I have seen more bows damaged by improper stringing and storage than leaving a bow strung up. I always recommend leaving a bow strung and stored properly ( hung correctly using 2 balanced points on the string or laid flat. in a cool dry place) If you are not using it for an extended period.. Yes, unstring it.. but if you shoot daily or every couple days, there is more risk of an accidental mishap in the stringing process risking the bow rather than leaving it strung.. Listen to the manufacturer and let common sense prevail.
You would think this would be a no brainer. I know a youtuber centraloregon survival who is currently testing his primal gear survival bow (which is made of metal) to see how long it can stay strung and retain its tension will be interesting to see the results. But you're right way too much constant strain on the fibers to be a good thing. I think that snapping string is akin to a dry fire, hopefully didn't damage your bow but thanks for the test and great slow mo!
A friend gave me a 35 lb Wing Archery Gull recurve. It had been strung for over 30 years and was hung in her garage in South Eastern Virginia. It looked like pure hell. The limb tip laminations had come off due to moisture and exposure to sunlight. I refinished it, repaired the limb tips, and it still 35 lbs and it shoots great.
From my understanding this rule really only applies greatly to purely wood and or bamboo bows which can take set and lose draw weight. Modern bows with fiberglass and the like can be left strung fine with no loss of power and performance. And of course you want to unstring a takedown bow before trying to disassemble it
I believe it goes back whether you’re going to shoot soon next weekend? Twice per month? Once a month? ... Or will you be storing it until next hunting season? Next annual trip that you get to take your bow with you? The guy kinda helped-thanks for cutting the string that really delivered a great point!- For your type of bow -again, my opinion- I think same principle will apply to the wood. It’s well measured to have two materials (wood and fiber) working together as one. If one doesn’t function properly due to lack of care, it would overall affect the whole bow. I lay my wooden bow flat in the closet, strung, for I shoot with it almost every day.
Limb twist comes more from how the bow is stored, than leaving it strung. If you hang the bow, you either hang it with the bow strung where the limbs and string meet. If you store it un strung, you MUST lay it on the backs of the limbs as close to the handle as possible, and the two places that the limbs rest on must be PERFECTLY parallel, or the limbs will twist to where they cannot be repaired. Myself, I would rather have a bow that lost a couple of pounds, over one that is lost forever because the limbs twisted do to the bow not hung properly when un strung. There is way more going on here that what you explained. If you have a good bow rest, and all is level and good, then hang them unstrung, but if not, string them and stop worrying about it.
Hi Jim I always leave my carbon fibre limbed bows strung from season to season. So my Hoyt Recurve is strung all the time in a bow bag. All compound bows are left this way too. I would never leave a wooden or standard fiberglass limbed bow strung for extended periods, string follow and glass matrix degradation seem likely.
Because however small the cost of time and effort of stringing and unstringing is, it's not worth that cost when there is no evidence it has ever been a problem to leave a bow strung that isn't entirely wood. And I don't have an entirely wood bow yet. And absolutely minimizing the barrier to getting myself practicing is worth a lot to me.
Thank you,i've been searching for that and i found an awesome channel too with great content quality.Now i'm off cause i have a MerlinArchery marathon that i have to get back to.
2:18 - " We all love our bows" ... chucks it on the table 🤣🤣. I may be late to the party but i love these videos and its great to hear tips and advice from someone who has been there and done that :-)
one says this the other says that - I was told I can leave a recurve bow strung if I use it on a regular basis and only longbows need to be unstrung every day since they could snap themselves in half??
Modern laminated bows made with modern adhesives and fiberglass/carbon/foam can be left strung for years without any problems. No change in brace height, nock point, or draw weight. I left my Bear take down strung 24/7 for over 4 years with no problems. I have friend with several Groves recurve bows from the 1970s and 80s. In the last 40-50 yrs those bows have only been unstrung to change strings. You are more likely to hurt yourself and/or damage your bow stringing it than using one that is left strung all the time.
