Wooden bows are generally made a couple of different ways: carved from a single piece of wood like a lot of traditional longbows or glued and pressed together thin wood layers a process called lamination like many recurve bows. Both types of bows take advantage of the natural ability of wood to bend without breaking. Imagine you found some sticks for kindling and tried to break them into smaller pieces. How did you know which ones were good? By how easily they broke. The drier sticks break much more easily than the ones with more moisture and the greenwood is the hardest to break.
You have to bend it back and forth to get it to break at all. There is an optimal moisture content in the wood that allows it to bend and spring back without cracking like a dry stick. Wooden bows are stained not only to make them look nice but also to hold in the moisture at the optimal level and slow down the natural decomposition of the wood.
The staining and sealing only last for so long, although it lasts a very long time. It helps keep the wood able to withstand the repeated load-unload cycle of shooting.
The natural decomposition of the wood is the main thing that shortens the lifespan of a wooden bow. At a microscopic level, wood is a bunch of fibres.
As time goes by, those fibres become dry and brittle. With every shot of you make, those fibres get gradually weaker and weaker. But a lot of newer bows have now been produced that are made of modern materials of layers with carbon and synthetic synthetic foam.
These make the new bows a lot more durable and can handle a lot more strain. Having your carbon bow strung all year long will not impact anything. If you choose to keep your string attached, you need to remember not to put to much pressure on yours limbs. For example if you put your bow upright against your closet, this will cause tension on the limbs which is not good. This can cause the limbs to warp over time. This is a reason a lot of older bows get damaged and bad storage.
Choosing the correct storage place for your bow is important. Bad storage can cause delamination. Which means the layers of the wood will start to separate. Another common thing that happens when you store it in the wrong space is that the limbs get warped. Because when the limbs get warped the string will not be in the correct place and the limbs will lose their shape. Having your bow laying around in poor weather conditions over a longer period is not a good idea for the lifespan of your bow.
When we are in the topic of maintenance and keeping your bow last for a lifetime we also want your string to last for a while. Can You really do archery in rain, This article has answered these questions.
We all have heard it since we were kids — rain, rain go…. There are lots of different types of targets we can use for archery.
You may be wondering if you had the choice to shoot an archery target which target would you hold up. The majority of the archery target can be left outside in the open. Some may include 3d targets, foam targets, and bag…. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Skip to content. This article tells you whether you should unstring a compound bow when not using.
Why do compound bows remain strung? How often should you change the string on a compound bow? Probably nothing. In fact many people report leaving their bow under full tension for years without losing any draw weight. Also, this is just a best practice to have when storing your bow. It removes the tension from the limbs, and takes up less space making it easier to store. That will in turn make it less likely to incur any damage. Thanks for taking the time to read my article, I hope you found it helpful.
I've been shooting bows for over 25 years off and on and am always interested in learning as much as I can. If you did, you might remember the two knucklehead brothers known as the Heat Miser and the Snow
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