Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: mullet on August 16, 2015, 05:38:39 pm
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I got to thinking bout something today and now I'm curious about everybody's thoughts.
You know, we've always been told that if you didn't exercise the limbs, or, warm them up on a Self bow you could pretty much count on it blowing apart. Now, I'm wondering if the bow , let's say osage, (because it is King), is Tillered correctly, arrows are spined right and no run-offs, or violated knots, with rings chased perfect. If this is actually true with the knowledge available now when it comes to making bows?
The reason I started thinking about it is because I will grab several bows to shoot and not think about warming them up when I go between self bows, backed or glass. I just grab them and shoot, most of the time.
We've heard a lot of "Rules" over time and a lot of them have been proven wrong. So, what do you think?
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I also just grab and shoot. I do think warming and exercising limbs is very important when making a bow. When I brace a new bow for the first time I almost always let it sit for a half hour before I start even pulling on it. For me I think it makes or breaks the bow and how good the tiller is. I personally don't think it matters once it's broken in and his shot a bunch of arrows
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Once its a bow i grab and shoot, if it hasn't been shot in a long time i just leave it braced a while then grip it abd rip it😈
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I mostly give them a few short tugs as soon as I string one up prior to shooting. I started the habit of doing this with any bow I had just recently made because I wasn't sure if they would blow at sometime within the first few hundred arrows. Having had a few explode at full draw made me more gun shy until a bow had proven itself to be trustworthy. Not sure how necessary this practice is but it gives me a bit of confidence
prior to yanking her back. In theory it seems like a reasonable thing to do for the health and longevity of
the bow.
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Osage ain't king! Hickory sapling bows are just as good >:D
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Sorry bud hickory is good, but osage is THE KING!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If I feel a bow is edgy I might take a couple of warm up strokes but normally just grab and shoot.
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I was hoping you'd give your opinion, Steve. I'm kind of the same way, if it is a new bow I will work it but after I've been shooting it awhile I let it fly.
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I'm like Badly Bent, I also give a few short pulls with any bow I shoot just after bracing. I do it with glass or wood bows. Maybe it's more to exercise myself. ;D
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I'm like Badly Bent, I also give a few short pulls with any bow I shoot just after bracing. I do it with glass or wood bows. Maybe it's more to exercise myself. ;D
I'm with ya Pat and Greg, I do it too, but I think it's to warm myself up .... :) :) ;)
DBar
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No warm ups for the bow ... just for me.
In cold temps I do put the bow outside for about 5 minutes.
Jawge
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I put the limbs to my foot as if I was floor tillering several times......Or, wait for some sucker to come along to prove himself....Ya gotta like kids in their 20's, strong and not fear....never really tell them what to fear though.... ;) ;)
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Osage will be fine....this has more to do with yew and cold weather. Yew can definately blow in low humidity/freezing temps. I've seen it happens three times :o
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Put Me in the "string-n-sling" school. Bob
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About like Pat and BB, a few short tugs maybe just to be sure the string is set, if the situation warrants I string and shoot with no worries but usually I ant in that big of a hurry so I pull it a few times. When hunting I never do it after the first few tugs when it is strung in the morning. ;) Kind of like a lot of rules and stuff with wood bows, if it ant much trouble and I figure it can't hurt I do it. ;) :) :)
Pappy
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I just grab and shoot. On occasion I'll stretch them back to 12-15" a few times. Probably just a habit of feeling for string tension. I like tight strings at brace :)