If its a wooden bow u must unstring. It will take a set. If its modern bow with fiber glass or carbon it don't hurt it and I believe helps from twisting limbs. The tension keeps it true. Iv'e shot recurve since 72. My 31 year old. Black widow has been stung almost all time. No loss of pull. They don't ever in strong compounds do they?
This myth is due to people using improper methods such as step through. If you use a stringer than there is less strain place on the bow that when you draw the bow, compare to leaving it strung which is holding tension for long length of time.
+illuminis x that's false stringing it causes less stress than shooting a single arrow, in the other hand to maintain it hours strung causes more stress imagine 1 week, 1 month, years i say it by experience. It is like that myth that a smoker causes more lung diseases to those around them than for the proper smoker, fake ultrafake.
I've been watching some of your videos and they are very good. I don't make a whole lot of time to sit and watch much of anything but I have enjoyed what I've seen. I'm usually in the shop or shooting but will take time now to watch. Peace out
The English longbow I made has no memory & has hardly been strung or bent other than a warming it up then a few shots after actually taking it off the draw rig that helped me trim the limbs so it bends correctly..I oiled it a few times then last night string it & oiled it again as I wanted the fibres to get some memory..I’ll un string it tonight & never again will it be strung overnight.
Other channels say that if your bow is fiberglass then it's ok to leave it strung. I agree that a wooden bow will change if left under pressure, so wouldn't leave it strung
Which Ben Pearsons do you own? I have a 70s Rogue that I loved to shoot, but it shattered and split at the upper string nock. Do you think it would be repairable or retire it to a wall hanger piece?
"I wouldn't risk it" is not a very scientific reason not to leave a bow strung. A modern, glass backed bow can be left strung almost indefinitely if it is at the proper brace height and not exposed to high temperatures. That is where the bow is supposed to be and the glass is stable, not like an unbacked bow or a self bow which must be unstrung after shooting. Most damage comes when people are stringing and unstringing their bow all the time. Accidents happen because people don't pay close enough attention or they are doing it wrong in the first place. Your bow? Do as you like.
+James Cooper I'll openly admit to knowing almost nothing about bows or archery but that is exactly what I thought. It cannot be hard for someone to buy two identical bows, leave one strung and the other not and then measuring the effect after a number of years. I imagine that it would make sense actually to use the bows but that would even out over a period of years if you alternated between the two of them. Is there any actual evidence that leaving bows strung or unstrung makes any difference at all? I'd be interested to know.
+James Cooper Ive always had a common sense approach to archery... To me this just makes common sense... And i completely stand by my "Why risk it Statement" there is just too much that can happen when the bow is under tension ... But thanks for watching and I'm glad you like the videos :) Take Care :)
Hey Jim! Just wondering if you can make a video on arrow diameter, just explaining whats optimal I guess..? I don't quite understand it. Or just message back! :)
For a solid wood bow, you shouldn't leave it strung for more than a few hours, or when you're not actively shooting it, at all. For fiberglass, it literally doesn't matter. Maintaining the string is often more Important,and should be replaced every year to three years depending on frequency of use.
If you're going to talk about the energy stored in a strung bow, rather then cut the string and watch the bow bounce around, put a long enough string on the bow when it's at its resting state, then draw the bow to its brace height and measure the poundage. It's not as graphic as a bouncing bow, but it is more quantitative and informative.
Ah long-time comparison would be informative and interesting. Getting the same model twice and storing them for a year or two next to each other - one strung one unstrung.
For me, I'm just gonna keep practicing good habit and just unstring after I'm done shooting. It takes two seconds to unstring or restring a bow, rather be safe than sorry.
Strange that he goes on to say how he takes really good care of his bows (throws the bow on the table when he's done talking about it) and stores them horizontally (all visible bows in video stored vertically)
According to Grizzly Jim himself, "NO BOWS WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO :)". Personally don't think you need to worry about leaving a bow strung. I leave mine strung when I'm shooting it regularly and unstring it when I'm not planning to be shooting for a while. But Jim's probably right that you shouldn't unstring the bow by cutting the string, that overtime could be harmful to both the bow and you.
