I have never done archery in my life life and got given a cheap recurve bow from china.. with your videos I learned so much as a beginner.. cheers

Leaving your bow strung for convenience is like sleeping in laced up boots so you can get ready faster in the morning.

lol peace of mind knowing nobody is gonna pick up my bow and dry fire it.. yup id trade that for the cosmetic of people seeing a strung bow hanging up lol.

Odysseus' bows were stored unstrung. Case closed.

I bought my first ever bow a few months back, ”Mandarin Duck Phantom”. And since I’ve watched plenty of tips from this channel. It is priceless advice and I’m so thankfull for these tips and lectures! Thank you for helping us sensei!

I've had my Samick Sage for a number of years, strung all the time. Seems just fine. If there was a problem, I'd just buy new limbs. Compound bows are under tension all the time. No-one seems to have a problem with that.

Nu sensei, I really want to thank you for your advice and your videos. I am a novice and have watched many of your videos. They are very informative and entertaining to watch. I just ordered a Samick red stag takedown recurve bow and am really ready to start shooting. Thank you for your great advice!

Nice Desmond hoodie, Sensei.

Thank you so much for this. I have a modern hybrid bow and get told to unstring it. And to not place it on a hook grapping onto the string. I'll be coming back to this video over and over for reassurance.

Sound advice, as always! Keep 'em coming! Thanks NuSensei!

love the warning not to dry fire. you can never assume :-)

3:25 I literally lol'ed "DON'T DO IT"

Clicked this because I have heard mixed answers to this question! Very informative

Thank you for giving logical reasons around this question. Very helpful.

As a total beginner, most of this is common sense to me coming from the perspective of a guitarist... If a guitar will go unused, you take off the strings and loosen tension on the truss rod. And for modern composite bows vs all wood bows, it makes sense, because the neck of my main fretless bass, which has graphite rods in it, hasn't shifted for years.

I have the same Razorback! It was my first bow and still my favorite!!!

Thank you for such invaluable information!

I never really thought about that but now you say I'm wondering so thanks as you answered a question which I probably would have asked in the future.

Every modern recurve I own came with a warning saying that leaving them strung can cause limb damage... I think I'm going to listen to the manufacturers on this one. lol

Great advice. I have wondered about this.

Thank You Sir you answered my All Questions,,I just needed a confirmation...

I can attest to the statement about leaving a bow in a hot vehicle, even unstrung. I had left my recurve in my car for several days, unstrung. When I took it out, there was a coat lying on one end and that limb was twisted. I eventually straightened it by heating in a bath tub and counter twisting. My dad's hunting bow, a Bear Kodiak Magnum , did the same thing from being stored in a closet full of clothes, at room temperature.

Just got 2 MandarinDuck takedowns, just for bushbashing. Love your vids mate and thanx for sharing your knowledge.

Like the fact that you show different bows.

I've seen a lot of bows being supported near the fadeouts by the limbs on bow racks. Lead to believe this is fine?

Rocking the Desmond hoodie!! Nice! :)

my bow is a traditional recurve (not a takedown) and it has fiberglass laminate limbs. i unstring it if i will not be shooting for a week or more. will it be okay if i don't do that?

love your vids, mate! i have a 39# Samick Polaris takedown recurve, and was wondering about this very issue.

how about laminated limb will it break if i left it strung for long time?

Have you read Zen in the Art of Archery and what do you think about it?

I'm curious, what kind of bow is that? it's your all wood one right? I don't remember hearing you mention a name

While I recognized the Win & Win takedown recurve, what was the other takedown recurve with the wooden riser in the video?

What about the Sameck sage? Should I unstrung it?

Shouldn't you be using a bow stringer to string and unstring your recurve?

I haven't figured out the trick to putting the string on and off without a bow stringer. It takes me a ridiculous amount of time to re string it and have it set up properly. I have to do it several times and adjust the string to get the proper riser height. In fact that's why I came here. To see if I can get away with not unstringing it for a few days. It took me 20 to 30 minutes of stringing, measureing, over and over to get close to where I want it. Every time I take off the string, it unwinds enough that it is way off. A few turns makes a big difference. Maybe I need a better string? I have a very narrow window of opportunity to go outside around here. It rains, then the sun comes out for a while, then it rains, then the wind blows, and so on. If I leave the bow strung, I can go out for a few minutes, get some practice, then come in to miss the next downpour. It may get easier as I get more experience. But for now, it's kind of a pain. I just started with a bow I got for Christmas.

Should I hang a bow By the string or limbs Is their any pros or cons

That Desmond hoodie tho!!!

Excellent advice.....Thanx

Great video.. thanks!

We just talked about this!

“Should I unstring my bow”. Yes! Next video.

I used my common sense to put off the string when i don't use it, but i searched for a confirmation and i found it 👍

Is this all the same for compound bows (except unstringing the bow when not in use)

What if my bow is compound carbon fibre ?

Great video. Is there an approximate time you can leave your bow strung? For example I have a samick sage that I left strung on my wall for a month, and when I used it this summer it worked fine. But I'm wondering...would it have affected the bow greatly if I'd left it up there for 6 or 7 months?

Im looking at buying a cheap Mongolian recurve to use purely as a display bow. I want to hang it on the wall and never shoot it, but Im worried about its shape when strung. Will it change? I don't plan on un stringing or shooting I just don't want its shape to change.

2 videos, oh baby! Also is the intro new? I like it.

I always take down my bow, mainly because it's very space convenient. I just put it in a small bag and it sits there nice and safe until I'm ready to use it again.

good advice. About dry-fire - did it yesterday twice - because a) was dark b) nock was not properly onto the string. From now on I listen to the little click .. + because I kinda do not hold the bow (more like a flat horizontally) the bow crashed to the floor twice too with some small dents. Everything still works so. Good news: 'only' a Samick sage :)

How long of a string should I buy for a 70 inch Howatt Matador? I bought it at a garage sale for 50 bucks, it shoots alright but the string is old and damaged.

