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Does hunting in high temperature/hot sun affect selfbows?
shaun748:
Curious if anyone has noticed any thing in this regard..Was out for opening weekend bear season and temps were about 95 degrees in the afternoon and the sun would warm up the bow quite a bit... I have a hickory flatbow so it probably helped the moisture content.
I keep my bow braced for several hours in such conditions, though I have not noticed any excessive string follow, I am curious if this could induce additional set.
Pat B:
I'm sure heat and humidity effect self bows. As a matter of fact, a yew bow should not be used in very cold conditions because it gets brittle and will explode. I have made 2 sinew backed bows(one osage, one hickory) and depending on the heat and humidity, they could change in weight from 45# to over 70#. I think that a self bow is less effected by heat and humidity than a sinew backed bow, and that depending on the wood as to how much or how quickly this can happen.
When we correct crooks in a stave or want to add reflex we use heat...some wet, some dry. ;) Pat
Justin Snyder:
It depends a lot on the bow I am sure. I have taken my osage selfbow out and kept it strung in the extreme heat, and I was not happy with the results. It feels sluggish when it gets really hot. It also takes it longer to recover back to the 1" reflex after being unstrung. It does eventually come back to the same profile, but you have to wait. Justin
George Tsoukalas:
I've shot selfbows in 95 degrees and 0 degrees. Nothing happened to them that didn't happen to me at those temps. Humidity, depending on the wood, does affect their performance. The 2 extremes are osage and hickory. Hickory gets really sluggish in the humidity and does take a set. Osage not so much. If I've had to leave a selfbow in a hot car I'll wait until it cools in the shade before stringing it. In the cold, most wooden bows get a little harder to draw in the cold. Pretty stiff. Just like my joints. :) Jawge
Pappy:
What Jawges said,If I am hunting or just out shooting in extreme weather,hot/cold/wet
I just rest them when ever I get the chance.If I take a little break I give my bow a break also. :)
Pappy
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