Ha ha yes lots of stored energy for sure. I guess at the end of the day it is up to us what we want to do, but it takes a second to string and unstring a bow, the Grizzly man is just giving us the info.
hey jim i bought an english longbow about five years ago and couldnt shoot it ( macho me bought an 80lb bow ) so i used it as a wall decoration and left it strung , i unstrung it the other day and it is now a permanent banana shape.......what a fool !
I shoot every day so un-stringing every day would be a drag. With a take-down you might buy new limbs every 10 years or so. No big deal. With a self bow, of course take it down.
I have never met anyone who takes their strings off their guitar or piano at night? anyone does this??? I have yet to see anyone in habit of removing strings to prevent piano or guitar being killed... nobody detunes their guitar after a jam. Personal experience tells me I can leave the strings on all my life, never even have to adjust truss rod unless making string gauge or nut change. but my guitars never leave the studio and are not subject to drastic temperature or humidity change... some of my bass never even get out of tune between string changes. gona kill them in 1000 years maybe??
Fyi, no one unstrings piano and guitar strings. They pretty much always stay on. That's why guitar, pianos and other acoustic instruments need tuning fairly regularly
how moronic - all my guitars keep their strings on until they need replacing and don't get me started on pianos please. Almost all pianos these days have a cast iron frame inside and nothing can distort there!
As others pointed out, this is simply incorrect. And how long a guitar string lasts depends on many factors, none of which really matter. Same with bow strings. When your strings reach a point that you want to change them, do so. Some guitar players (professionals) will change their strings every other gig, or even every gig depending on what they are using. Most other guitar players change their stings 6 months to a year depending on any number of factors. I actually like how my strings sound with some age to them. They tend to be too bright when first put on. But again, we don't remove strings or loosen them between uses. We keep them as best tuned as possible and then fine tune them before each playing. Strings in the overall picture, for guitars, are a consumable item and not a factor for longevity of the GUITAR. And that is what the video was talking about... the BOW not the stings (which are a "consumable item"). As for unstring or not for bows.... that, as can be seen in other videos as well as comments here in general, is a topic that is not settled. And less so with modern composite limbs. I will also point out that many people do things religiously that seem like "common sense" and "better to be safe than sorry" that simply are not supported by facts. It sounds good and does no harm, but in reality not doing them in many cases also does no harm. So do what you like if you get piece of mind. :)
Have to agree, unstring. I learnt hard way with my first bow. Twisted the limbs. The string was a Flemish twist. I also stored the bow upright, total idiot newbie. A friend managed to untwist it.
That has actually been proven to be a complete myth. Even on selfbows lacking fiberglas or carbon laminates. Bows where left strung for a ridiculous amount of time and just about nothing happened to them. Should you draw it past its flexing span, or near the point of breaking and leave it for an extended time it's another story though.
I don't understand how something could be under constant stress (even static load) and not warp or weaken. But I'm curious to learn more, what study debunked this "myth"?
+Canadian Prepper There are wooden buildings with wooden beams that have been under load for hundreds of years...and of course trees that have wooden limbs under stress for thousands of years! Showing a string cut and a big explosion is cool, but when there are wooden beams that have been under literally tons of tension for several hundred years, that bow seems like a weakling. Imagine a tree withstanding wind storms for a few thousand years.
+ConquerCollin Yeah but they are not bending away from their original form and are supported with steel pillars. I don't think they are under the same relative strain, one little stick of wood a giant beam, I would think the bow is under more relative strain. Would really like to know the truth about this...
