cocked equinox

schonyuk · Post by **schonyuk** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:06 pm

How long can my 225lb Equinox stay cocked without any damage being done to it. I may cock it when I get to my shoot but if nothing appears all day it wont be decocked till the days end. Will this harm it at all?
Thanks

wildwindom · Post by **wildwindom** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:23 pm

No it will be just fine!!

dutchhunter · Post by **dutchhunter** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:34 pm

i have ;left mine coocked for 5 days on time maby not recomended but no harm came of it thy are tough DUTCH

schonyuk · Post by **schonyuk** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:58 am

5 days, that is something else. Yes they are tough
Alan

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:18 pm

why not just decock it after your morning hunt? It only takes a whole 3 seconds to get the string aid out

I was actaully afraid to decock mine untill I figured it was so simple

I always decock mie after the morning hunt, then after the afternoon hunt also

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:45 pm

When I can't get out to shoot a new string in to position I leave mine cocked for a couple days at a time to work out the creep.
I did do the whole "heat" thing once, left my bow in the case at Boo's cottage, went in and completely forgot about my bow in the black plastic case on the deck, in the sun.
String was dead, gained a couple inches in length.

Bow was fine, the only way I had to check was to shoot it over a chrony, it gave me the exact same 300 FPS it did before I left it in the oven for 5 hours, with a new string of course.
You can not wreck the limbs.

At the end of the season I always think I should destring it, but as soon as I do it sits in the back of my mind that my bow isn't ready to shoot and I rush back down to string it.
Truth is, the only good destringing the bow will do is on the string it's self, I can see the string benefiting from the relaxation more than the limbs.
Now that my wife is hunting I cock the bow the night before she leaves so she doesn't have to disturb me or anyone else in the house when it comes time to cock it, heaven forbid she ever needs to do a follow-up shot out there. I figure by the end of Saturdays shoot she will be a pro at it.

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:52 pm

Pydpiper wrote:Now that my wife is hunting I cock the bow the night before she leaves so she doesn't have to disturb me or anyone else in the house when it comes time to cock it, heaven forbid she ever needs to do a follow-up shot out there. I figure by the end of Saturdays shoot she will be a pro at it.

You mean you didn't buy her a Vixen this Christmas??!?!??!

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