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Juan Ant. Espinosa:
When Iīm tillering I use to shoot the bow some times when I think Iīve make some diference scraping. For consolidate changes is what I think...
I have this days some injury that donīt let me shoot them as I want, so I made a bow without shooting it in the tillering process.
I thought it was everyting nice but after shooting it when it was ready it was changing  its tiller or thatīs wat I think.

What is in your opinion the importance of shooting while tillering and how you use to do it?

Del the cat:
I don't shoot during tillering, but certainly exercise the bow, pulling it back and forth plenty of times to exercise it.
I think someone said or wrote, pull it back 20 times after each time you do some work.
Some times a bow will need a little work refining and tuning after it's been shot for a while.
Del

Eric Krewson:
I shoot my bows using a short draw (20") a good bit during last part of tillering, I feel the snap of a shot helps the wood scraping I have done register a change quicker. I don't have any proof of this, just my way of doing things.

Pappy:
I like to shoot mine after I get them out to 20 inches or so, short draw shooting and then just work my way up to full draw and weight I want it to be. If I am making it for me I don't worry much about the weight, I just shoot it until it feels good to me and then weigh it and what ever it is , is OK with me.  :)
 Pappy

Pat B:
I do the same as these guys. After every scraping session I draw the bow about 20 times to the draw I've tillered too and near the end of the tillering process I do shoot the bow a few times. I also like to "sweat" a bow by bracing it at progressive brace heights as the tillering proceeds for an hour or so early on and up to 6 or so hours near the end of tillering. As a hunter I want to be sure the bow's tiller is solid during the hunt.

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