Bows and extreme cold?

[kayaker]

Hi all,

Heres a newb question: I am looking at getting my fist bow (Parker Blazer) and was wondering if shooting them when its really cold (lets says below -20) changes the performance or is bad for the bow?

Just wondering....

[nicholal]

I dont know about the bows performance but I know your performance sure will change!!!

Think of sitting a few hours in that temp getting colder and colder....now your muscles are getting stiff and you must draw your bow and hold steady. That is where the challange is!

AL

[jacobin]

The only thing I have read on the performance of the bow would be to make sure you don't store it in a warm place before using it. The cams can 'sweat' and then freeze up on you. That's never good.

[gman1978]

Practice wearing your cold weather gear. Sometimes it takes a little getting use to.

[kayaker]

Thanks,
So no issues with limbs cracking or anything?

Cheers1

[3Dshooter]

Originally Posted by kayaker

Thanks,
So no issues with limbs cracking or anything?

Cheers1

I'm sure there can be issues. I find that my point of impact is slightly higher in extreme cold (could be my form as much as the bow). I check my draw weight from time to time, in the field (w/ digital Easton scale). My draw weight often increases with the extreme cold. Usually very little, but I've noticed as much as 4 lbs.

Limb material may be more fragile with the cold as well. A friend of mine bumped his bow limb on the edge of his tree stand last December. The result was a little nick, with the limb breaking the next day!!

[ww2269]

I feel that there has to be effects from the cold, its phisics. I've seen sinthetic materials break at -40 and steal cable as well under normal stress. I would think that bow limbs would be more rigid thus increasing draw weight, but at some point, probably way beyond reality, they would snap while drawing.

[terry b]

Originally Posted by kayaker

Hi all,

Heres a newb question: I am looking at getting my fist bow (Parker Blazer) and was wondering if shooting them when its really cold (lets says below -20) changes the performance or is bad for the bow?

Just wondering....

how often dose it get below 20 in october. I have heard that it dose not affect the bow thay shood be made of good material these days.

[kayaker]

Originally Posted by terry b

how often dose it get below 20 in october. I have heard that it dose not affect the bow thay shood be made of good material these days.

True, but one might decide to fire your bow outside from Nov-Feb too

[Cal]

I've used mine in some decently cold weatherand never had a problem, but my bow is getting old and I would not realy care if it exploded. I imagine the performance does change a little but the difference is probably not any more drastic than the same performance changes one will have with a rifle, you still kill animals.