Storing your crossbow?

sidekick · Post by **sidekick** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:24 pm

Any pros or cons to leaving your crossbow strung in the off season? Of course you should be shooting year round...but, what about if your not going to be shooting for a month or so.

frisky · Post by **frisky** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:35 pm

Excalibur recomends taking the string off during the off season. I take mine off. That said my PSE vert bow, a compound, has been strung since new, 1990. My PSE compond cross bow has been strung since I got it, 2005.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:30 am

Unless you are storing it in a place with extreme temperature fluctuations there will be no damage to the bow.
It will put unnecessary stress on a string though, the continuous strain will not do a string any good.

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:37 pm

I unstring mine after hunting season. No big deal to re-string for target shooting and I'm not shooting every day. If I were going to shoot daily I would just leave it strung as long as I could keep it in a cool place.

dick195252 · Post by **dick195252** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:56 pm

I practice every week so it is Keep strung