strung- unstrung

[jtj4times]

#4470

New to traditional….after shooting should you unstring or leave it strung….does it matter……

[Jesse Minish]

#30989

I leave my bow strung unless I know I wont be shooting for a while.

[tailfeather]

#31038

I always unstring mine when done hunting or shooting.

[Cottonwood]

#31146

All my vintage Bear’s are unstrung as I’m not shooting them everyday. My vintage Ben Pearson LB and Selfbow are unstrung as they also do not get shot a lot. But my 09 Samick Spikeman 50# recurve is always strung, as it gets shot almost daily

[John Carter]

#32000

The bow I’m currently shooting I leave braced,,those I’m not are unbraced.

[RedTape]

#32042

Unstrung and hung on a wall everytime.

[tucsonbowhunter]

#32769

I unstring my bow every time im done shooting you dont have to unstring your bow but its not like its difficult so might as well.

[Buzzard]

#33149

Most custom builders i’ve talked to say more bows are ruined by stringing/unstringing than by any other means. My bow stays strung unless i’m not going to be using it for a week or more.

[Frank H V]

#33271

Several years ago I phoned Norm Johnson Blatctail Bows, & asked him the same question. I’d just had him build me one of his bows & wanted to take care of it properly.
Norm told me as long as you are shooting it a couple times a week it won’t harm it to leave it strung (not in a car in the Sun!) he thought more bows are damaged by improper stringing & unstringing than by leaving them strung.
I follow Norm’s advise & if I’m shooting a couple times a week, I leave it strung.
Frank

[steveschrank]

#34602

i have left one bow strung for 9 years except when travling with it no harm no foul

[trl242]

#11889

The Martin gets shot daily and stays strung, the rest are in the basement unstrung and hanging up. I don’t mind doing it (stringing, unstringing) but it’s hard on the strings and from what I read here possibly the bow as well. At any rate, fieberglass gives us a choice the older folks didn’t have.

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