I’d be worried about tree-climbing critter types chewing the grip for salt.

Paleo — If your bow is cumbersome to carry, you’re packing too much bow. Some 3-piece takedowns, for example, look like tree trunks and weigh the same. My Shrew Classic Hunter weighs about 1.5# and maybe twice that with a loaded bow quiver — I hardly even feel it in my hand. I personally won’t leave my bow anywhere beyond immediate reach when hunting. If you’re walking in and out 2 miles each way in the dark … wow. I rarely enter the woods before I have enough light to walk quietly and shoot if an op appeared. And years ago I quit hunting until black dark when I got tired of blood-trailing by flashlight. Now I leave with enough time to at least tip-toe well out of the core hunting area before it’s really dark. I hunt in and hunt back out and really enjoy that part. IMHO

Oops, I saw “ME” where it’s actually “MI”. Never mind. 😳

Smithhammer wrote: I’d be worried about tree-climbing critter types chewing the grip for salt.

I’d be worried about tree-HUGGING critter types breaking it because of their ignorance. 👿 Dave, I actually think I have you beat. The Java Man “American” I just got from Gregg is so darn light, if I don’t weigh it down, it actually starts to float up. 😆 and it’s 66″! I should post a picture so that when my corpse is found on the side of some Alaskan Mountain or Wyoming Valley, someone on this forum might be able to break the news to the Mrs. 😆 Be safe, be well, happy hunting…

Alex

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I thought I could leave some goodies in my pop up blind once. A coon proved me wrong. I believe I’d be carrying my bow both ways there being pesky critters everywhere. You also never know when something might come up somewhere besides where you’re at and you have to leave suddenly.

The porcupines and squirrels in Michigan would have your bow ruined in just a few minutes.

Dave is right, get a lighter bow:D

I treat my bow like a fine woman and would never leave her alone . I do leave her strung up when camping except my self bow .

wahoo wrote: I treat my bow like a fine woman… I do leave her strung up when camping…

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Yeah I could not bear the thought of a toothy critter testing out its bite strength on my bow limbs. Don’t do it. At least you could make yourself a sling to help carry it if it is that heavy.