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Lesson learned: Have an allen wrench for your limb bolts.
I was 5 miles/2k' up a terrible unmaintained trail and my string was off my cam. I heard when it snagged a limb on the hike in while strapped to my pack but didn't realize it had jumped off the cam. I didn't notice it until the next morning of hunting when I just happen to try and pull my bow back. I have 75lb mods and the limb bolts were nearly all the way tight. Luckily, I had my daughter along to help and I was able to use spare pack straps and trekking poles like a tourniquet to compress the bow. After breaking g clips on the straps and getting the main string on, but not the cables, we finally got it all back together after 3 hours of messing with it and luckily it still shot on.
It would have been much easier if I could have backed the limb bolts most of the way out.
I was carrying allen wrenches for my rest and sight as well as spare d-loop material, but going forward I'll have the wrench for the limb bolts as well.
What else are you guys carrying? What experiences have you had that made you add something to your tools/spares list?
I was 5 miles/2k' up a terrible unmaintained trail and my string was off my cam. I heard when it snagged a limb on the hike in while strapped to my pack but didn't realize it had jumped off the cam. I didn't notice it until the next morning of hunting when I just happen to try and pull my bow back. I have 75lb mods and the limb bolts were nearly all the way tight. Luckily, I had my daughter along to help and I was able to use spare pack straps and trekking poles like a tourniquet to compress the bow. After breaking g clips on the straps and getting the main string on, but not the cables, we finally got it all back together after 3 hours of messing with it and luckily it still shot on.
It would have been much easier if I could have backed the limb bolts most of the way out.
I was carrying allen wrenches for my rest and sight as well as spare d-loop material, but going forward I'll have the wrench for the limb bolts as well.
What else are you guys carrying? What experiences have you had that made you add something to your tools/spares list?
