Author Topic: Warming a bow up in freezing temperatures necessary?  (Read 6517 times)

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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Warming a bow up in freezing temperatures necessary?
« Reply #30 on: November 24, 2016, 07:46:43 pm »
yes oh my,, wow,,  :)

Offline WillS

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Re: Warming a bow up in freezing temperatures necessary?
« Reply #31 on: November 25, 2016, 06:36:51 am »
The only warming up that will help that bow is a small fire. 

You can't "warm" a bow by half drawing it, or rubbing it, or doing anything to it.  Think about how much heat it requires to gently move a bent limb.  The only thing half drawing does is warm up your muscles. 

I've shot with people who will take a 160lb self yew warbow out of a box, brace it and crank it back to 32" in horizontal snow without a problem.  If a bow is going to break at full draw, it's going to do it whether you half draw it first or not.

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Re: Warming a bow up in freezing temperatures necessary?
« Reply #32 on: November 25, 2016, 09:50:52 am »
Those are basically my thoughts about the subject too.
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