String Life?
 

How long before I need to replace a string? How do I tell?

I am a pretty casual hunter. I probably shoot 2-3x a week for a half hour from august to october and maybe once a week for the oct-nov bow season. Maybe 2500 arrows a season.

I shoot a bear element 30" at #69. and I am shooting and ICS carbon hunter with a 125g field tip/steelhead 125.

RE: String Life?
 

Do you take care of the string. i.e. wax

RE: String Life?
 

this wont help at all but how do you like your bow? I think I might get one for X-mas.

RE: String Life?
 

If you wax your string regularly, it should last a couple thousand shots at least. If you don't wax it, it won't last as long andcould possibly break on you at any time.

RE: String Life?
 

I wax frequently.

As for the Bear Element I think its great but I am such a non techie when it comes to bows thatmy review istainted.

FirstI should say that I am a bowhunter and my only real goal is to put an arrow in a 3 circle at 25 yards or less with solid regularity.

My previous bow was a 1989 Browning Mirrage. I shot it at 80# 29 draw. The browning.. I thought was fast but it was loud and not very smooth. it seemed like keeping it tuned was a PIA.

The element to me seems smooth and fast. whats even better I tuned it up in July and it stayed in good tune till I hung it up in late october after my 3rd bow deer of the season. I bought it off ebay for $249 and many of the accesories came off my browning. I like it and it serves my needs well.

RE: String Life?
 

It really depends on how much you shoot, and how well you take care of it. You say you wax regularly, so that helps a lot. If you shoot, say, a couple hundred arrows a week, you may need to replace it every year. NORMALLY every 2 years is sufficient....