Canadian Prepper There's no difference between me placing a 10lb (or whatever) load on a limb or having a piece of wood support 10lb as a beam. Beams have been bent and used as load bearing for over a thousand years continuously and not sagged. But who knows
I have seen more bows damaged by improper stringing and storage than leaving a bow strung up. I always recommend leaving a bow strung and stored properly ( hung correctly using 2 balanced points on the string or laid flat. in a cool dry place) If you are not using it for an extended period.. Yes, unstring it.. but if you shoot daily or every couple days, there is more risk of an accidental mishap in the stringing process risking the bow rather than leaving it strung.. Listen to the manufacturer and let common sense prevail.
Thanks for that your reply has answered a few things for me as a Newby.
Same thing with guitars.
You would think this would be a no brainer. I know a youtuber centraloregon survival who is currently testing his primal gear survival bow (which is made of metal) to see how long it can stay strung and retain its tension will be interesting to see the results. But you're right way too much constant strain on the fibers to be a good thing. I think that snapping string is akin to a dry fire, hopefully didn't damage your bow but thanks for the test and great slow mo!
A friend gave me a 35 lb Wing Archery Gull recurve. It had been strung for over 30 years and was hung in her garage in South Eastern Virginia. It looked like pure hell. The limb tip laminations had come off due to moisture and exposure to sunlight. I refinished it, repaired the limb tips, and it still 35 lbs and it shoots great.
From my understanding this rule really only applies greatly to purely wood and or bamboo bows which can take set and lose draw weight. Modern bows with fiberglass and the like can be left strung fine with no loss of power and performance. And of course you want to unstring a takedown bow before trying to disassemble it
My bow's limbs are a sandwich of 2 part fiberglass and 1 part wood. would that count as a wooden bow or fiberglass bow? it it safe to leave it strung?
I believe it goes back whether you’re going to shoot soon next weekend? Twice per month? Once a month? ... Or will you be storing it until next hunting season? Next annual trip that you get to take your bow with you?
The guy kinda helped-thanks for cutting the string that really delivered a great point!-
For your type of bow -again, my opinion- I think same principle will apply to the wood. It’s well measured to have two materials (wood and fiber) working together as one. If one doesn’t function properly due to lack of care, it would overall affect the whole bow.
I lay my wooden bow flat in the closet, strung, for I shoot with it almost every day.
Limb twist comes more from how the bow is stored, than leaving it strung. If you hang the bow, you either hang it with the bow strung where the limbs and string meet. If you store it un strung, you MUST lay it on the backs of the limbs as close to the handle as possible, and the two places that the limbs rest on must be PERFECTLY parallel, or the limbs will twist to where they cannot be repaired. Myself, I would rather have a bow that lost a couple of pounds, over one that is lost forever because the limbs twisted do to the bow not hung properly when un strung.
There is way more going on here that what you explained. If you have a good bow rest, and all is level and good, then hang them unstrung, but if not, string them and stop worrying about it.
To me it's just plain old common sense... Don't leave your bow strung, use a stranger when stringing and unstringing and keep it in a safe place :)
Thank goodness for that. Especially as it's looking like the Cottonmouth is going to be my next bow when they're in stock:)
Hi Jim
I always leave my carbon fibre limbed bows strung from season to season. So my Hoyt Recurve is strung all the time in a bow bag. All compound bows are left this way too.
I would never leave a wooden or standard fiberglass limbed bow strung for extended periods, string follow and glass matrix degradation seem likely.
At the end of the day bows are easy to sting & unstring, so why take the chance of damage.
Because however small the cost of time and effort of stringing and unstringing is, it's not worth that cost when there is no evidence it has ever been a problem to leave a bow strung that isn't entirely wood. And I don't have an entirely wood bow yet. And absolutely minimizing the barrier to getting myself practicing is worth a lot to me.
Thank you,i've been searching for that and i found an awesome channel too with great content quality.Now i'm off cause i have a MerlinArchery marathon that i have to get back to.
+Geospan1 Enjoy buddy :)
I loved the part about using an ice hockey stick .
fun to hear a different regional refrence . to one of Canada's national sports .
k m archery
It’s just called a hockey stick.
🤣
Its one of those things your curious about but never will do, thanks for showing us.
