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Hickory and Humidity
BowEd:
For that large of an area it's calling upon the dehumidifier to do a lot like you said.
I have the same graph in one of the TBB series books here too.Thanks to Tim Baker.
It does not take long for humidity to affect natural materials.Around a week or better I'd say.Taking the hickory bow out to shoot or hunt for a weekend does'nt show much of an affect though.Taking it out to hunt from your house to use and storing overnight in the house shows little affect on the hickory also.
Heat treating a hickory's belly does help to maintain the snap in hickories limbs.
I monitor my bows also.Store my bows in an AC house with a dehumidifier running in the basement also with analog humidity gauges at various places around the house.I live in southern Iowa also.
Be sure to vacume clean the filter on your dehumidifier regularly.Helps to extend the life of your dehumidifier as they are rather expensive.
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