Take-down bows

[kfreeburg]

sorry im new to the bow scene but is it absolutely necessary to take down your bow after use or does it not really matter ?

[Blackelk]

For recurves and long bows yes. Any self strung bow it will help the life span of the limbs from a chance of them twisting on you. A compound never worry about it. I don't mess with my compound string until it's time for a new one.

[Bernie P.]

You can leave both longbows and recurves strung safely but only if you hang it by the string.I put a couple short dowels in a wall and center the bow string on them allowing the bows to hang freely.Any other way will cause limb twist.Never store any bow standing on end strung or not.

[LBR]

You should always unstring a selfbow, but not laminated bows. Black Widow strongly reccomends leaving their bows strung, as most accidents resulting in damaged and/or twisted limbs is during the string or unstringing process. My personal bows stay strung for months at a time. My main bow, that I've been shooting for 15 years or so, hasn't lost a pound of draw weight--at least not according to the scale.

You can hang the bow by the string, or I let mine rest on two pegs at each end of the fadeouts (basically at each end of the riser, or handle), or you can lay them flat like under a bed. Never leave one standing on end for any length of time, and never leave one where the temps get very high (like in a vehicle in the summer).