? For flying hunters

[RoyseCity]

I have flown for rifle hunts, but not bow hunts.

Not yet.

I had a bad experience with a 2-piece longbow (delamination at the cut), and won't have another. If I get another takedown it will be 3-piece.

I have 2 one-piece bows I really like though. They shoot the same arrows to the same point, even share strings. I'm happy with them.

My question is: Have you run into situations in your travels where 2 one-piece longbows carried in a 66"x3" PVC tube wouldn't work?

I am interested in bush planes in Alaska as well as commercial worldwide.

Joe

[Bisch]

Don't know about the bush planes, but back before I started shooting 3-pc bows, I flew to Canada with a couple bows in a PVC tube with no issues.

Since I started shooting takedowns I just take them apart and put them in my checked luggage.

Bisch

[Phillip Fields]

I've flown to Africa twice with one piece longbows. I used the 3 Rivers Longbow tube http://www.3riversarchery.com/standa...-bow-case.html
I strapped 2 of the 3 Rivers Arrow tubes to the bow tube to count as one piece of luggage. My last African trip was in '07 so luggage is more restricted now. I've also flown to Alaska twice with one piece long bows using the tube. I put my arrows in one of the flat plastic arrow boxes and put it in my checked luggage. Space is very limited on a bush plane so I knew the tube wouldn't work. I left the bow tube at the bush plane hangar and put my bow in a fleece sleeve for the trip.

These days I just use 3 piece takedowns.

[RoyseCity]

Thanks Bisch-

After admiring your Blue Ridge Saturday, and then Pipeworx' Bobcatt in his post yesterday, I got to thinking I might need a Blue Ridge.

Well, not NEED, but...you know. :-)

Half of me is trying to justify buying one, and the other half is telling me I have all the bows I need.

Such is life. At least my life...

Joe

[Bisch]

I know what you mean, Joe! When I got the Blueridge I am currently shooting, I went to Bob and had him do an almost exact copy (spec wise) of the first one I had. I did not need a new bow, but I sure wanted one!!!

Bisch

[RoyseCity]

Good info, Philip. Thanks.

I followed the link, and while that case is handsome, I could make one several inches shorter (which might matter), and more secure for ~$20. As a bonus, it wouldn't look worth stealing. :-)

I'm thinking a glued on cap on the bottom, with a screw-on or slip-on top cap, with a 1/2" through-pin, with a padlock in the tail of the pin.

You also have me thinking about arrows. A guy could go to a larger tube, and maybe devise arrow carriers to fit inside the tube with the bows.

Hmmm.

Joe

[Bisch]

Good info, Philip. Thanks.

I followed the link, and while that case is handsome, I could make one several inches shorter (which might matter), and more secure for ~$20. As a bonus, it wouldn't look worth stealing. :-)

I'm thinking a glued on cap on the bottom, with a screw-on or slip-on top cap, with a 1/2" through-pin, with a padlock in the tail of the pin.

You also have me thinking about arrows. A guy could go to a larger tube, and maybe devise arrow carriers to fit inside the tube with the bows.

Hmmm.

Joe

That's pretty much exactly how I made mine, except i used a cable thru the lid with a TSA padlock on it. You have to use a TSA lock nowadays, or they will just cut it off and throw it away.

Bisch

[Phillip Fields]

I've had this case for over 20 years. One reason I went with it was because it was lighter than PVC. If I had it to do over today I would build as you stated above. I thought I was going to be carrying it with me on the bush plane, and I needed to shave some weight. Bush planes are very strict on the weight limit, if they say 70 pounds, they mean 70 pounds, and this includes all your equipment, food, and supplies. You can do a 10-14 day drop camp with just 70 lbs per person, but it requires careful planning. The first year I went to Alaska we wound up having to shed some pounds and leave it at the bush plane hangar.