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Does hunting in high temperature/hot sun affect selfbows?
MattE:
Yes, temperature change will affects a selfbows performance and it doesn't take much! I shot a tournament with a self bow I made. It was early in the day about 8:00 . I could not keep my arrows from going left. The arrows were spined to stiff. They wern't when I tuned the bow? I stepped down in spine to 45# and the arrows were dead on. We shot a novelty shoot about 12:00 now the bow wanted the arrows I originally set up for it. I now keep two to three different spined arrows in reserve.
a finnish native:
I have been shooting when -45 centigrade to 30 centigrade and have not noticed any difference in the performance of the bow.
mullet:
i've had hickory bows turn to a noodle in 90 dg heat and the swamp starting steaming around 10 in the morning.Also had two bamboo backed osage bows blow to hell in back when it was below 35 dgr.here.I don't know if the humidity when it was that cold contributed to it or not.But I don't hunt with my laminated bows when it gets cold.
Justin Snyder:
I guess I should specify what extreme heat is. It is not unusual to see temps of 113*. If your bow is in the sun, it can get so hot you can hardly touch it. Its kind of like heat treating a bow on accident. ;D Justin
Marc St Louis:
I've not noticed any difference here. I don't use a bow at less than -20 C as it gets hard on the fingers to shoot and I don't hunt when it's hot.
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