HUMIDITY!

[Hillbilly]

There's a reason why osage and locust were preferred bow woods by the people living everywhere they grew, and it's not because of some mystical superiority in cast or power-it's all about that greasy oil in the wood that resists moisture.

[mullet]

 My preferred wood is Osage and Ipe. I also keep my bows in the house in the AC. Right now the humidity is keeping me from finishing the tiller on 5 bows. Mostly because I don't want to be soaking wet while I do it outside.

[osage outlaw]

It's only been floor tillered. That's what bent it. It's still green wood. I could get out the paint stripping gun but I'd have to do that outside.

That might be your problem. 

[adb]

My new elm/hick has lost it's zing.

How do you guys get around damp weather?

I really want to hunt with this stuff.

PD

Move to a drier climate, or make 'em out of osage 

[dragonman]

If you live in a humid place, like me, Wales is just about the dampest part of the Uk, everything goes mouldy around here. Then best not to use woods like hickory that take in damp easy, use the bow wood that suits the environment, oily woods  are the best, ipe doesnt seem to take in water what ever the weather. I gave up on hickory. Once its took a set only heat treating will reverse it, not bending it back, this make it worse I believe. Halfeyes recipe is better than poly varnish too, poly varnish just seals it in