2:18 - " We all love our bows" ... chucks it on the table 🤣🤣. I may be late to the party but i love these videos and its great to hear tips and advice from someone who has been there and done that :-)
one says this the other says that - I was told I can leave a recurve bow strung if I use it on a regular basis and only longbows need to be unstrung every day since they could snap themselves in half??
Modern laminated bows made with modern adhesives and fiberglass/carbon/foam can be left strung for years without any problems. No change in brace height, nock point, or draw weight. I left my Bear take down strung 24/7 for over 4 years with no problems. I have friend with several Groves recurve bows from the 1970s and 80s. In the last 40-50 yrs those bows have only been unstrung to change strings. You are more likely to hurt yourself and/or damage your bow stringing it than using one that is left strung all the time.
That bow wanted to fly there!!
Awesome
+Digitaltiger123 everything Awesome in SlowMo :)
If its a wooden bow u must unstring. It will take a set. If its modern bow with fiber glass or carbon it don't hurt it and I believe helps from twisting limbs. The tension keeps it true. Iv'e shot recurve since 72. My 31 year old. Black widow has been stung almost all time. No loss of pull. They don't ever in strong compounds do they?
Nice to see a tough test on your new bow line as well, looks like they will hold up to some abuse!
Thanks for your input!
What about bows not made of wood? Like the Black Wolf from Win & Win?
Nice vid keep it up Grizzly, still loving the studio !!!!
I’ve got a Fred Bear 45# Grizzly from 1953 and it is probably still as stout as it was when it was made.
I heard it causes more strain during the stringing and restringing process, than simply leaving it strung.
+illuminis x That's what Blacktail Bow Company told me when I bought a custom bow....
This myth is due to people using improper methods such as step through. If you use a stringer than there is less strain place on the bow that when you draw the bow, compare to leaving it strung which is holding tension for long length of time.
+illuminis x that's false stringing it causes less stress than shooting a single arrow, in the other hand to maintain it hours strung causes more stress imagine 1 week, 1 month, years i say it by experience. It is like that myth that a smoker causes more lung diseases to those around them than for the proper smoker, fake ultrafake.
Right you are.
I've been watching some of your videos and they are very good. I don't make a whole lot of time to sit and watch much of anything but I have enjoyed what I've seen. I'm usually in the shop or shooting but will take time now to watch. Peace out
Ahh, I see you have an old Yamaha one-piece recurve hanging to you right :) Exactly like mine.... lovely bow.
The English longbow I made has no memory & has hardly been strung or bent other than a warming it up then a few shots after actually taking it off the draw rig that helped me trim the limbs so it bends correctly..I oiled it a few times then last night string it & oiled it again as I wanted the fibres to get some memory..I’ll un string it tonight & never again will it be strung overnight.
Other channels say that if your bow is fiberglass then it's ok to leave it strung. I agree that a wooden bow will change if left under pressure, so wouldn't leave it strung
Which Ben Pearsons do you own? I have a 70s Rogue that I loved to shoot, but it shattered and split at the upper string nock. Do you think it would be repairable or retire it to a wall hanger piece?
"I wouldn't risk it" is not a very scientific reason not to leave a bow strung. A modern, glass backed bow can be left strung almost indefinitely if it is at the proper brace height and not exposed to high temperatures. That is where the bow is supposed to be and the glass is stable, not like an unbacked bow or a self bow which must be unstrung after shooting. Most damage comes when people are stringing and unstringing their bow all the time. Accidents happen because people don't pay close enough attention or they are doing it wrong in the first place. Your bow? Do as you like.
+James Cooper I'll openly admit to knowing almost nothing about bows or archery but that is exactly what I thought.
It cannot be hard for someone to buy two identical bows, leave one strung and the other not and then measuring the effect after a number of years. I imagine that it would make sense actually to use the bows but that would even out over a period of years if you alternated between the two of them.
Is there any actual evidence that leaving bows strung or unstrung makes any difference at all? I'd be interested to know.
