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Offline Jude

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Re: Wood bows in extreeme cold
« Reply #30 on: January 05, 2010, 10:05:17 am »
I used to live in Fairbanks, AK a few years ago, and shot hickory bows with no problems at all at subzero temps.  Hickory is one of the few woods that actually do better at extremely low moisture levels though.  I would agree, after killing 4 DVD players due to static electrical discharge while living there, that lack of moisture is more of an issue than moisture freezing in the wood.  I made a few attempts at bows with the local birch, and found it extremely weak in compression.  They all chrysaled badly as soon as I hit 24" on the tree, with a 6" brace.  That may explain the under stressed Athabaskan designs.
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Re: Wood bows in extreeme cold
« Reply #31 on: January 05, 2010, 12:22:11 pm »
I used a Hickory backed Osage for hunting this year and it was below freezing most of the time.  The glue used was TB3 and it stood up well but the bow would follow the string quite a bit after staying braced for a couple hours, it seems to me that I have experienced that before with Osage bows.  The bow regained its reflex after sitting for a little while and I assumed that the oils in the wood didn't like being frozen.
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Re: Wood bows in extreeme cold
« Reply #32 on: January 05, 2010, 01:06:28 pm »
Great thread, I have shot all day at a three d tournament at - 33 degrees f.  I cant remember which bow I shot but it would have been an osage self or bamboo backed bow.  When I hunt snowshoe hair I have a reflex deflex hickory bow I like because it is light about 55 lbs so I can shoot with out glove or tab which makes shooting a little faster when you shake off your choppers.  I have never had any problems with bows in cold weather all the way down to -40 s .
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Re: Wood bows in extreeme cold
« Reply #33 on: January 05, 2010, 01:40:22 pm »
CHOPPERS.....now theres one I haven't heard in a few Years!! Where Ya from??  I still got my Choppers and Wool Liners from when I left Upper Michigandamned near 3 decades ago now....man I am getting Old!!
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Re: Wood bows in extreeme cold
« Reply #34 on: January 05, 2010, 02:23:28 pm »
The elk-hide ones r the best. 
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Re: Wood bows in extreeme cold
« Reply #35 on: January 05, 2010, 09:42:07 pm »
Quote from: El Destructo on January 05, 2010, 01:40:22 pm
CHOPPERS.....now theres one I haven't heard in a few Years!! Where Ya from??  I still got my Choppers and Wool Liners from when I left Upper Michigandamned near 3 decades ago now....man I am getting Old!!

yes,yes you are  >:D ;D



but then again,so am i :(  just ask my sons
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