A PM I received from a friend last night provoked this post, hopefully I'm not stealing his idea, but I don't think so...

Bow seasons will be upon us before you know it, and the pro shops are going to be getting very busy. If you wait until the last minute to do this, you may be disappointed. NOW is the time to be getting this done.

Take your bow to your trusted shop, and let them give it a pre-season tune up. They'll take it apart, clean and grease the limb pivots, cam bearings (if applicable, some are sealed and require no service). They'll check the cams for lean, limbs for twist and cracks, and ask them to ensure each and EVERY bolt on your bow is tight. Give them the actual arrow you will be hunting with, and ask them to double check centershot and level.

They will also check your strings and cables to make sure they aren't stretching and/or about to fail. If you need to have your center serving replaced, now is the time to do that as well. Make sure drop away rest cables are secured, and peep sights are tightly tied in.

When you get your bow back, it's time to do some paper tuning with your hunting set up. Well, close anyway.....Shoot field points through paper, not broadheads, but use hunting arrows, sights, releases.....Whatever you'll be using to hunt with. Once you've ensured the bow is in tune, head outside and shoot a few broadheads to make sure they are flying true.

Now really is the time of year to do this. Shops aren't particularly busy right now, but in about a month or so business will really start to pick up, and if you wait too long you may run into problems. I see it every year, somebody won't bother to do any of this and they will experience some sort of failure at just the wrong time. It really is worth the time to make sure your equipment is in top shelf condition. It won't take your shop long to do, it's inexpensive (we charge $10, minus any parts that need fixing) and it may very well ensure you put a clean kill on that monster buck this year instead of being disappointed.