Ill look into that and see if I can find some published research. I do like your videos though.
+James Cooper Ive always had a common sense approach to archery... To me this just makes common sense... And i completely stand by my "Why risk it Statement" there is just too much that can happen when the bow is under tension ... But thanks for watching and I'm glad you like the videos :) Take Care :)
its best to be safe when dealing with something as dangerous as a bow.
out of Bears' traditional bow selection which would you recomend for hunting something like elk?
+BladeViking97 im not really a hunter... but my favourite Bear has got to be the Kodiak Take Down...
Hey Jim!
Just wondering if you can make a video on arrow diameter, just explaining whats optimal I guess..? I don't quite understand it. Or just message back! :)
For a solid wood bow, you shouldn't leave it strung for more than a few hours, or when you're not actively shooting it, at all. For fiberglass, it literally doesn't matter. Maintaining the string is often more Important,and should be replaced every year to three years depending on frequency of use.
If you're going to talk about the energy stored in a strung bow, rather then cut the string and watch the bow bounce around, put a long enough string on the bow when it's at its resting state, then draw the bow to its brace height and measure the poundage. It's not as graphic as a bouncing bow, but it is more quantitative and informative.
Is it ok if I leave it strung or a day
Or 2? Or should I just unstring it after I’m done
Ah long-time comparison would be informative and interesting. Getting the same model twice and storing them for a year or two next to each other - one strung one unstrung.
For me, I'm just gonna keep practicing good habit and just unstring after I'm done shooting. It takes two seconds to unstring or restring a bow, rather be safe than sorry.
Loved the alien space craft reminder when the bow got air borne.
Wait what about compound bows? Does it effectthem? I have wood limbs on mine.
is a review coming on these timbercreek bows?
I wonder. Were you talking about this with Cowie on Monday?
+Hayden Martin lol Yeah :)
Strange that he goes on to say how he takes really good care of his bows (throws the bow on the table when he's done talking about it) and stores them horizontally (all visible bows in video stored vertically)
WAS THAT A BEAR MONTANA?!?!?!!!! Poor thing, Grizzly Jim must be brought to justice!
Ok so I am new to archery and the first think I learned was never dry fire how is what you did any different
That bow wiggling in the air is mildly amusing for some reason.
According to Grizzly Jim himself, "NO BOWS WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO :)". Personally don't think you need to worry about leaving a bow strung. I leave mine strung when I'm shooting it regularly and unstring it when I'm not planning to be shooting for a while. But Jim's probably right that you shouldn't unstring the bow by cutting the string, that overtime could be harmful to both the bow and you.
Ha ha yes lots of stored energy for sure. I guess at the end of the day it is up to us what we want to do, but it takes a second to string and unstring a bow, the Grizzly man is just giving us the info.
Like watching a gory horror film...you dont want to watch but you have to :-) Dont know how you could cut the string on such a nice looking bow.
Please tell me that no bows were harmed during the filming of this.
Absolutely no boats were harmed during the making of this video :)
In fact I took one of them out shooting today :)
Modern bows can stay strung. With the new materials it is no issue.
thanks for the good information
You keep wishing me to shoot straight, but dammit physics just doesn't wanna play ball :P
hey jim i bought an english longbow about five years ago and couldnt shoot it ( macho me bought an 80lb bow ) so i used it as a wall decoration and left it strung , i unstrung it the other day and it is now a permanent banana shape.......what a fool !
I think I'll do that in front of the wife and tell her my bow has exploded and I need a new one :D
Jim, we are still waiting for the Bear Takedown review :P
facts figures science blah blah..... SLO MO.... YEAH
I shoot every day so un-stringing every day would be a drag. With a take-down you might buy new limbs every 10 years or so. No big deal. With a self bow, of course take it down.
You didn't establish the relationship between energy stored and damage. The logical chain is missing a link here
I concur
3:00 FLY, LITTLE BIRD, FLYYYYYYYYYY
to maintain a bow strung when not using, it is to kill it slowly, happens the same with guitars and pianos.
