Recurves kept strung

[roadgoeson20]

Ok guys,
i'm relatively new to the forum and have hunted traditional for 7 years now. I'm not meaning to stir up any controversy, but I've seen and heard many differing opinions on the subject and just kind of wanted to see what people think and why. Do you keep your recurves strung and hung? or do you unstring them everytime you shoot. I have 2 custom recurves ranging from 52- 80 lbs and the guy who builds my bows and who's grandson happens to be my hunting partner swears that keeping a recurve strung works to weaken the draw weight and in turn clearly lower the fps of arrow flight. It makes perfect sense to me and not only that he happens to be a founding member of several colorado bowhunting clubs and I've seen the man shoot as well as his trophy room. He's no rookie. thats for sure. He pulls a 105 lb draw as a 75 year old man. I admit that its a bit of a hassle to string and unstring everynight when i get home from work, but if it saves my bow. I'll do it.

[stikshooter]

I am not an expert in this,but I have heard it is the older bows that should not be left strung.The materials used now are ok.The best answer would be to ask your bowyer.Bob Sarrels who built my longbow,says that you can leave them stong all the time(except in a hot car of course)

[Buff]

Black Widow says to leave Recurves strung and to unstring Longbows

[LostHawg]

Hasn't hurt my longbow yet, nor my recurve.

If you're concerned about it, let them down. No harm - no foul.

[bm22]

i don't remeber if this was from this site or tradgang but they said that bob lee keeps an old wing recurve strung above his shop door and takes it down every year and takes weight measurements and fps measurements, it has been up their for 20 years and nothing has happened to it yet. or so they say. i leave mine strung and bob lee recomends to leave them strung it wont hurt it.

[Bill]

I unstring mine, but I'm doing it from habit and fear that I might push the string past something sharp (broadhead?) somewhere and not only ruin the string but the bow too.

I make my own flemish strings, and I'm also concerned one might untangle, but the odds of that happening a small.

If you get a stringer you stand on and put the leather pockets on the end, it's only a 15 second project, no muss no fuss.

[Horn chaser]

I was talking to Rob Lee yesterday when I went down to buy my new recurve. We asked him the same question and he said there was no need to unstring the bow and that most limb twists or damage comes to the bows when someone one is stringing or unstringing their bow.

[stykshooter]

I have a Dale Dye bow thats been strung for about four years and it's still 65#, just the same as it was in 89 when I purchased.

[Cropduster]

No need to unstring it unless you just feel better doing it. If I am shooting every day, say on a hunt, then I leave mine strung. When I am home and not shooting regularly or just intermittently then I unstring. Just do what feels good to you. It will not hurt the bow to leave it strung.

[muddydog]

I agee that you probably dont have to unstring, I always do unless Im hunting for a couple of straight days.