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What is the coldest temperature you will risk shooting your bow at?

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While hunting? I guess if I'm out then I'm willing to shoot. That being said I'm a baby and if its in the negatives i'm not going to sit in a stand

 

What risks are you referring to?

 

Let an arrow fly at 4 degrees a couple years ago. I figure I spend enough on my bow that I trust it should function properly even in freezing cold temps.

 

Certainly if the temperature was low enough to negatively alter the integrity of any of the materials shooting the bow would be the last thing on our (frozen) minds.

 

I've hunted in sub-zero temps before and never been afraid to shoot my bow.

 

Bamboo tends to fracture quickly below the freezing point.
Some recurves use laminated bamboo, and I have bamboo arrows for my horsebows.
Wood is getting stiffer, and draw weight increases. Especially primitive bows (ELBs, flatbows).
Metals become more brittle with lower temperatures, supposedly a problem at about -30°C and below.
Occasionally we get Siberian airstreams here in Europe, and reach such low temperatures. I never had been out to shoot any of my bows at that times...

 

I lived and worked in Alaska as a wrangler at an outfitter just out of high school. We would hunt grouse and shoot our bows in the off season in temps around -20. It wasn’t a lot of shooting but my old XI didn’t seem to have any issues. Guys hunt musk ox and polar bear in northern Canada with archery gear, I’d think in some extreme sub-zero temperatures

 

I worry about bow failure/breakage at low temperatures

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I don't think modern compound bows have problems at low temperatures as long as they are in good shooting condition

 

I have hunted in -15C (5F) in Canada without any issues.