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Offline hedge

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Best Off-season Bow Storage
« on: December 08, 2012, 09:38:30 am »
How do you guys store your bows for longer periods of time?  Horizontal or vertical?  I shoot my fav. bow regularly, and the others seem to get losts of 'rest'.  I sure don't want the limbs to warp.

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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: Best Off-season Bow Storage
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2012, 09:46:16 am »
    Vacuumed food saver bag stored horizontal for some of my hickory bows. Keeps them dry and can reseal anytime.
Genesis 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

Offline BowEd

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Re: Best Off-season Bow Storage
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2012, 10:01:34 am »
I store all my bows horizontal  for years now above a dehumidifier.I put a temp. and hum.guage on the rack then keep that at about 45 to 50 percent hum.and about 80 degrees constantly.No warping or other things ever happen to the bows.
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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: Best Off-season Bow Storage
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2012, 10:39:56 am »
Some are horizontal and some are hanging on hooks or pegs. Just depends on where I have the room...

Offline Bryce

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Re: Best Off-season Bow Storage
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2012, 02:29:00 pm »
Horizontal. In the warm living room.
Someone told me that if you store them vertically the mc will be higher in the top than the bottom......or was it the other way around.. I don't remember lol.
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Offline adb

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Re: Best Off-season Bow Storage
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2012, 07:21:23 pm »
Horizontal. On a rack, away from sunlight or direct heat.