Well as most of you know the midwest is being drilled with temps that make my already wanting to move to Alaska that much more tempting. However, I do have a question: I know that extreme heat is bad for a bow. But how much is too much. For example: I'm supposed to go eat tomorrow for my girlfriend's sister's birthday. No sense in going home after work tomorrow, so that leaves me with a bit of time to kill, no better place to do that than at one of the shops on the range. However, I would have to leave my bow in my car all day and the temps have been in the upper 90s to low 100s (Indiana, after index). Is this safe?
OMG, I went to the pro shop yesterday and saw the limbs they were taking off a Z7. They guy left the bow in his car and went to shoot it and it blew up. Funny thing was, the guy took it to the pro shop and tried to tell them he didn't know what happened to it. He said he didn't dry fire it, he just nocked an arrow and shot and it just "blew up". Funny Sh!t.
I routinely hunt in 100 degree temps. I always try to keep the bow out of direct sunlight. I have never seen any adverse affects.
It wasn't me HD!!! lol. Yeah I wasn't going to chance it, just didn't know what your all thoughts were. AZ, it might be a little different out hunting vs in a car. However, that is incredibly too hot to be outside.
Absolutely do not leave your bow in the car. Honestly, the only time I'll leave mine in the truck is during archery season if I happen to need to. Extreme heat is devestating on most limbs. I'd rather not play the odds.
The only time I ever had a bow delaminate on me (in layman's terms, "blow up") was when I used to store it upstairs in our unfinished attic at the house we bought when I first got married... I took it in to have replacement limbs put on, and the shop owner asked me if I'd ever left it in a car with the windows rolled up. I answered honestly, "No"... but later got to thinking about all the heat upstairs where I left it, and then realized why the limbs had delaminated on it.
I could see how that would happen. I don't know exactly what they are made of but, I am assuming it is something like fiberglass where resin is used to bond the fibers together. When the resin or glue is heated in excess it would soften and start coming apart due to the stress from the limbs being under so much pressure. That couldn't be good. It seems that even if they didn't come apart or separate, it would weaken them having a very negative effect on the performance of the bow.
My old bow has been in my car since May. I haven't had any problems with it. That being said, I was always nervous about it. This just gives me a reason to not put the new bow in the car.
All my bows get stored inside... period. Not in the garage, not in the attic, not anywhere heat can build up beyond normal temps. Would I feel ok to go outside and shoot for an extended time or hunt in these temps (currently 103 here)? Of course... but I would NOT store it in a place where the heat can get exacerbated or magnified beyond normal conditions. I wouldn't even take a bow anywhere where you'd be forced to have to lock it up in a car (cabin OR trunk) for several hours during the day time right now...
Mine are kept hanging in the basement where is it comfortably cool year 'round. I also try not to shoot outside when it is ridiculously hot unless it is a 3D shoot for fun. I would highly recommned AGAINST leaving it in a car where the temps get above 150 degrees. As someone else stated I do leave mine in the car around mid-October when I go to work to hit the woods before going home. It is kept in the trunk in a case and I have never opened it to find that it is hot in the case.
I'm already tempted enough Kodiak. I'm in the same situation. I'm not going to leave it in my car with heat indexes of 113. My bow is stored under my bed in it's case.
I don't have a choice during the week so it stays in my van and out of direct sunlight (no windows in back of van). However, I put a windshield sundeflector in it and keep the windows rolled down about an inch or two depending on chance of rain. When I get ready to shoot, the bow is the first thing out and I open the case to let it cool down before shooting.
