and when back inside dry it off, take it down if that applies and look for swellings under the finish.  Let it dry out first until the finish looks good again.  

Deer hunting season only comes once a year, if I can go, I'm gone.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

welcome back Killie, I always enjoy your wit and humor..

I am getting ready to head out to a 3D now. good chance for rain, it will wash my tears off my bow lol.

[killinstuff]

How else would you get the blood off it?

[Terry Lightle]

x2 on Johnson paste wax.Wax my Cari-Bow a month before season and right after.

[Bobaru]

I waited a year and a half for my Blacktail.  When I got it, I too felt it was too pretty to use the way I would my Howett Hunter.  I even sent Norm an email to the effect, to which he responded that the bow was made for hunting.

I have to admit, I couldn't shoot the bow well until I changed my thinking.  Yes, it's an amazing piece of handiwork.  But, it's a tool meant to be used.  

It took me a while before I felt the bow was a part of me.  And, I hunt in the rain and get wet, just like my Blacktail.

Hope that helps somewhat.  Good luck.  Take game.

[rick7]

x3 on johnson paste wax

[creekwood]

 

I'd rather see it get wet than collect dust sitting in the house. Besides, that Silvertip is almost bulletproof.  

[stiknstringer]

I've used my longbow to carry out deer and paddle a canoe, but I make my own bows...