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Cold weather shooting?

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Jakesnyder:
How do horn bows tolerate cold weather? I understand warming up the limbs but if your in pretty cold weather will that affect them?

bownarra:
The draw weight will go up a little but other than that no problem.

gorazd:

Mongols atacked Europe and Russia in the winter months so obviously their horn bows did just fine  :BB



--- Quote from: bownarra on February 21, 2020, 12:08:42 pm ---The draw weight will go up a little but other than that no problem.

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WhistlingBadger:
Hey, Jake, I asked this question about self-bows a while back.  The consensus is that it can raise your draw weight a bit, but poses no risk to the bow.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,67007.msg941020.html#msg941020

The Tukudeka/sheepeaters around here hunted all winter at high altitude with horn bows, and they seemed to do pretty well.

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