Hi TEAM, Just wondering how Y'ALL get spare bow-strings set up in case You need to replace one in a hurry? Say that while hunting that You discover that things are going bad in some way? BLESSED BE!

Put it on the bow and go through the tuning process. Get brace height and nock position set and it’s ready. Add silencers if needed.

MP

When I replace a string on a hunting bow. I save the broke in string,nock set,and silencers, for a spare. Put it on twist up to your brace height and you are back in business.>>>---> Ken

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I get the bow tuned, string all set up with brace height, nock point, silencers, wind feather. When tuning is all set I measure and record string specs then that first string becomes my spare and I set up a new string per recorded specs. Every one of my bows has a matched spare.

I set a new string up exactly like the one that I have on the bow currently and, shoot it in for a month then put it in my hunting pack for emergencies if needed. I always have an arrow marked with a sharpie in my quiver for proper brace height.

I make up a spare and put it on the bow just before the season. Then I practice with it for a few sessions and remove it. I carry it in a plastic bag and there's always one in my pack along with a stringer. The stringer is only for recurves really because I use the push-pull method for all my longbows. Takes just a minute to change it out if I have to.

I have a bow string rack. It has pegs for bows from 52" to 62" and then a peg for anything 64" and over. When I am bored I build bow strings. I stretch and then center serve them so all that I need to do when I need a string is tweak the brace height and tie on nocking points. I also save extra strings that come with bows that I buy and worn but usable old strings. I probably have sixty or seventy strings hanging on that rack so there aren't many situations where I get caught without something that will work.

I make 3 for each bow, all set up the same and all shot in. If something should happen to one on a trip then I still have a spare and just make up a new one when I get back. They don't take up much space in your gear.

My spare will be set up, tuned and shot for a couple of weeks then go in the pack, quiver, etc. Three is also what I like.

Shoot a string in and then take it and that's my spare in a ziplock bag in pack. If I have to change its been push pull in the past when I was stronger but now will be a stringer. A never ever change out a string in a stand elevated not even a double stand its to dangerous for me to consider.

James (Batman), us old pharts have been keeping a back-up string since we first bought a bow...hunting or target. We did the same back then as we should do now. Use the string on your bow for the back-up since it's already set up and used. Then we would make another, and put it on the bow and set it up and let it on. The back-up string is already to go.

I never had a string break, or even get cut while I've been in the hunting woods and that's been a very long time. It can happen, but you can also get struck by lightning, picked up in a tornado or even hit by an alien death ray. Never had those either. It's just smart to have a back up string in case Murphy interrupts you goings-on. People tend to be complacent in the woods for some reason, and that is when crap happens.

Yes

I always have spare strings set up ready to go

You might also want to mark an arrow with proper brace ht. so you can use it to reset/check your BH if you have to use the spare string.

I always have a spare set-up string in the pocket on the back of my knife sheath. I never had to use my spare string but better to have one if it's needed than not have one. Also my pull up line ( parachute cord ) has a knot in it at the correct measurement for the brace height of the bow I'm hunting with.

I set the bow up and shoot it a while till I'm convinced the string is shot in then measure brace and nock. I then replace the string with a new one that's set up the same. The original is now the backup.

Hi TEAM, Excellent ideas. I will have to save this to favorites. I seem to remember that some archers "stretch" a new string ( or spare) by hanging it up with heavy weights. Anybody do that? How much weight and for how long?? BLESSED BE!

Just finished setting up a backup for my Timberhawk today. Set it up and shot it for a month, rechecked everything and put in my bow box. Like George, I'm old;-) and been doing it for near 50 years. Unlike George, I did have to use a backup about 5 years ago. Accidentally touched my string with my folding saw, only cut one strand but the backup went on. It can happen.

Good to have a spare string ( or 3) I saw a post to the BLUNDER thread where unfortunate bow-hunter cut string with arrow. No spare. Can You say annoyed and disgusted? Very short hunt. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!

I hang 20-35 lb weights sometimes overnight which may be overkill. Usually I hang for a few hours. I then set up the string, (serving, nock point, and silencers) put it on the bow and shoot it for a "session", whatever that may be. I then double check the brace, twist it up if need be, and then either set it or my older string aside as a spare in my quiver or whatever I may carry it in.

Never cut a string with a broadhead? Well in 50 years of bow hunting. I only did it once. Got an arrow into a good bull elk and he gave me a second shot, and in the act of getting the arrow out of the bow quiver fast the razor sharp broadhead cut the string like it was soft butter! Then trying to get the spare string on my 75# longbow fast was interesting too! Luckily he didn't go far. lol. Like above, An old used string is my spare.

Batman, I do not hang any weights on the strings. I put them on the bow and shoot them. If they are well made to start with, they have very little stretch and then stay in place. At least that has been my own experience over a couple centuries. Same when I make my own. I've not seen crazy stretch in an endless loop string like I make. I don't make flemish twist strings, too hard on my old fingers to do all that twisting.

After shooting in the string and setting it up, upon removal, I put a TWIST TIE through both loops and tie them together so as to not lose any twists.

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