Posted: 7/4/2015 9:42:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: jrzy][Edited]
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I am not knew to Archery but have been away for a long time. I shot a lot with my dad when I was a Kid and decided to get my Family into it. We set up a foam target and were practicing today. For the little guys (5,7 & 7 we got the cheap walmart bows to make sure they like it before moving on to a more pricey bow. My question on bow storage Strung or unstrung storage? Horizontal or vertical? Mine is a take down recurve The 2 long bows and a compound There is so much contrasting info out there Here's a the target we set up so far  |
Funny how brave are the little chipmunks when posting from the security of their Mom's basement
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I store mine horizontal on a rack. If I'm going to be shooting again the following day I leave it strung. If it is going to be several days I unstring it. Just use a good stringer and pay attention to what you are doing. People twist limbs by not using stringers or using poor ones and not checking their setup before the pull. |
Stick it.
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Originally Posted By dbd870: I store mine horizontal on a rack. If I'm going to be shooting again the following day I leave it strung. If it is going to be several days I unstring it. Just use a good stringer and pay attention to what you are doing. People twist limbs by not using stringers or using poor ones and not checking their setup before the pull. |
Funny how brave are the little chipmunks when posting from the security of their Mom's basement
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I'm the same. If I'm shooting the next day, I leave it strung. If it's going to be more than 24 hours, I'll unstring it.
When I store it, it sits on a shelf. This a Damon Howatt Hunter recurve one-piece. I also have a Mongolian horse bow that I treat the same way. As far as stringing, I use a stringer for my Damon Howatt. It's a string with two heavy plastic, well, cups for lack of a better term, on each end. The Mongolian bow I use the old around the leg method as that was what the manufacturer suggested. |