Should you really loosen the Guitar strings when not using it? I thought the tuss rod compensates for the String tension?
I have never met anyone who takes their strings off their guitar or piano at night? anyone does this???
I have yet to see anyone in habit of removing strings to prevent piano or guitar being killed... nobody detunes their guitar after a jam.
Personal experience tells me I can leave the strings on all my life, never even have to adjust truss rod unless making string gauge or nut change. but my guitars never leave the studio and are not subject to drastic temperature or humidity change... some of my bass never even get out of tune between string changes. gona kill them in 1000 years maybe??
Fyi, no one unstrings piano and guitar strings. They pretty much always stay on. That's why guitar, pianos and other acoustic instruments need tuning fairly regularly
how moronic - all my guitars keep their strings on until they need replacing and don't get me started on pianos please. Almost all pianos these days have a cast iron frame inside and nothing can distort there!
As others pointed out, this is simply incorrect. And how long a guitar string lasts depends on many factors, none of which really matter. Same with bow strings. When your strings reach a point that you want to change them, do so. Some guitar players (professionals) will change their strings every other gig, or even every gig depending on what they are using. Most other guitar players change their stings 6 months to a year depending on any number of factors. I actually like how my strings sound with some age to them. They tend to be too bright when first put on. But again, we don't remove strings or loosen them between uses. We keep them as best tuned as possible and then fine tune them before each playing. Strings in the overall picture, for guitars, are a consumable item and not a factor for longevity of the GUITAR. And that is what the video was talking about... the BOW not the stings (which are a "consumable item").
As for unstring or not for bows.... that, as can be seen in other videos as well as comments here in general, is a topic that is not settled. And less so with modern composite limbs. I will also point out that many people do things religiously that seem like "common sense" and "better to be safe than sorry" that simply are not supported by facts. It sounds good and does no harm, but in reality not doing them in many cases also does no harm. So do what you like if you get piece of mind. :)
Unless it's a fiber glass bow!
I have a Ben Pearson how
I love my bow. It only takes a couple seconds to resting your bow
Have to agree, unstring. I learnt hard way with my first bow. Twisted the limbs. The string was a Flemish twist. I also stored the bow upright, total idiot newbie. A friend managed to untwist it.
Pewdiepie's long lost brother has finally been found...
common sense..why leave it strung if not shooting, even if it is just a day.
Ok
Why would anyone want to do this?
Totally ludicrous!
I think I lost 20lbs of my bow :(
That has actually been proven to be a complete myth. Even on selfbows lacking fiberglas or carbon laminates. Bows where left strung for a ridiculous amount of time and just about nothing happened to them.
Should you draw it past its flexing span, or near the point of breaking and leave it for an extended time it's another story though.
I don't understand how something could be under constant stress (even static load) and not warp or weaken. But I'm curious to learn more, what study debunked this "myth"?
+Gundolf300 be interesting to see the proof.
+Canadian Prepper There are wooden buildings with wooden beams that have been under load for hundreds of years...and of course trees that have wooden limbs under stress for thousands of years! Showing a string cut and a big explosion is cool, but when there are wooden beams that have been under literally tons of tension for several hundred years, that bow seems like a weakling. Imagine a tree withstanding wind storms for a few thousand years.
+ConquerCollin Yeah but they are not bending away from their original form and are supported with steel pillars. I don't think they are under the same relative strain, one little stick of wood a giant beam, I would think the bow is under more relative strain. Would really like to know the truth about this...
Canadian Prepper There's no difference between me placing a 10lb (or whatever) load on a limb or having a piece of wood support 10lb as a beam. Beams have been bent and used as load bearing for over a thousand years continuously and not sagged. But who knows
I can fly!!!
NO USEFUL INFORMATION. Does not answer title question, relies solely on opinion rather than tested results, could be under 1 minute video.
Bow abuse!!! lol
i take it this is this same for crossbows?