Hey NuSensei! I got to say thank you! I have been watching you're videos for over a month now, Preparing for when I had saved up enough money to buy a bow. Well, a couple days ago a family member came by with a 58" AMO 35# Green Fox by Fred bear. It's a vintage fibreglass recurve. I wanted to ask a couple things the string has a few frays but no strands are broken. I watched the video where you said wax it, and I will be doing so. But I feel due to old-age of the string it should be changed. Am I correct in thinking so? also, If the wood/fibreglass bows are fine to stay strung then would my bow be okay as well? Thanks again for the great videos. And also today was my first day out there shooting, with you're help i feel i saved myself a lot of frustration. Though for the first 20 minutes I had a lot of foul arrows and misses. I used what I watched here to correct the problems. You are the man!

I live in Hawaii and it's usually humid. I just got into archery and I keep my Samick Sage in a hard case in my trunk. Is this okay? Or should I bring it into my house?

how many bows do you have.

Hello, I am a new archer and only just completed a beginner course. Just wondering - in this video it looked as if you unstrung your bow just by compressing with your hands with the bow against the floor. I was advised that this could be in some cases dangerous as limbs could be twisted or shatter? Isn't it safer to use a bow stringer? Apologies if this is a silly question, as I mentioned I'm just starting out in archery :)

I left my one piece solid polymer bow (26 lbs) strung for at least 3 hours after I forgot to unstring it (got distracted by other tasks). Will it be fine?

hello. do i need to unstring hoyt satori? "Combining aerospace carbon, rock maple cores and a glass wedge delivers target-quality performance and feel in a hunting configuration that will make you the ultimate predator."

great vid thank you

I have a win & win wooden takedown will fiberglass and wood limbs. Should i unstring it? If so, how? I use the pocket type of bow stringer with the small and big pocket.

Stupid question (and late). How to store the string? Can i roll it or store it bended?. Because one of my strings seems to be damaged. The strings composing the cord are separated one of each other. Its a cheap string and i barely use it, but when its time to use it, i have to wax it to convert that mess again into a single cord

Nailed it brothr :)

Could i leave my wood recurve bow laying flat on the floor under my bed or bad idea?

So i have one question? Recently i bought Hoyt excel and KAP Winstorm II carbon foam limbs, so if i leave it strung it wont do any damage? Just want to make sure. Tnx

What about compound bows

Just gonna ask straight up, Samick Sage. If I keep one strung will it mess it up or is it imperative that I unstring it. I don't use it most days. Maybe once a month if depending on the weather.

Thanks, from 8 years in the future!

Did injuns unstring their bows?

What about a PVC bow.

I shot a modern Hoyt and nock broke causing the bow to dry fire. It broke immediately so I can tell you a modern bow will break if you dry fire it, even once.

What's the name of that blue bow behind you that you use sometimes in your videos?

i have a cheap wood laminated bow from Cartel, can i keep it strung?

Is it dumb to have the second string attached to limbs

I delaminated my Cartel Epic Hawk from unstringing it without a stringer as it broke after I strung the bow. I think it would have been safer to leave it strung because it was a fiberglass/wood laminated limb.

Thanks for this video NUSensei! It's a question I've had since I started archery again recently. I figured it wouldn't be good for storing long term, but didn't see why a few hours, even over night, it would be a problem. I do have a question about something you said at the end. Is leaving the bow in a warm/hot place for a day or two going to hurt it?

I want short bow(I'm 5ft 7in) any recommendations?

Does the Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) material count as a modern limb, and if so should I keep it strung?

I have a Samick Monarch, it looks like it has a black laminate on top, Do I need to unstring it?

Its difficult to unstring my 60 pound recurve. I don’t have an unstringer, so I haven’t been unstringing it the safest way, so I have kept it strung for several months.

How long do you think a bow with wood and fiberglass limbs (that is strung) last until the limbs are unusable?

Because you did it in the end of your video: Is it really bad for a bow to bend it through your legs when attaching the string?

Its it fine if I keep a bow strung for a day or 2?

So you don't have to unstring a fibreglass bow? like a Mongolian style fibreglass horsebow, I mean

I'm relatively new to archery and I feel dumb for asking this but what is the metal ring thing on your bow called its on the riser, I'm buying a new bow and I would like to have one

By "modern recurve" do you mean bows that are able to be taken down? Like an all wood take-down bow?

So how about a biocomposite bow , usually hard to string and made from laminated sinew and horn for example Korean traditional bow

Ur da best

So basically the same issues as a guitar which makes sense

Consider it like a ritual.

should the samick sage journey be kept destrung when its not in use?

NU, should you use a wooden bow in the rain? i wouldnt think you should but im just asking :D

So if you un-string your bow, does that mean you have to "tune" it every time you restring it?

hi +NUSensei , how about compound bow ? do we need to unstring it also ? (newbie here) thanks before

does any know know if the martin panther 2015 is good, please tell me, I want a new bow and I kinda want this one but please tell me

Are we all just gonna ignore the fact that he's wearing a Desmond Miles hoodie?

All my bows are made of carbon and synthetic foam and i always unstrung them after shooting.

The overlap between violin bows and shooting bows is astounding

Do you unstring the bow? Or do you unbow the string? Only you know the answer Neo.

Now if I shoot in the morning I'll leave it strung all day because I'll go out periodically and shoot but at night I take it off cuz I've noticed it will give u twisted limbs

3:30 had me laughing there

Compound bows are left strung forever and have draw weights and stresses that are much higher than recurve bows

May be damage Wooden limb I have a doute it is the resone mine is damage